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Job Description

Location: Medical Center - Fort Worth

Department: Pharmacy

Shift: Varying Shifts (United States of America)

Standard Weekly Hours

8

Summary

The pharmacist provides professional pharmaceutical services to patients, healthcare providers, and hospital staff. The pharmacist ensures safe, optimal pharmaceutical therapy outcomes through the verification and dispensing of medication. All activities are done in accordance with established policies, procedures, and regulations with the health and welfare of the patient paramount.

Education

Graduate from an American Council on Pharmacy Education accredited school of pharmacy.

Certification/Licensure

Texas Pharmacist License or eligible for Texas Licensure as a registered pharmacist. Pharmacist licensure must be obtained within 90 days of employment. Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification.

About Us

Cook Children's Medical Center is the cornerstone of Cook Children's, and offers advanced technologies, research and treatments, surgery, rehabilitation and ancillary services all designed to meet children's needs.

Cook Children's is an EOE/AA, Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.

Key Responsibilities

The pharmacist provides professional pharmaceutical services to patients and healthcare staff. They ensure safe and optimal therapy outcomes through the verification and dispensing of medications.

Requirements

Candidates must be graduates of an accredited school of pharmacy and hold or be eligible for a Texas Pharmacist License. A current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification is also required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Medication verificationDispensing medicationPatient carePharmacy operations

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 49 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 37% have no call, 61% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

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

Top contract/1099 Pharmacist Jobs

34 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution28 jobs

6
<$145k
3
$145k-165k
15
$165k-185k
2
$185k-205k
2
$205k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks29 jobs · 28 employers

401k / retirement match
86%
Sign-on bonus
38%
Loan repayment
7%
CME allowance
7%
Relocation assistance
7%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

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

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

Living in Fort Worth

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$264k
Typical market rent
$1,615/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Cook Children's Health Care System

Hospitals and Health Care
Fort Worth, TX
5,001-10,000 employees