Clinical Pharmacist Acute Care
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Job Description
Clinical Pharmacist – Acute Care
Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together
Position Highlights
- Work location: 1301 Pennsylvania Ave. Fort. Worth, TX 76104
- Hours: 40hrs; rotating shift (PM/AM) with an every‑third‑weekend rotation and rotating holiday responsibilities.
Pharmacy Department Highlights
- Top tier pharmacy department with a culture of excellence
- High acuity, high volume, fast-paced environment providing a full range of patient care services.
- Supportive leadership and team that promote continuous learning and professional development.
Here’s What You Need
- Bachelor's Degree Pharmacy Required
- Other Pharm D. Required
- CLIAFE Must comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency required.
- PHAR- Pharmacist upon hire required.
- 3 years of hospital experience or residency preferred.
- Highly preferred PGY1 residency completion (or equivalence)
- Experience working in an inpatient acute care setting is highly preferred.
- IV certification highly preferred
- Must be proficient in written and verbal English language communication skills, computer proficient and possess basic math skills.
What You Will Do
- Communicating effectively, building positive professional relationships and role modeling teamwork.
- Timely and accurate support of medication distribution including medication order verification and oversight of pharmacy technician responsibilities.
- Provision of clinical pharmacy services for the safe and efficient patient care.
- Ensuring the accuracy of one's own work as well as maintaining required competencies and other documentation. Consistent support of the department's quality improvement and patient safety standards programs and initiatives is also required.
- Ongoing professional development and growth.
- Not only the management of one's own time but shares the responsibility for minimizing pharmaceutical costs (including wastage) and discovering new process efficiencies.
- Respond to medical emergencies per hospital policy as available.
- Other duties as assigned.
Additional Perks of Being a Texas Health Pharmacist
- Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.
- Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
- Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
- A supportive team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
Texas Health Fort Worth is an 851-bed, Magnet-designated, full-service hospital that has served the Fort Worth community since 1930.
We offer advanced care in cardiovascular services, high-risk obstetrics, gynecology, neurosciences, sports medicine, and emergency medicine. Our hospital also features certified programs in Advanced Hip and Knee Replacement, Brain Tumor Treatment, Advanced Spine Care, and Advanced Palliative Care. We are also home to a kidney transplant program that underscores our high-acuity capabilities, and we support Graduate Medical Education (GME) to help train the next generation of physicians.
Texas Health Fort Worth is Joint Commission-certified as a Comprehensive Cardiac Center, a Comprehensive Stroke Center, and a Level I Trauma Center. We are also a designated Magnet hospital and recognized as the Best Place to Have a Baby in Tarrant County. Texas Health Fort Worth continues to be a top choice in North Texas for emergency services, women’s health, cardiac care, and more.
If you’re ready to join us in our mission to improve the health of our community, then let’s show the world how we’re even better together!
Learn more about our culture, benefits, and recent awards.
Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.
Key Responsibilities
The Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for the accurate support of medication distribution, including order verification and oversight of pharmacy technicians. They also provide clinical pharmacy services to ensure safe patient care and respond to medical emergencies as needed.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy and a PharmD, along with a valid Pharmacist license. At least 3 years of hospital experience or residency completion is preferred, with a strong preference for PGY1 residency and IV certification.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Pharmacist Career Context
Of the 50 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 52% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 3.0 / 10 · above average in pharmacy | ranked against 10,057 Pharmacy listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Pharmacy median $141k (middle half $135k–$149k)810 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Texas index 97.1 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Pharmacy listings in Texas | 772 active | 10,273 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 20% remote · 52% no call · 58% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | loan repayment | Texas Pharmacist listings: 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $28k) · 21% offer loan repayment794 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Pharmacy listings | 3,674 in the last 30 days | 3,327 the 30 days before (+10%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Pharmacy pay trend | +3.3% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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