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Suffolk, Virginia

Pharmacist

PharmacistFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

The Pharmacist position offers exceptional customer service to all patients and provides consultations to better understand patients’ medical cannabis needs. As a Pharmacist you will be the product expert on-site and must provide a positive and customer centric experience for all patients.

This role is expected to spend 20% of their time focused on inventory related activities and are held responsible for engaging in the activity of and maintaining accurate records for inventory.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Check patient certifications via the online portal
  • Review patient’s physician recommendations and dispense medical cannabis medication
  • Provide individualized patient consultations to determine the best program alongside the physician’s recommendation
  • Maintain control of the inventory and rotates the medicine as needed.
  • Review and submit the prescription state monitoring program
  • Record the removal of damaged and outdated medicine (Greenwaste)
  • Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
  • Work closely with the Management staff to ensure accurate inventory logs
  • Support leadership during any schedule or unscheduled audits when necessary
  • Responsible for other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy or PharmD. (Licensed without restrictions)
  • Virginia can recognize a qualifying UMPJE passed for another participating state aspart of the license-transfer process.
  • 2 -5 years’ experience
  • Strong Customer Service Skills
  • Eager to learn and understand cannabinoids and how they interact with the human body

Ability to work effectively with employees, management, patients, governmental agencies, community members and the general public

Preferred Qualifications

Retail experience mandatory (Experience at a Walgreens, CVS, etc. is a plus)

Satisfactory completion of any State required Medical Cannabis education programs

Physical and Mental Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to remain in a stationary position, move and/or position oneself, communicate, operate and/or prepare, place, position objects, tools, or controls. The employee must occasionally move packages weighing up to 20 lb.

Able to stand up to 90% of the time. Specific hearing abilities required by this job include hearing in the normal audio range with or without correction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close observation and the ability to adjust focus.

The mental and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual, with or without reasonable accommodation, to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

Working Environment

Work is performed in a retail environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounter while performing the essential functions of this position. #VHW1

Key Responsibilities

The Pharmacist is responsible for providing patient consultations regarding medical cannabis, dispensing medication, and maintaining accurate inventory records. They must also ensure compliance with state regulations and maintain a safe, clean working environment.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or a PharmD and possess a valid, unrestricted license. Additionally, 2-5 years of experience and strong customer service skills are required, with retail pharmacy experience preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Pharmacy OperationsInventory ManagementMedical Cannabis ConsultationPrescription MonitoringRegulatory CompliancePatient EducationRecord KeepingSafety Compliance

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 50 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 48% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How many Pharmacy jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPharmacy median $160k (middle half $132k–$166k)12 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingVirginia index 101.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Pharmacy listings in Virginia284 active10,306 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 36% remote · 48% no call · 66% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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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 10,146 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Verano

Alternative Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
1,001-5,000 employees

Living in Suffolk

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$332k
Typical market rent
$2,028/mo
Residents’ average commute
30 min
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.

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