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Monument Health
Rapid City, South Dakota

Clinical Pharmacist | Rapid City Hospital

PharmacistIncludes weekendsPart-Time

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Job Description

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  • Primary Work Location
  • Monument Health Rapid City Hospital

Department: RCH Pharmacy

  • Scheduled Weekly Hours
  • 22.5

Job Summary

Clinical pharmacists work in collaboration with other providers to deliver comprehensive medication management that optimizes patient outcomes. Care is coordinated among providers and caregivers and across systems of care as patients transition in and out of various settings in accordance with accepted hospital standards and policies and federal and state pharmacy laws and regulations.

Monument Health offers competitive wages and benefits on qualifying positions. Some of those benefits can include:

*Supportive work culture

*Medical, Vision and Dental Coverage

*Retirement Plans, Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending Account

*Instant pay is available for qualifying positions

*Paid Time Off Accrual Bank

*Opportunities for growth and advancement

*Tuition assistance/reimbursement

*Excellent pay differentials on qualifying positions

*Flexible scheduling

Job Description

  • Essential Functions:
  • Identifies medication-related problems such as: appropriateness of drug, dose, route, frequency, duration; minimizes therapeutic duplication; identifies/prevents drug-drug, drug-food, drug-lab, or drug-disease interactions.
  • Monitors patient response to therapy.

Provides accurate and adequate drug information to other multi-disciplinary team members and drug educational information to patients and their families.

Follows and appropriately manages pharmacy protocols (e. g. heparin, warfarin, pharmacokinetic, IV to PO, therapeutic interchange, renal dosing).

Participates in quality improvement projects.

Under general direction/guidance from pharmacy leadership, leads development, implementation, and maintenance of pharmacy services in a specialty area (e. g. medication safety, drug shortages, formulary changes, team leader in a specific practice area).

  • Acts as a resource in area of specialty.
  • Consistent documentation of consults relative to peers.
  • Consistent documentation of pharmacist interventions relative to peers.
  • Consistent documentation of adverse drug reactions relative to peers in same practice settings.
  • Consistent documentation of medication variances relative to peers.
  • Any other duties as assigned.

Additional Requirements

Required

Education - Bachelors in Pharmacy

Certifications - Pharmacist - South Dakota Board of Pharmacy; Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) - Within 90 days of hire or transfer; Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) - Within 90 days of hire or transfer

Preferred

Education - Doctorate in Pharmacy

Certifications - Post-graduate Year 1 (PGY-1) - American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP); Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA)

Work Experience - 1+ years Pharmaceutical Experience; 3+ years Hospital Experience; 3+ years Clinical Experience

Light work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

  • Job Category
  • Clinical Care
  • Job Family

Pharmacy

Shift: Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department

  • Employee Type
  • Regular

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Monument Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical pharmacists collaborate with healthcare providers to deliver comprehensive medication management and optimize patient outcomes. They monitor patient therapy, manage pharmacy protocols, and provide drug information to the multidisciplinary team.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy and possess a South Dakota Pharmacist license. ACLS and BLS certifications are required within 90 days of hire, with preference given to those with a Doctorate in Pharmacy and PGY-1 residency experience.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient carePharmacotherapy monitoringFormulary managementInterdisciplinary collaborationPharmacokinetics

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 48 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 48% have no call, 75% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for South Dakota is 88.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.2% of South Dakota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

South Dakota has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Salary Distribution22 jobs

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs · 22 employers

401k / retirement match
96% this job
Sign-on bonus
24%
Relocation assistance
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 50% of Pharmacy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,410 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Rapid City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$347k
Typical market rent
$1,484/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.2
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Rapid City, SD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Monument Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Rapid City, South Dakota
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, Vision and Dental Coverage
Retirement Plans
Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Account
Paid Time Off Accrual Bank
Tuition assistance/reimbursement
Flexible scheduling