Staff Licensed Pharmacist
Listed compensation
$115K–$130K /yr
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
Company Overview
Founded in 2015, PHIL is a San Francisco-based, Series D health-tech startup that is building a platform that interfaces between doctors, pharmacies, and patients to streamline the process of patients receiving prescriptions. This is a complex, archaic industry, and we've set out to change that.
PHIL’s B2B2C platform provides an end-to-end prescription management and delivery service. Our robust platform connects patients, prescribers, pharmacies, and manufacturers, enabling easy and affordable access to medicine.
Through its digital stakeholder experiences, patient access services, market access solutions, and distribution models, pharma manufacturers can deliver affordable and timely therapy access to patients, resulting in more patients staying on their treatment plans longer. Consequently, pharma manufacturers are enabled for more innovation.
The team at PHIL is a group of like-minded individuals from varying backgrounds, passionate about creating a new and innovative healthcare platform that is focused on patient experience and overall human wellbeing. Ready to join our team of mission-driven, analytical, and passionate people? Keep reading!
Position Overview
PHIL is seeking a full-time Staff Pharmacist to join our team in either our Columbus, OH or Scottsdale, AZ location. This is an office-based position.
Pharmacy hours Columbus, OH 8:30 am - 9:00 pm EST, Monday through Friday. Applicants should be flexible for opening and closing shifts.
Pharmacy hours Scottsdale, AZ 6:00 am - 7:00 pm MST, Monday through Friday. Applicants should be flexible for opening and closing shifts.
The pharmacist will play a key role in prescription verification, drug utilization review, and ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines, while collaborating across departments to improve patient health outcomes and adherence.
Responsibilities
Prescription Verification & Drug Utilization Review: Verify prescriptions and conduct drug utilization reviews to ensure accuracy and compliance with regulations.
PA Review & Prescription Transfers: Review Prior Authorization requests and transfer patient prescriptions to help ensure medications are delivered to patients in a timely manner.
Project Execution: Deliver and execute new and ongoing pharmacy projects/initiatives in a timely manner to improve pharmacy services and patient experience.
Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with state and federal regulations, including adherence to HIPAA standards and pharmacy law.
Collaboration: Work closely with PHIL team members from different departments to ensure patient safety and support seamless workflows across the organization.
Patient Adherence & Health Outcomes: Collaborate to create better health outcomes by improving patient adherence to their medication regimen.
Ownership of Pharmacy Operations: Demonstrate ownership of pharmacy operations, meeting expectations for productivity, efficiency, and accuracy.
Attention to Detail: Maintain a critical focus on accuracy while managing multiple priorities.
Operational Support: Perform or assist the Pharmacist-in-Charge (PIC) with operational tasks as needed to maintain workflow and meet deadlines.
Team Collaboration: Participate in meetings and workgroups to address issues, obtain approvals, and stay up-to-date with industry developments.
Qualifications
Education: RPh required; PharmD strongly preferred
Licensure: Licensed pharmacist in OH or AZ, depending on the physical location; applicants with multiple state licensure are preferred
Minimum of 1 year of experience as a pharmacist; experience in a start-up environment or managerial position highly preferred
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Reliable and self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to resolve issues efficiently and effectively
Benefits
- Ground floor opportunity with one of the fastest-growing healthtech startups
- Competitive compensation including stock options
- Full benefits (medical, dental, vision)
- 401(k) contribution opportunity
- Solving a problem that matters
PHIL Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Pharmacist Career Context
Of the 47 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 43% are remote, 51% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$123k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $122k in an average-cost state. 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Staff Licensed Pharmacist at PHIL a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Pharmacy — ranked against 10,288 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
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