Clinical Staff Pharmacist
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Job Description
Summary Job Description: Job Title: Clinical Staff Pharmacist Full Time 1st Shift Job Description: The clinical staff pharmacist is responsible for provision of distributive, clinical and educational pharmacy functions.
In accordance with state and federal laws that govern pharmacy practice, the clinical staff pharmacist strives to maintain a complete and current command of dynamic pharmaceutical and health sciences, to provide pharmaceutical care throughout the hospital.
Provides pharmacy services within the pharmaceutical care model of practice; providing safe, appropriate, efficacious and cost-effective drug therapy for achieving definite outcomes that improve a patient’s quality of life.
Interacts and participates as part of the multi-disciplinary health care team that designs, implements and monitors patient care plans. Serves as an educator to patients, their families, and other health professionals. Serves as a leader, educator and role model for pharmacy students and interns.
Serves as supervisor for pharmacy technicians and clerk and reports to the Director of Pharmacy (DOP).
Requirements
Graduate of an accredited college or university with Pharmacy degree. Licensed Pharmacist with the Kentucky State Board of Pharmacy in good standing. Pharm.D. or relevant clinical hospital pharmacy experience is desirable. Must provide documentation of state licensure and CE as required by the state of KY.
Maintain BLS & ACLS certifications Advanced clinical training or PGY1 residency preferred Benefits: Full-Time 32 weekly hours (0.8 FTE) - 40 weekly hours (1.0 FTE) Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance Life Insurance Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance Identity Theft Protection Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire Bereavement Leave (includes pets) PTO Sell Back Program Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation) Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support Retirement with Company Match Work Experience Education If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves.
The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.
Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana.
Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama.
Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.
Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.
EEO Statement
Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law.
Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056. Job Applicant Privacy Policy Statement - Job Applicant Privacy Policy
Key Responsibilities
The clinical staff pharmacist provides distributive, clinical, and educational pharmacy services to ensure safe and cost-effective drug therapy. They collaborate with the multi-disciplinary healthcare team to design and monitor patient care plans while supervising pharmacy technicians and interns.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a pharmacy degree from an accredited institution and possess a valid Kentucky pharmacist license. Advanced clinical training or a PGY1 residency is preferred, along with current BLS and ACLS certifications.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Pharmacist Career Context
Of the 50 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 50% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 5.1 / 10 · top 25% in pharmacy | ranked against 10,140 Pharmacy listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Pharmacy median $139k (middle half $135k–$153k)119 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost of living | Kentucky index 90.2 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Pharmacy listings in Kentucky | 214 active | 10,319 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 44% remote · 50% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
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