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Northside Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia

Lead Unit-Based Pharmacist

PharmacistNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Responsibilities

As part of the Health care team, leads operation and clinical activity of the Pharmacy Staff so as to provide pharmaceutical care. Acts as a professional resource. Serves all patients, including, but not limited to, neonates, pediatrics, adolescent, adults and geriatrics.

This is a leadership position with direct oversight of pharmacists on multiple Medical-Surgical units along with assisting with pharmacist scheduling.

Additionally this position is involved in multiple interdisciplinary committees, Quality Improvement and preparedness for Joint Commission/Disease-Specific Care certifications. The lead unit-based pharmacists have rotating 12-hr shifts x 3 days per week.

Shifts are Monday-Friday with a mix of staffing, clinical and administrative responsibilities.

Qualifications

  • REQUIRED
  • Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy.
  • Active Georgia Pharmacist license.
  • Two (2) years clinical pharmacy experience.

Preferred

  • ASHP- Accredited Post Graduate Year 1 and 2 Residency or Fellowship or equivalent experience in the specialty area.
  • Relevant Pharmacy Specialty Board certification is preferred.
  • Previous management experience.

Work Hours

7A-7:30P

Weekend Requirements:

Yes

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification (preferred)

Key Skills

Pharmacy ManagementStaff SchedulingPatient CareInterdisciplinary CollaborationRegulatory Compliance

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 50 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 44% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Pharmacist Jobs

36 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution35 jobs · 31 employers

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<$145k
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$145k-165k
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$165k-185k
5
$185k-205k
1
$214k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks33 jobs · 31 employers

401k / retirement match
97%
Sign-on bonus
27%
Loan repayment
3%
CME allowance
3%
PSLF eligible
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$75.03-$102.91/hr
#2

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#3

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#4

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$54-$91/hr
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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 3.9
Better work-life than 60% of Pharmacy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,137 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Atlanta

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$377k
Typical market rent
$1,944/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.