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Centra Care
Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Transitions of Care & Anticoagulation Stewardship Pharmacist

PharmacistIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$62.1-$93.15/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Weekend work is also flagged as required; confirm which days and how often.

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Join a dynamic and evolving pharmacy practice where you will have the opportunity to shape and build innovative patient care services. The Transitions of Care & Anticoagulation Stewardship Pharmacist plays a vital role in ensuring safe, accurate, and seamless medication management as patients transition across healthcare settings, including hospital to home and between inpatient and outpatient care environments.

In this highly collaborative role, you will partner with physicians, nurses, care coordinators, community pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals to create medication plans that support exceptional patient outcomes. You will identify and resolve potential discharge barriers, including medication affordability, access challenges, prior authorizations, and compounding needs, helping patients successfully navigate transitions of care.

As the Anticoagulation Stewardship Pharmacist, you will serve as a clinical expert and trusted resource for patients receiving anticoagulation therapy.

Working closely with interdisciplinary teams, you will develop, implement, and optimize care plans that balance thrombosis prevention with bleeding risk reduction. This role offers a unique opportunity to design, expand, and grow a developing anticoagulation stewardship service. You will build your own practice, drive program development, establish collaborative relationships, and create a lasting impact.

In addition to direct patient care responsibilities, this position serves as the primary preceptor for a CentraCare PGY-1 Pharmacy Resident rotation and an APPE student rotation, providing the opportunity to mentor and develop the next generation of pharmacists.

What Makes This Role Unique?

  • Opportunity to build, expand, and lead a growing anticoagulation stewardship practice.
  • Significant autonomy to develop workflows, services, and clinical initiatives.
  • Collaborative interdisciplinary environment with strong provider engagement.
  • Direct impact on patient outcomes across transitions of care.
  • Meaningful teaching and mentorship opportunities with pharmacy learners.

Schedule

  • Full-time | 80 hours every two weeks
  • Days | Monday-Friday | 8-hour shifts start between 7am-8am
  • Occasional weekends and holidays

Pay and Benefits

  • Starting pay begins at $62.10 per hour and increases with experience
  • Pay range: $62.10-$93.15 per hour
  • Full-time benefits: medical, dental, PTO, retirement, employee discounts and more!
  • Tuition reimbursement and college grant programs available

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree and/or Pharm. D.
  • Advanced training (residency, fellowship, and/or board certification) and/or previous hospital experience preferred.
  • Current licensure by the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy.

CentraCare has made a commitment to diversity in its workforce. All individuals including, but not limited to, individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. CentraCare is an EEO/AA employer.

Key Responsibilities

The pharmacist will manage medication transitions across healthcare settings and lead anticoagulation stewardship initiatives to optimize patient outcomes. Additionally, the role involves precepting pharmacy residents and students while building and expanding clinical pharmacy services.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 42 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 55% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$161k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $164k in an average-cost state. 63.4% of Minnesota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Transitions of Care & Anticoagulation Stewardship Pharmacist at Centra Care a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Pharmacy — ranked against 10,288 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc.

Top Pharmacist Jobs

20 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution20 jobs · 14 employers

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<$145k
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$145k-165k
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$165k-185k
2
$185k-205k
1
$230k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks20 jobs · 14 employers

401k / retirement match
90%
Sign-on bonus
45%
Relocation assistance
10%
Loan repayment
5%
PSLF eligible
5%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 6.4
Better work-life than 90% of Pharmacy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,288 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in St. Cloud

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$252k
Typical market rent
$1,244/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
104.8
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Centra Care

Hospitals and Health Care
St. Cloud, MN
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical
Dental
PTO
Retirement
Employee discounts
Tuition reimbursement
College grant programs