Pharmacist (Weekend Option)

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Please click here to learn more about our locations.

Job Description

Shriners Children's St. Louis has an opportunity for a PRN Pharmacist.  In this role the pharmacist properly checks, prepares, and distributes medications, and ensures proper control measures of medication and medication storage areas.  Join a team of professionals committed to improving children's lives. Our top healthcare professionals excel in their practices and provide compassionate, family-centered care to children who need it most. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Conducts and oversees the preparation and dispensing of medications, guided by professional standards of practice.
• Receive prescriptions and medication orders from providers
• Check medication orders for proper dosing, contraindications, interactions
• Prepares, fills, and dispenses medications based upon physician orders
• Assesses the appropriateness of medications prescribed, monitors medication effects on the patient and provides drug information to hospital and medical staff
• Assist the Pharmacy Manager in planning, developing, coordinating and controlling pharmacy department functions and in training, supervising and evaluating pharmacy support personnel
• Orders CII controlled substances and maintain control of all controlled substances

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor in Pharmacy
• Pharmacy license in state of practice

Preferred Qualifications:

• PharmD
• 2 years Hospital Pharmacy experience

Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.