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Empower Pharmacy
Houston, Texas

Clinical Pharmacist 503A

PharmacistFull-Time

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Job Description

Empower Pharmacy is a visionary healthcare company dedicated to making quality, affordable medication accessible to millions of patients nationwide.

As the nation’s most advanced 503A compounding pharmacy and FDA-registered 503B outsourcing facility, we’re redefining what’s possible in personalized medicine and pharmaceutical manufacturing.

We’re proud to be recognized as one of Houston’s fastest-growing private companies and ranked #116 in Healthcare & Medical on the Inc. 5000 List for 2025.

Our strength is built on four core values: People, Quality, Service, and Innovation. Guided by these principles, we’ve created a uniquely integrated healthcare platform powered by advanced technology, operational excellence, and a relentless commitment to patient care.

From manufacturing and quality control to distribution and customer experience, our teams work together to raise industry standards, expand access to critical medications, and improve outcomes for patients and providers across the country.

At Empower, joining our team means more than starting a new role. It means becoming part of a mission-driven organization that’s transforming healthcare at scale. We invest deeply in our people, encourage bold thinking, and create opportunities for growth, leadership, and innovation at every level. Your ideas matter here, your development is supported, and the work you do has a direct impact on the lives of millions.

If you thrive in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment where innovation, collaboration, and ambition come together, Empower Pharmacy is the place for you. Let’s transform healthcare together.

Company Overview

Empower Pharmacy is a visionary healthcare company dedicated to making quality, affordable medication accessible to millions of patients nationwide. As the most advanced 503A compounding pharmacy and FDA-registered 503B outsourcing facility serving the functional medicine markets, we are proud to be recognized as one of Houston’s fastest-growing private companies and ranked #116 in Healthcare & Medical on the Inc. 5000 List for 2025.

Our strength lies in four core values—People, Quality, Service, and Innovation. Guided by these principles, we deliver a uniquely integrated approach to healthcare through vertical supply chain integration, advanced technology, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. From manufacturing to distribution to quality control, our teams work collaboratively to push boundaries, improve patient outcomes, and redefine medication accessibility.

At Empower, joining our team means more than starting a new job, it means becoming part of a mission to transform healthcare. We empower our employees to innovate, grow, and make a meaningful impact every day. Here, your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your contributions are celebrated.

If you thrive in a fast-paced, transformative environment where innovation meets purpose, Empower Pharmacy is the place for you. Let’s revolutionize healthcare together.

Position Summary

The Clinical Pharmacist drives safe, compliant, high-quality medication management across Empower’s 503A/503B operations, ensuring patient outcomes and regulatory excellence.

This role owns verification, clinical review, and process optimization, leveraging AI as a force multiplier for accuracy, efficiency, and insight generation.

Operating in a hyper-growth environment, the Clinical Pharmacist applies strategic thinking, execution rigor, and learning agility to continuously improve workflows, ensure compliance, and elevate standards.

Responsibilities

Clinical Operations

Medication Verification: Ensure accurate, compliant verification of prescriptions, leveraging AI-assisted tools to enhance precision, reduce errors, and maintain regulatory adherence across high-volume compounding workflows.

Clinical Review: Conduct comprehensive clinical evaluations of prescriptions, identifying risks, contraindications, and optimization opportunities while ensuring alignment with regulatory standards and Empower’s quality expectations.

Therapy Optimization: Recommend evidence-based therapy adjustments, collaborating with providers to improve patient outcomes while maintaining compliance with 503A and 503B regulatory requirements.

Quality & Compliance

Regulatory Adherence: Maintain strict compliance with federal, state, and internal quality standards, ensuring all activities meet rigorous regulatory expectations within a highly controlled pharmacy environment.

Audit Readiness: Support audit preparation and execution, ensuring documentation accuracy, process consistency, and readiness for inspections within a rapidly scaling operational environment.

Error Prevention: Identify, analyze, and mitigate medication-related risks, implementing corrective actions and continuous improvements to strengthen safety and quality outcomes.

Process Optimization

Workflow Efficiency: Optimize pharmacy workflows using data and AI-driven insights to increase throughput, reduce variability, and enhance operational performance.

Technology Utilization: Leverage clinical systems and AI tools to improve decision-making, streamline processes, and enhance overall pharmacy efficiency.

Continuous Improvement: Drive ongoing process enhancements, applying structured problem-solving methodologies to improve quality, speed, and scalability.

Knowledge and Skills

  • Strong clinical knowledge in pharmacotherapy and compounding pharmacy practices.
  • Proficiency leveraging AI tools for clinical decision support optimization.
  • Deep understanding of regulatory standards including 503A and 503B.
  • Advanced problem solving with data driven decision making capabilities.

Experience and Qualifications

  • Doctor of Pharmacy degree from accredited institution required.
  • Active pharmacist license in good standing with state board.
  • Experience in compounding or regulated pharmacy environment preferred strongly.
  • Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in high growth environments.

Key Competencies

  • Customer Focus: Builds trust through customer-centric solutions.
  • Strategic AI: Guides responsible AI adoption and adaptation.
  • Optimizes Work Processes: Drives efficiency with continuous improvement.
  • Collaborates: Partners effectively to achieve shared goals.
  • Resourcefulness: Secures and deploys resources efficiently.
  • Manages Complexity: Simplifies and solves complex challenges.
  • Ensures Accountability: Delivers on commitments with integrity.
  • Situational Adaptability: Adjusts approach to shifting conditions.
  • Communicates Effectively: Tailors messages to diverse audiences.

Values

  • People: Empowering people defines who we are.
  • Quality: Excellence in every product, every time.
  • Service: Serving others is our highest purpose.
  • Innovation: Advancing care through technology and discovery.

Employee Benefits, Health and Wellness

We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well-being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications. Learn more: careers.empowerpharmacy.com

Physical Requirements

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear.

The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices.

Employees are regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited institution and possess an active pharmacist license in good standing. Strong knowledge of 503A/503B regulatory standards and experience in a compounding or regulated pharmacy environment are required.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Regulatory compliance503A standards503B standardsWorkflow optimization

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 50 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 26% are remote, 36% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

In Texas, the Pharmacy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$135k (133 salary observations; 847 listings), vs ~$139k nationally (2,183 salary observations; 12,398 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

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).

Pharmacy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Location & Logistics

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

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks28 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 3.0
Better work-life than 50% of Pharmacy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,058 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Houston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$245k
Typical market rent
$1,542/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 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 Empower Pharmacy

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Houston, TX
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Paid time off
401(k) matching
Wellness perks
IV therapy
Compounded medications