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Pharmacist - Flex Full-Time

PharmacistIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Includes call
Weekends
Includes weekends
Posted 1mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

UPMC Presbyterian Campus is looking for a Flex Full-Time Pharmacist who can leverage their expertise and passion for collaboration with healthcare professionals to enhance patient outcomes and deliver life-changing medicine daily. This role is perfect for someone with strong teamwork, communication, and customer service skills and is committed to quality, safety, and excellence in pharmacy services. UPMC offers a generous benefits package, an expansive total rewards package, opportunity to grow your career through our pharmacist career ladder. This position will work evening shifts, and every 12th weekend.

Why UPMC Presbyterian?

Career Growth: We offer a clear pharmacy career ladder with opportunities for advancement, continuous training, and ongoing education.

Diverse Practice Opportunities: Unique opportunity to work in various specialized areas, including the operative satellite pharmacy, PACU, and sterile products areas.

Collaborative Environment: Join a supportive, team‑focused environment where your contributions are valued.

Innovative Excellence: Be part of a top academic medical center committed to healthcare innovation, research, and education.

Impactful Work: Play a vital role in ensuring patients receive timely, safe, and effective medications—directly supporting their recovery and overall care.

Responsibilities

Review, maintain, and screen patient medication records and profiles for allergies, drug interactions, and therapeutic duplications while entering orders and/or verifying medications.

Identify and report suspected adverse drug reactions accurately and in a timely manner.

Interpret and evaluate physician orders to prepare, calculate, and dispense appropriate medication dosage forms for inpatient and outpatient treatment in accordance with the Practicing State's Pharmacy Practice Act, Federal Drug Laws, and other regulatory organizations.

Prepare and dispense intravenous admixture solutions, as required, using aseptic technique in an accepted sterile product preparation area.

Organize daily operational duties and assist in the supervision of pharmacy technicians, pharmacy aides, student interns, and other ancillary personnel involved in providing pharmaceutical care.

Fill prescription orders in accordance with State and Federal regulations, utilizing technological resources and equipment.

Provide drug information and/or educational programs to healthcare professionals and pharmacy students.

  • Graduate of an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy
  • B. S in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree
  • Current licensure as a Pharmacist in practicing state
  • No previous experience required
  • Previous pharmacist experience preferred
  • Previous experience in perioperative and sterile products compounding preferred

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances

Pharmacist

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

Requirements

Candidates must hold a B.S. in Pharmacy or a PharmD degree from an ACPE accredited college and possess a current pharmacist license in the practicing state. No previous experience is required, though experience in perioperative and sterile compounding is preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Medication reviewDrug interaction screeningPharmacy operationsClinical pharmacyPatient safetyRegulatory complianceDosage calculation

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 50 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 26% are remote, 52% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

Pharmacy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks28 jobs · 26 employers

401k / retirement match
89%
CME allowance
14%
Sign-on bonus
11%
Loan repayment
7%
PSLF eligible
7%

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Work-life snapshot

1.5/ 10
Listing-based score
  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Pittsburgh

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$234k
Typical market rent
$1,545/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
94.7
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Pittsburgh, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About UPMC

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10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Generous benefits package
Total rewards package
Career ladder opportunities