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Clinical Pharmacist - Inpatient

PharmacistIncludes weekendsNo callFull-Time

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Job Description

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Job Title

Clinical Pharmacist - Inpatient

Location: Dover

Facility

Union Hospital

Department: Pharmacy-Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital

Job Code: T99841

Shift: Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

Schedule: 6:00am-11:00pm

Job Summary

Job Details

*This position is eligible for a sign-on bonus up to $10,000 and relocation reimbursement up to $5,000*

Join Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital and experience world class healthcare at its best. Located in Dover, Ohio, the award-winning not-for-profit Union Hospital serves the communities of eastern Ohio. Here, you will be part of a talented, compassionate, and driven team of caregivers, work with state-of-the-art technology and provide stellar patient care.

As a Clinical Pharmacist, a caregiver in this role will provide comprehensive inpatient pharmacy services at a small, rural hospital, gaining experience across a variety of clinical and operational responsibilities.

Working in a department that combines centralized and decentralized pharmacy practices, the caregiver will verify medication orders, support central pharmacy operations, provide patient medication education and collaborate with physicians and nursing teams to optimize medication therapy.

This generalist role offers opportunities to support diverse patient populations, participate in expanding decentralized pharmacy services and take a more active role in direct patient care.

The caregiver will also work independently during designated shifts, provide guidance to pharmacy technicians and fellow caregivers and help maintain safe, efficient pharmacy operations.

A caregiver in this position will work a day / evening rotation, and every third weekend.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

  • Provide safe, efficient, patient-centered, evidence-based medication services.
  • Verify medication orders and/or dispense medications accurately according to state and federal regulations.
  • Document services in a complete, accurate and timely manner.
  • Ensure all pharmacy operations comply with national accreditation standards.
  • Maintain professional interactions with patients to facilitate successful patient experiences.
  • Educate and train students, residents, other caregivers, and/or patients.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

PharmD or Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college of pharmacy

Current state licensure as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh) or eligible for reciprocation in current state within 90 days of hire

Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross and completion of a Board of Pharmacy approved course in the administration of immunizations or certification obtained within 90 days (for individuals required to administer immunizations).

Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and/or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification through American Heart Association (AHA)or American Red Cross. For caregivers required to respond to adult or pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest, this is required within one year of hire

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

Relevant post-graduate pharmacy experience

Physical Requirements

Typical physical demands include ability to perform the job while standing and walking for prolonged times, approximately 75% of shift and continuously for extended periods of time.

Manual dexterity sufficient to perform computer and dispensing functions of the job; ability to lift up to 30 lbs.

  • Position often includes reaching, stretching, stooping, climbing steps and sitting.
  • Must have normal or corrected vision.
  • Must have ability to clearly communicate verbally by phone or in person

Personal Protective Equipment

Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: info.flclearinghouse.com

  • Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster.
  • Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.

Key Responsibilities

The clinical pharmacist will verify medication orders, support central pharmacy operations, and collaborate with healthcare teams to optimize patient medication therapy. They are also responsible for providing patient education and ensuring all pharmacy practices comply with safety and accreditation standards.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a PharmD or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and possess current state licensure as a Registered Pharmacist. Additionally, applicants are required to have BLS certification and must obtain or hold ACLS/PALS certifications as specified.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Medication verificationClinical pharmacy servicesOperational pharmacyMedication therapy optimizationPharmacist licensureACLS certificationImmunization administrationClinical collaborationPharmacy technician guidance

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 50 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 18% are remote, 48% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Pharmacy market look like in Maryland?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · top 25% in pharmacyranked against 10,137 Pharmacy listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedPharmacy median $137k (middle half $135k–$148k)117 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingMaryland index 105.0US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Pharmacy listings in Maryland116 active10,341 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 18% remote · 48% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$10k sign-onMaryland Pharmacist listings: 20% state a sign-on bonus · 14% offer loan repayment117 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (10,137 Pharmacy listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Pharmacist - Inpatient at Cleveland Clinic 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 10,137 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

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Work-Life Balance Distribution

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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 10,137 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • Includes weekends
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About Cleveland Clinic

Hospitals and Health Care
Cleveland, Ohio
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-on bonus up to $10,000
Relocation reimbursement up to $5,000

Living in Elkton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$334k
Typical market rent
$1,904/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
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.

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.