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Inpatient Pharmacist Team Lead - Peds

PharmacistIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

Job Description Summary Under the general guidance of the Inpatient Pharmacy Manager, provide operational and clinical pharmacy leadership within specialty area.

Entity Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA) Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Cost Center CC000613 CHS - Pharmacy - IP (SJCH) Pay Rate Type Salary Pay Grade Health-34 Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Work Shift Job Description In collaboration with the health care team, ensure that the Pharmacy provides the optimal drug therapy to patients as evidenced by proper drug selection, dose, route, duration of therapy, and cost effectiveness.

Develop, implement, and coordinate pharmacy programs and enhance the quality of existing services in specialty area. Provide oversight and monitoring of clinical and operational pharmacy initiatives and services.

Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to optimize the delivery of care, ensuring relevant safety, regulatory, certification and/or accreditation standard are maintained, and various required human resource functions.

Serves as the Pharmacist-In-Charge and ensures the operation of the pharmacy is in conformance with all laws pertinent to the practice of pharmacy and the distribution of drugs and supervision of pharmacy personnel.

Additional Job Description Education: Doctor of Pharmacy degree and completion of a pharmacy residency program or 2 years of work experience as a registered pharmacist.

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Key Responsibilities

Provide operational and clinical pharmacy leadership within a specialty pediatric area to ensure optimal drug therapy for patients. Oversee pharmacy programs, maintain regulatory standards, and serve as the Pharmacist-In-Charge to ensure legal compliance.

Requirements

Requires a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and either a pharmacy residency or two years of experience as a registered pharmacist. Must possess a South Carolina Pharmacist License and current BLS Certification.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Drug Therapy OptimizationPharmacy Program DevelopmentRegulatory CompliancePersonnel SupervisionPediatric PharmacyPatient Care CoordinationOperational Oversight

Pediatrics — Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 50 active Pharmacist listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 56% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for South Carolina is 93.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.6% of South Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks26 jobs · 24 employers

401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 50% of Pediatrics (Pharmacy) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 55 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Charleston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$534k
Typical market rent
$2,312/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.0
State income tax
Up to 6.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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