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Rinvio Recruitment
Anchorage, Alaska

Pharmacist Clinical

PharmacistNo weekendsFull-Time

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.

Posted 4mo ago

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

Prescription VerificationPharmaceutical CompoundingControlled Substances ManagementPharmacotherapy EducationClinical PharmacyDrug Interaction ReviewRegulatory Compliance

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.

Top Pharmacist Jobs

25 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution25 jobs · 20 employers

6
<$150k
10
$150k-175k
4
$175k-200k
5
$200k-225k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs · 20 employers

401k / retirement match
92%
Sign-on bonus
46%
Loan repayment
8%
CME allowance
8%
Relocation assistance
8%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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$119k-$215k
#2

Sr. Clinical Pharmacist (Oncology)

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$124k-$206k
#3

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$126k-$206k
#4

Senior Clinical Review Operations Pharmacist

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+ 23 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 6.3
Better work-life than 90% of Pharmacy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,244 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Anchorage

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$418k
Typical market rent
$1,802/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
105.4
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Anchorage, AK metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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