Clinical Emergency Room Pharmacist

PharmacistNo callNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$54.76-$81.45/hr

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Job Description

Where You’ll Work

Hello Humankindness

Imagine working in an environment where your experience and dedication truly makes a difference, guided by Dignity Health's profound values: Dignity, Justice, Stewardship, Collaboration, and Quality. Here, patient-first care isn't just a motto – it's our daily practice. As a leading 443-bed acute care hospital, we champion interdisciplinary teamwork and the highest standards of safety, because our patients, and you, deserve nothing less.

For over 50 years, Chandler Regional Medical Center (CRMC) has been a trusted partner to the vibrant East Valley community. This means you'll be joining a stable, growing organization with a rich history of service and innovation. We're passionate about your professional growth, offering extensive training, comprehensive resources, and abundant career advancement opportunities to help you reach your full potential.

If you're a dedicated, compassionate professional eager for a dynamic, patient-centered career with one of Arizona's 'Most Admired Companies,' and you thrive in a truly supportive environment, we invite you to discover how your passion can transform lives at CRMC. Explore our opportunities and become a part of a team that celebrates you.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Clinical Pharmacist, you’ll help our doctors and nurses safely prescribe and dispense medications to help our patients feel better and recover from their illness or injury.

Every day, you'll build trust in these interactions by providing comprehensive clinical pharmacy services for the ED, including pharmacokinetic and therapeutic consultation. This pharmacist will need to be a skilled problem solver. He/she will perform all computer order entry in an accurate, thorough and timely manner. This pharmacist will be expected to review medication orders for therapeutic appropriateness, duplications, interactions, overall effectiveness and safety.

To excel in this role, you must enjoy learning new concepts and researching information in real-time to provide solutions for our patients. You should also continually look for ways to go above and beyond for your patients, delivering an exceptional experience along with exceptional care.

Demonstrates ability to document clinical activities and interventions such as consults, patient teachings and other patient specific information as defined by policy and procedure.

Interprets medication orders and/or prescriptions for drug interactions, appropriate drug selection and appropriateness. Accurately enters / verifies the order or prescription into the computer system, labels, and dispenses medications in a timely manner.

Verifies and checks medications prepared by other pharmacy personnel.

Communicates drug information to patients and health professionals. Resolves drug related problems by consulting with other health care professionals to achieve appropriate patient outcomes. Unclear orders written by a licensed provider are clarified with the licensed provider. Assists the licensed provider in appropriate drug selection and therapeutic regimens.

Achieves and maintains an adequate basic knowledge base to provide clinical services for all age groups served. Provides basic clinical services as required by policy and procedure.

  • Maintains a working knowledge of automated systems
  • Job Requirements
  • Required
  • Bachelors Of Science Pharmacy, or
  • Doctor Of Pharmacy Pharmacy,
  • Pharmacist: AZ, and
  • American Heart Association Basic Life Support - CPR
  • Preferred
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Key Responsibilities

The Clinical Pharmacist provides comprehensive pharmacy services in the emergency department, including pharmacokinetic consultations and therapeutic medication reviews. They are responsible for accurately entering orders, verifying medication safety, and collaborating with healthcare professionals to optimize patient outcomes.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and possess an active Arizona Pharmacist license. Additionally, American Heart Association Basic Life Support (CPR) certification is required, with Advanced Cardiac Life Support preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

BLSACLS

Key Skills

PharmacokineticsMedication order reviewDrug information communicationPatient teachingSafety complianceProblem solving

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 48 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 50% have no call, 67% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$142k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $141k in an average-cost state. 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Emergency Room Pharmacist at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 5% in Pharmacy — ranked against 10,244 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.

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Salary Distribution25 jobs · 20 employers

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<$145k
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$185k-205k
1
$206k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs · 20 employers

401k / retirement match
92%
Sign-on bonus
42%
Loan repayment
8%
Relocation assistance
8%
CME allowance
4%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 6.9
Among the best 10% of Pharmacy listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,244 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No nights

Living in Gilbert

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$472k
Typical market rent
$2,075/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.3
State income tax
Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Mercy Gilbert Medical Center

Hospitals and Health Care
Gilbert, Arizona
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Training
Career advancement opportunities