Certified Clinical Pharmacist Specialist
Listed compensation
$54.5-$81.07/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
Where You’ll Work
Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East which is dedicated to supporting the well-being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Certified Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, you will be a recognized expert and leader in pharmaceutical care, driving optimal medication outcomes and promoting safe, effective, and evidence-based pharmacotherapy for complex patient populations.
Every day you will provide advanced clinical pharmacy services, including comprehensive medication management, pharmacokinetic dosing, adverse drug reaction monitoring, and drug information to physicians and other healthcare professionals.
To be successful in this role, you must possess advanced clinical knowledge and decision-making skills, exemplary communication and leadership abilities, and a steadfast commitment to optimizing patient pharmacotherapy and ensuring medication safety.
Promotes long and short-range planning to respond and integrate within the market, Region, and system.
Works collaboratively with pharmacy peers to standardize clinical pharmacy systems when appropriate
Works, as directed by facility pharmacy leadership, on developing, coaching and mentoring pharmacy staff to maximize their scope of practice in the provision of clinical pharmacy services and scholarly activities across the continuum of care.
Educates the medical staff regarding cost-effective, quality pharmaceutical care based on evidence based medicine and best practices.
- Participates in assigned committees relevant to their knowledge, experience and practice area
- Assures that clinical pharmacy initiatives are in compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Job Requirements
- Required
- Bachelors Of Science Pharmacy, upon hire or
- Doctor Of Pharmacy Pharmacy, upon hire and
- Residency completion or
- 2 years of clinical experience
- Pharmacist: KY, upon hire and
- Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire and
- Board Certified Ambulatory, upon hire or
- Board Certified Cardiology, upon hire or
- Board Certified Compound Strl, upon hire or
- Board Certified Critical Care, upon hire or
- Board Certified Emergency, upon hire or
- Board Certified Geriatric, upon hire or
- Board Certified Infectious Dis, upon hire or
- Board Certified Nuclear, upon hire or
- Board Certified Nutrition Supp, upon hire or
- Board Certified Oncology, upon hire or
- Board Certified Psychiatric, upon hire or
- Board Certified Pediatric, upon hire or
- Board Certified Pharmacotherapy, upon hire or
- Board Certified Organ Trans, upon hire
Key Responsibilities
The Certified Clinical Pharmacist Specialist provides advanced clinical pharmacy services, including comprehensive medication management and pharmacokinetic dosing for complex patient populations. They also lead clinical pharmacy initiatives, mentor staff, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements while promoting evidence-based pharmacotherapy.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or a Doctor of Pharmacy degree, along with residency completion or two years of clinical experience. Additionally, a valid Kentucky pharmacist license, BLS, ACLS, and relevant board certification are required upon hire.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Pharmacist Career Context
Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 13% are remote, 57% have no call, 53% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$141k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $156k in an average-cost state. 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 7.2 / 10 · top 5% in pharmacy | ranked against 10,003 Pharmacy listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $113k–$169k | Pharmacy median $148k (middle half $138k–$155k)247 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$156k in purchasing power | Kentucky index 90.2 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Pharmacy listings in Kentucky | 237 active | 10,186 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 13% remote · 57% no call · 53% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Kentucky Pharmacist listings: 19% state a sign-on bonus · 20% offer loan repayment239 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Pharmacy listings | 3,759 in the last 30 days | 3,073 the 30 days before (+22%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Pharmacy pay trend | +3.3% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Certified Clinical Pharmacist Specialist at Saint Joseph Medical Center - East Lexington a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 5% in Pharmacy — ranked against 10,003 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,003 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- No call
- No weekends
About Saint Joseph Medical Center - East Lexington
Benefits & Perks
Living in Lexington
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $312k
- Typical market rent
- $1,631/mo
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 92.9
- State income tax
- Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).
BEA 2024 · Lexington-Fayette, KY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.