Clinical Staff Pharmacist, Rotating Shift, Pharmacy
Listed compensation
$55.88-$83.82/hr
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Includes call
- Weekends
- Includes weekends
Job description
Shady Grove Medical Center
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Shady Grove Medical Center seeks to hire an experienced Clinical Staff Pharmacist for our Pharmacy Department who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.
As an In- Patient Clinical Staff Pharmacist, you will
- Prepare and dispense medications.
- Utilize pharmacy support personnel.
- Provide in service education for physicians, nurses, and other practitioners
- Perform pharmacy functions to assure safe and effective medication delivery to the Nursing Department
- Design, recommend, monitor, and evaluate patient-specific pharmacotherapy.
- Help assure adherence to medication-use policies
- Participate in the formulary process.
- Comply with all accreditations, regulatory and safety requirements.
- Maximize work efficiency with use of technology.
- Respond to requests for drug information.
- Ensure continuity of pharmaceutical care.
- Participate in departmental performance improvement program.
- Maintains confidentiality of patient information.
- Participate in the process for assessing, managing and reporting medication errors.
- Manage time effectively.
Qualifications include
- Strong customer service skills.
- Ability to handle multi-task environment and medical emergencies.
- Basic PC skills such as Microsoft Word and department specific software programs.
- Ability to communicate verbally in good English.
- Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy (BS/PharmD degree)
- Current Maryland Pharmacist license required
- Strongly Preferred: Minimum one year of hospital pharmacy practice
- Considered: Recent graduate w/ minimum 2 years hospital pharmacy technician/intern experience; or non-hospital pharmacist experience, with counseling and medication therapy management
- Supervisory/management experience not required but welcome
- Strongly Preferred: ASHP accredited PGY-1 Residency completion
- Strongly Preferred: Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Certification
- Strongly Preferred: American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification
- Strongly Preferred: Member of American Society of Health-system Pharmacists (ASHP), and/or Maryland Society of Health-system Pharmacist (MSHP)
If you want to make a difference in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference.
Join the Adventist HealthCare team today, apply now to be considered!
COVID-19 Vaccination
Adventist HealthCare strongly recommends all applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination.
Tobacco and Drug Statement
Tobacco use is a well-recognized preventable cause of death in the United States and an important public health issue. In order to promote and maintain a healthy work environment, Adventist HealthCare will not hire applicants for employment who either state that they are nicotine users or who test positive for nicotine and drug use.
While some jurisdictions, including Maryland, permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes, marijuana continues to be classified as an illegal drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act. As a result, medical marijuana use will not be accepted as a valid explanation for a positive drug test result.
Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana. Those testing positive are given the opportunity to re-apply in 90 days, if they can truthfully attest that they have not used any nicotine products in the past ninety (90) days and successfully pass follow-up testing. ("Nicotine products" include, but are not limited to: cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes, vaping products, hookah, and nicotine replacement products (e. g., nicotine gum, nicotine patches, nicotine lozenges, etc.).
Equal Employment Opportunity
Adventist HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to attracting, engaging, and developing the best people to cultivate our mission-centric culture. Our goal is to have a welcoming, equitable, and safe place to work and grow for all employees, no matter their background. AHC does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and related medical conditions, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Adventist HealthCare will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Adventist HealthCare is a religious organization as defined under applicable law; however, it will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodations for applicants’ religious beliefs.
Applicants who wish to request accommodations for disabilities or religious belief should contact the Support Center HR Office.
Key Responsibilities
The Clinical Staff Pharmacist is responsible for preparing and dispensing medications while designing and monitoring patient-specific pharmacotherapy. They also provide clinical education to healthcare staff and ensure compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a BS or PharmD degree from an accredited School of Pharmacy and possess a current Maryland Pharmacist license. At least one year of hospital pharmacy practice is strongly preferred, along with relevant certifications like ACLS and BPS.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Pharmacist Career Context
Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 45% have no call, 80% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$145k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $138k in an average-cost state. 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Pharmacy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Staff Pharmacist, Rotating Shift, Pharmacy at Adventist HealthCare a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Pharmacy — ranked against 7,775 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc.
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