Staff Pharmacist
Compensation
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
Essential Job Duties
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Prepare medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders.
2. Detect any therapeutic incompatibilities.
3. Complete pharmacy operational requirements by organizing and directing technicians’ workflow.
4. Verify their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals, order entries, charges, and inspections.
5. Provide pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals.
6. Counsel patients on drug therapies.
7. Dispense medications by compounding, packaging and labeling pharmaceuticals.
8. Control medications by monitoring drug therapies, advise interventions when necessary.
9. Comply with federal and state drug laws as regulated by the state board of pharmacy, the drug enforcement administration, and the food and drug administration.
10. Maintain records for controlled substances.
11. Remove outdated and damaged drugs from the pharmacy inventory.
12. Utilize integrated electronic health record (EHR) platforms to perform medication reconciliation, e-prescribing, and clinical decision support functions. Apply current immunization schedules, opioid stewardship protocols, and collaborative practice agreements in daily patient care.
Job Specifications
1. Education: Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy
2. Licensure: Michigan Pharmacist License, BLS Certification
3. Experience: 5 years experience as a Pharmacist, Pharmacy Manager, or related occupation.
4. Debarment: Must not be identified on USDHHS List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE)
5. Travel: Weekly Travel to various worksites within Saginaw County, MI, up to 75% of the time; weekly travel to various worksites within adjoining Bay County, MI, up to 25% of the time.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
Key Responsibilities
The Staff Pharmacist is responsible for preparing and dispensing medications, managing pharmacy operations, and providing clinical support to healthcare professionals. They must also ensure compliance with federal and state drug laws while maintaining accurate records for controlled substances.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy and a valid Michigan Pharmacist License along with BLS certification. A minimum of 5 years of experience in pharmacy practice or a related occupation is required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Staff Pharmacist at Great Lakes Bay Health Centers a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Pharmacy — ranked against 7,649 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc.
Pharmacist Career Context
In Michigan, the Pharmacy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$116k (10 salary observations; 59 listings), vs ~$138k nationally (968 salary observations; 4,120 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 42% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
Pharmacy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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