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Akahi Associates/Kako'o Services
Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Staff Pharmacist

PharmacistContract

Listed compensation

$70.00/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 54m ago · Verified live

Job Description

  • Location: Fort Sam Houston - Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), San Antonio, TX
  • Operation Coverage: 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, including holidays.
  • Pay: $70.00

Shift Lengths

  • 8-hour shifts (with a 30-minute unpaid lunch/dinner break), or
  • 12-hour shifts (with a 30-minute unpaid lunch/dinner break).
  • No more than 12 hours may be scheduled in a 24-hour period
  • Benefits: Vest vacation, sick leave, holiday leave, Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Short Term Disability
  • Optional Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(K) matching with employee participation in 401(K) plan

Responsibilities

Works collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to optimize drug therapy.

Determines type of substance, strength, dosage, and quantity to be dispensed in accordance with accepted practice and pharmacy standing operating procedures (SOPs).

Receives and reviews prescriptions for the full range of pharmaceuticals to include controlled drugs on the formulary.

Performs advanced pharmaceutical calculations in the manufacture of intravenous admixtures and complex parental nutrition solutions dealing with body surface area and creatine clearance rate formulas.

Obtains the pharmaceutical, prepares package labels, visually inspects the medication in the bottle to be dispensed, and verifies appropriate medication, checks the printed label affixed to the container against the original prescription for correctness.

Reviews and interprets medication orders to inpatients to ensure dosage, route, frequency, potential interactions, and allergies have been screened.

Performs medication distributive functions, including, but not limited to, preparation and/or verification of medications, labeling, compounding, and dispensing.

Follows established procedures and protocols concerning quality assurance monitoring, security of controlled substances, and disposal of hazardous medications.

Participates in orientation, instruction and training of pharmacy technicians, residents, pharmacists, and other health professionals.

May be identified per shift as a Code Responder and will respond to Code Blues during a particular shift.

Qualifications

Degree/Education: Bachelor's degree in pharmacy. Graduate from a college or university accredited by the Accreditation Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE).

Equivalency Determination Request: The Contractor shall not request an equivalency determination as a substitute for education requirements on this labor category.

Certifications (in addition to Basic Life Support identified in paragraph 1.5.45.6.): Board Certification:: NoneLicensure:. Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a pharmacist. Contract Worker Standard Qualifications:. The standard qualifications (duties) or the labor category are as follows:

Experience

A minimum of one (1) year of inpatient pharmacy experience within the past two (2) years post-graduation.

Akahi Associates LLC

Akahi Associates is a premier provider of healthcare workers to various military treatment facilities across the United States. With a corporate office in Honolulu, Hawaii and recruiting office in San Antonio, Texas we specialize in providing skilled, trained and highly successful healthcare workers, including RNs, CRNAs, Physicians, LPN/LVN, Licensed Social Workers, and many more.

We have a strong focus on providing our government customers with quality and superior service.

Akahi Associates is an equal opportunity employer. For further information, please click the link to view the “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster.

  • Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal
  • Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.
  • Only qualified individuals who are being considered will be contacted for an interview.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Drug therapy optimizationParenteral nutritionMedication dispensingPrescription reviewControlled substances managementPatient medication screeningCode blue responsePharmacy operations

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 33% have no call, 57% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$146k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $150k in an average-cost state. 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$146k midpoint, that is roughly $6k–$10k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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About Akahi Associates/Kako'o Services

Hospitals and Health Care
Honolulu, Hawaii
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Vested Vacation
Sick Leave
Holiday Leave
Life Insurance
Accidental Death and Dismemberment
Short Term Disability
Optional Medical, Dental, Vision
401(K) Matching