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Hyannis, Massachusetts

Inpatient Pharmacist (Per Diem)

PharmacistPer Diem

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Job Description

1. Prepares, dispenses, and controls medications and other pharmaceuticals in accordance with applicable Federal, State, professional and hospital standards and procedures.

2. Maintains expertise through understanding of product advances and developments.

3. Assigns and monitors tasks of supportive personnel.

4. Reviews medication orders for completeness and appropriateness (i. e. dosage, compatibilities, scheduling, choice of medication etc.).

5. Compounds pharmaceuticals as needed including intravenous admixtures, TPN and other products using accepted standards of practice and control.

6. Insures proper labeling of medications and supplies.

7. Provides proper storage and maintains proper records as required by state, federal law and hospital policy and procedure.

8. Provides drug information to medical, nursing and other appropriate individuals concerning medications and pharmaceuticals as required by Federal law, State law, and hospital policy and procedure.

9. Issues and controls medications supplied to the patient care units and other authorized areas or departments that store medications.

10. Performs other duties as directed/requested.

11. Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers and co-workers.

12. Provides medication order-entry, clinical information and telephone availability service to Falmouth Hospital during the evening/night shift. Follows all Falmouth Hospital medication policies and procedures for all Falmouth Hospital orders.

  • Graduate of accredited pharmacy program.
  • Currently licensed (or eligible) in Massachusetts.
  • Ability to practice hospital pharmacy at current standards.
  • Able to operate required equipment.

Key Responsibilities

Prepare, dispense, compound, label, store, and control medications in accordance with applicable laws, professional standards, and hospital procedures, while reviewing orders for completeness and appropriateness. Provide drug information and medication order-entry support, oversee supportive personnel, and deliver service to patients, staff, and Falmouth Hospital during evening and night shifts.

Requirements

Requires graduation from an accredited pharmacy program and a current Massachusetts pharmacist license or eligibility for licensure. Candidates must be able to practice hospital pharmacy to current standards and operate required equipment.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Medication DispensingMedication Order ReviewPharmaceutical CompoundingTotal Parenteral NutritionMedication LabelingMedication Storage and RecordkeepingDrug Information ServicesClinical Information ServicesTask Assignment and MonitoringHospital Pharmacy PracticeRegulatory CompliancePatient and Customer ServicePharmacy Equipment Operation

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 50 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 22% are remote, 46% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Pharmacy market look like in Massachusetts?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost of livingMassachusetts index 105.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Pharmacy listings in Massachusetts323 active10,340 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 22% remote · 46% no call · 56% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMassachusetts Pharmacist listings: 25% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 18% offer loan repayment337 active listings, Oct 2026
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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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.5
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