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Nemours Children's Health
Wilmington, Delaware

Clinical Pharmacist (Midnight Shift)

PharmacistIncludes callFull-Time

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Job Description

Nemours is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist (Full-Time), to join our Nemours Children's Health team in Wilmington, Delaware.

Work Schedule: Midnight Shift, 7 days on, 7 days off

The Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for providing pharmacy services from the Central Pharmacy. The Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for reviewing, clarifying, and making recommendations for all medication orders, and responsible for coordinating & checking all the activities of the Certified Pharmacy Technicians.

This Pharmacist will provide age and developmentally appropriate care to infants, children, adolescents, and adults. They will also provide drug information & education to hospital personnel and community, as well as assist with quality improvement initiatives. Ensures compliance with State & Federal regulations concerning Controlled Substances.

  • Previews and interprets medications orders for accuracy using sound principles, accounting for pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic variations in drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination with responsibility for establishing and continually improving the delivery of pharmaceutical care to patients within areas of direct responsibility and assisting others in the department with the same.
  • Provides specialized pharmaceutical services to improve drug usage and therapeutic outcomes including advising physicians and practitioners on issues concerning drug therapy, the inherent toxicity of drugs, drug-drug, drug-food interactions, and side effects, as well as assisting in the prescribing of appropriate doses.
  • Responsible to provide accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to the professional staff and to patients and their families.
  • Coordinates the activities of assigned certified pharmacy technicians engaged in the preparation, labeling and delivery of medications in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations pertaining to the dispensing of drugs, controlled substance medications, investigational drugs, and the maintenance of required records.
  • Facilitates orientations and educational programs for the medical staff and residents regarding the appropriate utilization of Pharmacy Services.
  • Participates in medication use review activities of the department. Collects data; maintain logs, records, and other documentation as assigned.

Job Requirements

  • B.S. in Pharmacy or PharmD required.
  • Minimum of one (1) to three (3) years experience required.
  • Must be licensed or license eligible in DE, PA, & NJ. Associates who are not licensed in the state of DE at time of hire must start process for licensure and must obtain that DE licensure on or before the 90th day of employment.
  • Associates who are not licensed in state(s) of PA, or NJ must obtain licensure for those states within 6 months after start date.
  • Non Sterile operations (Unit dose training, etc.); Sterile operations (IV compounding, etc.).
  • TPN, Oncology and Dialysis experience; Drug Storage; Distribution, and Automation Technology Systems; Pharmacy Software.
  • Hospital Pharmacy experience preferred, Pediatric Pharmacy experience preferred.

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals — Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida — along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.

Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.

Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.

Learn more at Nemours.org.

Key Responsibilities

The Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for reviewing and clarifying medication orders while coordinating the activities of pharmacy technicians. They also provide drug information to hospital staff and ensure compliance with regulations regarding controlled substances.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a B.S. in Pharmacy or a PharmD and possess one to three years of experience. Licensure or eligibility for licensure in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey is required.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Clinical PharmacyMedication Order ReviewPharmacokineticsPharmacodynamicsControlled Substances Compliance

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 50 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 48% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Delaware is 99.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.5% of Delaware clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Pharmacist (Midnight Shift) at Nemours Children's Health a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Pharmacy — ranked against 10,350 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc.

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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CME allowance
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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 6.4
Better work-life than 90% of Pharmacy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,350 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Wilmington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$299k
Typical market rent
$1,786/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 6.6%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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