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Hickory, North Carolina

Pharmacist, PRN, Acute Hospital

PharmacistIncludes weekendsPer Diem

Compensation

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Posted 6mo ago

Job Description

Facility Name: Frye Regional Medical Center

Position: Pharmacist, Acute Hospital

schedule: Weekdays and rotating weekend and Holidays

Shift: Full Time Days

Your Experience Matters

Frye Regional Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others.

As a Pharmacist joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

More About Our Team

Frye Regional Medical Center employs more than 1500 professional and clinical staff. Our medical center is a 355-bed acute care facility which offers a broad array of inpatient and outpatient care.

Frye Regional Medical Center provides patients with a full range of services to meet the healthcare needs of our community. We believe our employees are our most valuable assets in accomplishing this goal and we have made great strides to ensure employee satisfaction. If you are passionate about changing lives, we are looking for you!

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a dynamic Pharmacist who is passionate about helping others and is a team player!

Why Join Us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers

  • Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
  • Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
  • Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.

Essential Functions

  • Manages drug therapy protocols as a part of an interdisciplinary team.
  • Reviews, interprets and evaluates medication orders to identify, prevent and resolve potential or actual drug related problems.
  • Provides drug information and education to medical staff, healthcare professionals, and patients, and pharmacy students.
  • Documents interventions and their outcomes for use in drug therapy quality improvement efforts.
  • Evaluates medication orders for accuracy and completeness prior to order entry. Checks for accuracy after filling by technicians

Education/ Certification

  • Education: Bachelor’s Degree Required; Doctoral Degree Preferred
  • Licenses: Pharmacy License in the state of North Carolina

EEOC Statement

Frye Regional Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Frye Regional Medical Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier.

Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities.

We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

Key Responsibilities

The Pharmacist manages drug therapy protocols as part of an interdisciplinary team, reviewing and evaluating medication orders to prevent or resolve drug-related problems. They also provide drug information and education to medical staff, healthcare professionals, patients, and pharmacy students.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a Bachelor’s Degree, with a Doctoral Degree being preferred, and hold a valid Pharmacy License in the state of North Carolina. The role requires a dynamic individual who is passionate about helping others and functions well as a team player.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Drug Therapy Protocol ManagementMedication Order ReviewDrug Information ProvisionPatient EducationStaff EducationOrder Entry AccuracyInterdisciplinary Team CollaborationQuality Improvement Documentation

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 50 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 40% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Benefits & Perks24 jobs

401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.5
Below most Pharmacy listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,314 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Hickory

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$292k
Typical market rent
$1,531/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.5
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive Benefits: medical, dental, vision
Financial Protection & PTO: life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave, paid time off
Financial & Career Growth: tuition assistance, loan assistance, 401(k) retirement package and company match