Decentralized ICU Float Pharmacist
Compensation
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Job Description
Responsible for providing pharmaceutical services safely, accurately, and timely by reviewing physician's orders, dispensing drugs, providing clinical pharmacotherapy services and providing drug information to other health professionals, according to established procedures.
Department Description
Serving the community since 1961, WakeMed Health & Hospitals is the leading provider of health services in Wake County. With a mission to improve the health and well-being of our community, we are committed to providing outstanding and compassionate care. For more information, visit www.wakemed.org.
EOE
Licensure
Licensed Pharmacist Required
Education
Bachelor's Degree Pharmacy Required - Or Doctorate Pharmacy Required
Experience
No Experience Required
Key Responsibilities
The pharmacist is responsible for reviewing physician orders, dispensing medications, and providing clinical pharmacotherapy services. They also provide drug information to other healthcare professionals according to established hospital procedures.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's or Doctorate degree in Pharmacy and be a licensed pharmacist. No prior experience is required for this position.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Decentralized ICU Float Pharmacist at WakeMed Health & Hospitals 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 9,708 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc.
Pharmacist Career Context
In North Carolina, the Pharmacy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$136k (22 salary observations; 129 listings), vs ~$141k nationally (1,240 salary observations; 6,536 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 56% have no call, 72% require no weekends.
Pharmacy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Raleigh
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $372k
- Typical market rent
- $1,577/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 23 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 98.2
- State income tax
- Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Raleigh-Cary, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.