Pharmacist Clinical - Institutional

SSM Health; Saint Charles (MO); On-site; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital – St. Charles is seeking a Pharmacist to provide pharmaceutical care in a fast-paced, on-site setting. This PRN role supports dispensing verification, patient counseling, and collaboration with pharmacy technicians and residents.

Education requires a Pharm.D. or Bachelor of Pharmacy with active pharmacist licensure in Missouri (and other states as applicable). The position involves supervising staff, precepting students, and ensuring safe, cost-effective

Qualifications

• Pharmacy degree from an accredited school of pharmacy (Pharm.D or B.Pharm).
• Active pharmacist licensure in MO and/or IL is required; other state licenses may apply.
• Experience supervising technicians or interns is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Verify and dispense medications; verify orders and resolve discrepancies.
• Provide clinical consultation and promote safe, cost-effective pharmacotherapy.
• Supervise pharmacy technicians/interns and precept students/residents.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure optimal patient care.

Skills

Patient counseling

Team collaboration

Pharmacy operations

Attention to detail

Education

Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D)

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles

It's more than a career, it's a calling

Worker Type: PRN

Job Highlights

Join a team where your work matters – every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. In this role, you will provide hands‑on support in a fast‑paced environment where every shift makes a direct impact on patients and families. Your attention to detail, compassion, and ability to work closely with various teams will help create a safer, smoother care experience. If you want to grow in a collaborative care setting, this role is perfect for you.

Hospital Experience, Strongly Preferred.

• Department: Pharmacy
• Schedule: PRN (As Needed) Varying shift times
  • Shifts assigned based on staff availability
• Position is fully onsite.
• No on‑call requirement.
• Location: SSM Health - St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles

Job Summary

Provides pharmaceutical care to patients, verifies medication orders, compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals in accordance with federal, state and local regulations and hospital policy. Serves as a resource to other healthcare professionals including pharmacy students and residents and ensures that patient care meets standards of safety and effectiveness. Oversees the duties of the pharmacy technicians and interns.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements

• Ensures safety and appropriateness of medication therapy through order verification, dispensing, home medication reconciliation, chart review, patient counseling, lab value monitoring and dose/therapy adjustment as applicable. Documents medication related plans and interventions in electronic medical record.
• Provides clinical consultation delivering best-practice, evidence-based and complete information to practitioners. Makes recommendations and encourages safe and cost-effective pharmacotherapy for patients through multi-disciplinary collaboration.
• Oversees the medication dispensing process to ensure accurate and timely delivery of optimal pharmacotherapy to patients. This includes supervision of pharmacy technicians and/or interns who support the role of the pharmacist in the drug delivery system.
• Precept pharmacy students and residents, as applicable.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

• Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D; Bachelor of Pharmacy) from accredited school of pharmacy

Experience

• No experience required

Physical Requirements

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

Required Professional License And/Or Certifications

Resuscitation Certification Requirement: Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) required within 90 day of employment. Other resuscitation certifications may be required dependent on department.

State of Work Location: Illinois

• Pharmacist, Registered - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

State of Work Location: Missouri

• Pharmacist - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

State of Work Location: Oklahoma

• Pharmacist - Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy

State of Work Location: Wisconsin

• Pharmacist - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

Work Shift

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Job Type

Employee

Department

3901000002 Pharmacy SC

Scheduled Weekly Hours

0

SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.