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Rockville, Maryland

Pharmacist, Variable Part Time Rotating Shifts, Pharmacy

PharmacistIncludes callIncludes weekendsPart-Time

Listed compensation

$55.88-$83.82/hr

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Job Description

Shady Grove Medical Center

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Shady Grove Medical Center seeks to hire an experienced Clinical Staff Pharmacist for our Pharmacy Department who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.

As a In Patient Clinical Staff Pharmacist, you will:

  • Prepare and dispense medications.
  • Utilize pharmacy support personnel.
  • Provide in service education for physicians, nurses, and other practitioners
  • Perform pharmacy functions to assure safe and effective medication delivery to the Nursing Department
  • Design, recommend, monitor, and evaluate patient-specific pharmacotherapy.
  • Help assure adherence to medication-use policies
  • Participate in the formulary process.
  • Comply with all accreditations, regulatory and safety requirements.
  • Maximize work efficiency with use of technology.
  • Respond to requests for drug information.
  • Ensure continuity of pharmaceutical care.
  • Participate in departmental performance improvement program.
  • Maintain confidentiality of patient information.
  • Participate in the process for assessing, managing and reporting medication errors.
  • Manage time effectively.

Qualifications Include

  • Strong customer service skills.
  • Ability to handle multi-task environment and medical emergencies.
  • Basic PC skills such as Microsoft Word and department specific software programs.
  • Ability to communicate verbally in good English.
  • Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy (BS/PharmD degree)
  • Current Maryland Pharmacist license required
  • Strongly Preferred: Minimum one year of hospital pharmacy practice
  • Considered: Recent graduate w/ minimum 2 years hospital pharmacy technician/intern experience; or non-hospital pharmacist experience, with counseling and medication therapy management
  • Supervisory/management experience not required but welcome
  • Strongly Preferred: ASHP accredited PGY-1 Residency completion
  • Strongly Preferred: Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Certification
  • Strongly Preferred: American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification
  • Strongly Preferred: Member of American Society of Health-system Pharmacists (ASHP), and/or Maryland Society of Health-system Pharmacist (MSHP)

Work Schedule: Employment Type: Variable Part-time

Hours per period: 16

Typical Daily Schedule: rotating

Shift Type: Rotating

Weekend Requirements: Required/ every third weekend

Holiday Requirements: Required Rotation/Follow company holiday calendar

On-Call: no

Shift Differential Eligible: Yes

Pay Range

  • $55.88 - $83.82
  • If the salary range is not displayed or if the position is Per Diem (with a fixed rate), salary discussions will take place during the screening process.
  • Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as:
  • United States of America (Non-Exempt)
  • At Adventist HealthCare our job is to care for you.

We Do This by Offering

  • Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
  • Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
  • 403(b) retirement plan
  • Free Employee parking
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist HealthCare has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care. Adventist HealthCare was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County.

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference.

Join the Adventist HealthCare team today, apply now to be considered!

COVID-19 Vaccination

Adventist HealthCare strongly recommends all applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination.

Tobacco and Drug Statement

Tobacco use is a well-recognized preventable cause of death in the United States and an important public health issue. In order to promote and maintain a healthy work environment, Adventist HealthCare will not hire applicants for employment who either state that they are nicotine users or who test positive for nicotine and drug use.

While some jurisdictions, including Maryland, permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes, marijuana continues to be classified as an illegal drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act. As a result, medical marijuana use will not be accepted as a valid explanation for a positive drug test result.

Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana. Those testing positive are given the opportunity to re-apply in 90 days, if they can truthfully attest that they have not used any nicotine products in the past ninety (90) days and successfully pass follow-up testing. ("Nicotine products" include, but are not limited to: cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes, vaping products, hookah, and nicotine replacement products (e. g., nicotine gum, nicotine patches, nicotine lozenges, etc.).

Equal Employment Opportunity

Adventist HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to attracting, engaging, and developing the best people to cultivate our mission-centric culture. Our goal is to have a welcoming, equitable, and safe place to work and grow for all employees, no matter their background.

AHC does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and related medical conditions, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Adventist HealthCare will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Adventist HealthCare is a religious organization as defined under applicable law; however, it will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodations for applicants’ religious beliefs.

Applicants who wish to request accommodations for disabilities or religious belief should contact the Support Center HR Office.

Key Responsibilities

The pharmacist will prepare and dispense medications while designing and monitoring patient-specific pharmacotherapy. They are also responsible for providing education to medical staff and ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a degree from an accredited School of Pharmacy and possess a current Maryland Pharmacist license. At least one year of hospital pharmacy practice is strongly preferred.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

ACLS (preferred)

Key Skills

Medication dispensingPatient counselingClinical pharmacyRegulatory complianceEmergency responsePharmacy software

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 35% are remote, 50% have no call, 65% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$145k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $138k in an average-cost state. 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pharmacist, Variable Part Time Rotating Shifts, Pharmacy at Adventist HealthCare a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Pharmacy — ranked against 10,320 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 6.1
Better work-life than 90% of Pharmacy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,320 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Rockville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$624k
Typical market rent
$2,405/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Adventist HealthCare

Hospitals and Health Care
Gaithersburg, MD
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

403(b) retirement plan
Free Employee parking
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Shift Differential Eligible