Pharmacist Lead - Surgery
Compensation
Pay not listed
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.
Responsibilities
As part of the Health care team, leads operation and clinical activity of the Pharmacy Staff so as to provide pharmaceutical care. Acts as a professional resource. Serves all patients, including, but not limited to, neonates, pediatrics, adolescent, adults and geriatrics.
Qualifications
- REQUIRED
- Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy.
- Active Georgia Pharmacist license.
- Two (2) years clinical pharmacy experience.
Preferred
- ASHP- Accredited Post Graduate Year 1 and 2 Residency or Fellowship or equivalent experience in the specialty area.
- Relevant Pharmacy Specialty Board certification is preferred.
- Previous management experience.
Work Hours (EX:7AM-7PM)
VARIES 40 HRS PER WEEK
Weekend Requirements
Yes
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Pharmacist Career Context
Of the 50 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 56% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Pharmacy median $137k (middle half $133k–$148k)135 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Georgia index 96.3 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Pharmacy listings in Georgia | 334 active | 10,212 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 24% remote · 56% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Georgia pharmacist listings (all specialties): 11% state a sign-on bonus · 8% offer loan repayment344 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Pharmacy listings | 3,683 in the last 30 days | 3,161 the 30 days before (+17%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Pharmacy pay trend | +4.0% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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Benefits & Perks
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,061 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- Includes weekends
Living in Atlanta
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $375k
- Typical market rent
- $1,942/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 27 min
- State income tax
- Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.