Pharmacist Clinical
Listed compensation
$55-$66/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
Job-Specific Responsibilities and Tasks
The role encompasses a comprehensive range of pharmacist duties, including but not limited to:
- Execution of all pharmacist procedures to a high professional standard.
- Provision of extensive pharmaceutical services within the operational capacities of personnel, supplies, and equipment available at the facility.
- Direct patient counseling on optimal medication usage, ensuring education on pharmacotherapy.
- Thorough review of patient profiles at the point of dispensing to meticulously oversee medication therapy management.
- Verification of prescription accuracy, emphasizing appropriate directions for use, dosing, potential drug interactions, therapeutic duplications, allergy alerts, age-specific dosages, and other relevant patient-specific data. Proactive intervention with healthcare providers is required for any discrepancies identified.
- Compounding of medications as clinically necessary.
- Oversight of the accuracy in the preparation and processing of all pharmaceutical products by technical staff.
- Management of inventory control for all pharmaceuticals, with particular vigilance on scheduled substances, ensuring both security and compliance. Maintain comprehensive records for all controlled substances in accordance with regulatory mandates.
Schedule
Inpatient
Work cycle consists of 7 days on/7 days off, from Wednesday to Tuesday, with shifts from either 0700-1900 or 1900-0700.
Outpatient
Operating hours are Monday to Friday with flexibility in shift times (0730-1630, 0800-1700, or 0900-1800).
- Beyond standard inpatient and outpatient hours, the pharmacist must be available for 24/7 shifts, with varying lengths of 8, 10, 11, or 12 hours, not exceeding a total of 80 hours within a bi-weekly pay period.
Minimum Qualifications
Degree
Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy.
Education
Graduation from a pharmacy program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).
Experience
Minimum of one year of professional pharmacy experience post-graduation.
Licensure
Current, full, active, and unrestricted pharmacy license.
Security Clearance
Ability to successfully pass a government background check/security clearance.
Life Support Certification
Valid BLS Healthcare Provider certification from AHA or ARC.
Key Responsibilities
The pharmacist is responsible for providing comprehensive pharmaceutical services, including patient counseling and medication therapy management. They must ensure prescription accuracy, manage pharmaceutical inventory, and oversee the preparation of products by technical staff.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy from an ACPE-accredited program and possess a current, unrestricted pharmacy license. A minimum of one year of post-graduation professional experience and a valid BLS certification are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
Key Skills
Pharmacist Career Context
Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 53% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Alaska is 102.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$126k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $123k in an average-cost state. 58.9% of Alaska clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pharmacist Clinical at Rinvio Recruitment a 6.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Pharmacy — ranked against 10,244 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Location & Logistics
Alaska has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$126k midpoint, that is roughly $5k–$9k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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