Pharmacist, Dispensing 503A (3rd shift)

Empower Pharmacy; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Empower Pharmacy in Houston, TX seeks a Pharmacist, Dispensing to serve as the final clinical authority for verifying, releasing, and safeguarding compounded medications in a high-volume setting.

You will leverage AI-enabled verification tools, automation, and data insights to elevate patient safety, drive throughput, mentor technicians, and ensure compliance with USP standards and relevant regulations.

Qualifications

• 2 years of pharmacy experience.
• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy required.
• Licensed and in good standing with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
• Detail-oriented and able to multitask in fast-paced environments.
• Bilingual abilities preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform final verification of compounded prescriptions with accuracy.
• Evaluate prescriptions for therapeutic appropriateness and document interventions.
• Monitor dispensing queues and collaborate with technicians to maintain throughput.
• Ensure compliance with USP standards and internal SOPs.
• Leverage AI tools and data insights to improve verification quality.

Skills

Prescription verification

Clinical decision-making

Patient safety

Regulatory compliance

AI-enabled tools

Education

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Doctor of Pharmacy

Tools

Pharmacy management systems

Barcode verification tools

Automation platforms

AI-driven decision support

Job description

Location: Houston, TX

Position Summary

The Pharmacist, Dispensing serves as the final clinical authority responsible for verifying, releasing, and safeguarding compounded medications that impact thousands of patients daily. Operating within Empower's 503A and 503B compounding pharmacy environment, this role combines clinical judgment, operational discipline, and regulatory precision to ensure every prescription meets uncompromising safety and compliance standards. The pharmacist drives verification excellence, mentors technicians, and removes workflow barriers while maintaining throughput in a high-growth, high-volume environment. Success requires decisive thinking, learning agility, and the willingness to leverage AI-enabled verification tools, automation systems, and data insights as force multipliers that elevate accuracy, productivity, and patient safety at scale.

Responsibilities

Clinical Verification & Patient Safety

• Prescription Verification: Perform final verification of compounded prescriptions, ensuring dosing accuracy, labeling precision, allergy review, interaction screening, and regulatory documentation before medication release.
• Clinical Interventions: Evaluate prescriptions for therapeutic appropriateness, identify dosing or formulation risks, communicate with prescribers for clarification, and document interventions clearly.
• Safety Oversight: Maintain uncompromising patient safety standards by identifying discrepancies, preventing dispensing errors, and enforcing clinical safeguards throughout daily verification processes.

Dispensing Operations & Workflow Execution

• Queue Management: Monitor dispensing queues, prioritize urgent prescriptions, maintain turnaround expectations, and balance verification speed with uncompromising clinical accuracy.
• Technician Collaboration: Work closely with pharmacy technicians during filling and packaging workflows, reinforce quality standards, correct deviations immediately, and strengthen team accountability.
• Process Improvement: Identify workflow inefficiencies, documentation gaps, and preventable rework patterns, recommending practical operational improvements that increase throughput while maintaining regulatory compliance.

Regulatory Compliance & Quality Discipline

• Compliance Enforcement: Apply state pharmacy regulations, USP standards, and internal SOPs consistently while maintaining complete, audit‑ready documentation across dispensing workflows.
• Controlled Oversight: Ensure controlled substance dispensing accuracy through meticulous verification, inventory awareness, and documentation practices aligned with federal and state requirements.
• Audit Readiness: Maintain inspection‑ready practices, proactively identifying compliance risks and correcting procedural gaps before they escalation into regulatory issues.

Technology & AI-Enabled Performance

• AI Utilization: Leverage AI‑assisted verification tools and clinical decision support systems to strengthen accuracy, accelerate verification, and reduce cognitive workload.
• Data Monitoring: Analyze operational dashboards and error reports to detect safety trends, improve verification quality, and inform targeted operational adjustments.
• System Optimization: Champion pharmacy technology adoption, including barcode systems, automation platforms, and digital workflow improvements that modernize dispensing operations.

Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrated expertise in prescription verification, clinical decision‑making, medication safety practices, and regulatory compliance within high‑volume pharmacy operations.
• Strong operational awareness with the ability to manage dispensing queues, prioritize workload under pressure, maintain accuracy, and guide technicians through structured workflows.
• Proficiency using pharmacy management systems, barcode verification tools, automation platforms, and emerging AI‑driven clinical decision support technologies.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret performance dashboards, error trends, and workflow metrics to identify operational improvements that strengthen patient safety and throughput.

Experience and Qualifications

• Requires 2 years of experience in a pharmacy setting.
• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree required.
• Licensed and in good standing with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
• Demonstrates strong attention to detail, adaptability in fast‑paced and changing environments, and the ability to manage multiple tasks independently.
• Accurate data entry skills required; bilingual abilities preferred.

Key Competencies

• Customer Focus: Builds trust through customer‑centric solutions.
• Strategic AI: Guides responsible AI adoption and adaptation.
• Optimizes Work Processes: Drives efficiency with continuous improvement.
• Collaborates: Partners effectively to achieve shared goals.
• Resourcefulness: Secures and deploys resources efficiently.
• Manages Complexity: Simplifies and solves complex challenges.
• Ensures Accountability: Delivers on commitments with integrity.
• Situational Adaptability: Adjusts approach to shifting conditions.
• Communicates Effectively: Tailors messages to diverse audiences.

Employee Benefits, Health, and Wellness

We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well‑being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications. Learn more: https://careers.empowerpharmacy.com/benefits/

Physical Requirements

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. Employees are regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.