Pharmacist - Retail PRN

UNC REX Healthcare; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 72,000 - 102,000; Part time

Job summary

UNC Health seeks a per diem Retail Pharmacist to support system outpatient and retail pharmacy operations in Morrisville, NC. The role emphasizes safe, patient-centered care, error prevention, and efficient workflow across the pharmacy team.

The successful candidate will hold PharmD or BS Pharmacy, be licensed or eligible for NC licensure, and bring strong communication and clinical skills to the department.

Qualifications

• Pharmacist licensure in NC or eligibility to obtain before start.
• Clinical foundation with outpatient/retail pharmacy experience or interest.
• Excellent communication and attention to detail required.

Responsibilities

• Receive, interpret, and review prescriptions; resolve issues with prescribers or staff.
• Provide optimal drug therapy recommendations based on patient data.
• Compound and dispense medications; supervise technicians and trainees.
• Counsel patients and families; ensure regulatory compliance and documentation.
• Support immunization services and medication access; participate in process improvements.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Immunizations

Education

PharmD or BS Pharmacy Degree

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary

Provides care of patients by optimizing medication use and drug distribution services. The PRN Retail Pharmacist primarily supports system outpatient retail pharmacy operations within the UNC Health network.

This position plays an important role in supporting safe, efficient, patient-centered pharmacy services. We are seeking a motivated, organized, and collaborative pharmacist with a strong clinical foundation, experience or interest in outpatient/retail pharmacy practice, and a commitment to improving access, outcomes, and patient experience.

The role is responsible for supporting pharmacy operations and key functions including regulatory compliance, inventory management, direct patient care, dispensing, counseling, immunizations, and medication access. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail, and a commitment to supporting regulatory compliance, providing direct patient care, and contributing to pharmacy team development.

This position reports to the Clinical Manager for Retail and Outpatient Pharmacy Services. Certified immunizer preferred. Oral contraceptive prescriber, long-acting injectable administrator, travel health experience, and experience supporting clinical pharmacy services in an outpatient retail pharmacy setting are preferred.

Responsibilities

1. Receives prescriptions, interprets prescriptions, and reviews the patient's medication profile /history. Clarifies incomplete, inaccurate, or contraindicated prescriptions with the prescriber, nurse, or other health professional, as appropriate. Identifies and intervenes on problems related to the medication needs of the patient.
2. Utilizes and analyzes patient data to provide optimal drug therapy recommendations. Assesses the patient's medication therapy regimen and makes appropriate clinical interventions with the provider. Performs protocol-driven clinical services such as IV to oral dosing, stewardship activities, etc
3. Compounds and oversees the preparation and dispensing of medications including sterile products using standard formulas, processes and procedures as required.
4. Complies with the medication formulary, and therapeutic substitution and other programs designed to optimize drug therapy while minimizing cost as required.
5. Completes required documentation such as notations in the medical record, controlled substances documentation, cash register reconciliation, competency, etc. as required.
6. Counsels patients and appropriate family members regarding pharmaceutical care issues as requested or required.
7. Directs workflow of the shift and supervises pharmacy technicians, students, and/or volunteers present during that shift.
8. Adheres to federal, state, local and institutional policies, procedures, standards and regulations.
9. Identifies and participates in process improvement opportunities.
10. Precepts students, residents and participates in training new pharmacy staff as required.

Other Information

Other information:

• Education Requirements: PharmD or BS Pharmacy Degree
• Licensure/Certification Requirements: Active pharmacist licensure with the NC Board of Pharmacy or obtainable before initiation of employment. Recent graduates of ACPE-accredited colleges/schools of pharmacy may fill this role while pending initial pharmacist licensure, but are subject to limitations mandated by the NC Board of Pharmacy and must obtain licensure within 6 months of orientation or sooner if required for operations.
• Professional Experience Requirements: No prior experience required.
• Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Job Details

• Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
• Entity: Shared Services
• Organization Unit: UNCHCS Panther Creek Retail
• Work Type: Per Diem
• Standard Hours Per Week: 8.00
• Salary Range: $51.50 - $74.01 per hour (Hiring Range)
• Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
• Work Assignment Type: Onsite
• Work Schedule: Variable
• Location of Job: US:NC:Morrisville
• Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes
• This position is employed by NC Health ("Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health"), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System, in a department that provides shared services to operations across UNC Health Care; except that, if you are currently a UNCHCS State employee already working in a designated shared services department, you may remain a UNCHCS State employee if selected for this job.
• Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.