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Spearfish, South Dakota

Pharmacist Clinical | Spearfish Hospital

PharmacistIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

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Job Summary

Clinical pharmacists work in collaboration with other providers to deliver comprehensive medication management that optimizes patient outcomes. Care is coordinated among providers and caregivers and across systems of care as patients transition in and out of various settings in accordance with accepted hospital standards and policies and federal and state pharmacy laws and regulations.

Monument Health offers competitive wages and benefits on qualifying positions. Some of those benefits can include:

*Supportive work culture

*Medical, Vision and Dental Coverage

*Retirement Plans, Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending Account

*Instant pay is available for qualifying positions

*Paid Time Off Accrual Bank

*Opportunities for growth and advancement

*Tuition assistance/reimbursement

*Excellent pay differentials on qualifying positions

*Flexible scheduling

Job Description

  • Essential Functions:
  • Identifies medication-related problems such as: appropriateness of drug, dose, route, frequency, duration; minimizes therapeutic duplication; identifies/prevents drug-drug, drug-food, drug-lab, or drug-disease interactions.
  • Monitors patient response to therapy.

Provides accurate and adequate drug information to other multi-disciplinary team members and drug educational information to patients and their families.

Follows and appropriately manages pharmacy protocols (e. g. heparin, warfarin, pharmacokinetic, IV to PO, therapeutic interchange, renal dosing).

Participates in quality improvement projects.

Under general direction/guidance from pharmacy leadership, leads development, implementation, and maintenance of pharmacy services in a specialty area (e. g. medication safety, drug shortages, formulary changes, team leader in a specific practice area).

  • Acts as a resource in area of specialty.
  • Consistent documentation of consults relative to peers.
  • Consistent documentation of pharmacist interventions relative to peers.
  • Consistent documentation of adverse drug reactions relative to peers in same practice settings.
  • Consistent documentation of medication variances relative to peers.
  • Any other duties as assigned.

Additional Requirements

Required

Education - Bachelors in Pharmacy

Certifications - Pharmacist - South Dakota Board of Pharmacy; Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA); Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) - Within 90 days of hire or transfer.

Regarding BLS certification: The department you are applying to may require BLS certification sooner than 90 days post transfer/hire. The hiring manager will discuss this with you if it is applicable.

Preferred

Education - Doctorate in Pharmacy

Certifications - Post-graduate Year 1 (PGY-1) - American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP); Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA)

Work Experience - 1+ years Pharmaceutical Experience; 3+ years Hospital Experience; 3+ years Clinical Experience

Light work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

  • Job Category
  • Clinical Care
  • Job Family
  • Pharmacy

Department: SPH Pharmacy

  • Scheduled Weekly Hours
  • 40

Shift: Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department

  • Employee Type
  • Regular

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Monument Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical pharmacists collaborate with providers to deliver comprehensive medication management and optimize patient outcomes. They monitor patient therapy, manage pharmacy protocols, and provide drug information to the multi-disciplinary team.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy and possess a South Dakota Pharmacist license. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) certifications are required.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient careFormulary managementPharmacokineticsInterdisciplinary collaborationClinical monitoring

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 48 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 48% have no call, 75% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for South Dakota is 88.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.2% of South Dakota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pharmacist Clinical | Spearfish Hospital at Monument 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 10,410 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc.

Location & Logistics

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

Top Pharmacist Jobs

30 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution22 jobs

5
<$150k
4
$150k-165k
9
$165k-180k
2
$180k-195k
2
$195k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs · 22 employers

401k / retirement match
96% this job
Sign-on bonus
24%
Relocation assistance
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$75.03-$102.91/hr
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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 10,410 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Spearfish

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$439k
Typical market rent
$1,514/mo
Residents’ average commute
16 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Monument Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Rapid City, South Dakota
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Supportive work culture
Medical, Vision and Dental Coverage
Retirement Plans
Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Account
Instant pay
Paid Time Off Accrual Bank
Opportunities for growth and advancement