Are you a licensed pharmacist who is passionate about patient safety, clinical excellence, and collaborative healthcare? Join our team as a PRN Pharmacist, where you'll play a vital role in ensuring safe, effective, and timely medication therapy for patients while serving as a trusted resource for physicians, nurses, and healthcare professionals.
What You'll DoAs a PRN Pharmacist, you will oversee all aspects of medication management and help optimize patient outcomes through clinical expertise and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Key Responsibilities
Medication Management & Clinical Services
- Verify and review medication orders for accuracy, appropriateness, dosing, route, frequency, and therapeutic effectiveness.
- Monitor patient medication therapy and identify potential drug interactions, contraindications, allergies, and therapeutic duplications.
- Recommend, resolve, and prevent medication-related problems through direct collaboration with physicians and healthcare providers.
- Provide medication therapy assessments and recommendations to support the best possible patient care.
- Deliver drug information and education to patients, families, physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
- Respond to complex medication-related inquiries and clinical consultations.
Pharmacy Operations
- Oversee the preparation, labeling, dispensing, and distribution of medications.
- Ensure pharmacy services are delivered efficiently and in a timely manner.
- Verify the accuracy of compounded and prepared medications completed by pharmacy technicians and support staff.
- Follow all departmental policies, procedures, protocols, and regulatory standards related to medication preparation and distribution.
- Assist with operational leadership and supervise pharmacy technicians and support personnel as needed.
Quality, Safety & Compliance
- Maintain strict confidentiality of patient, visitor, and coworker information.
- Comply with all regulatory requirements, including HIPAA, patient safety standards, medication-use safety practices, infection prevention, and security protocols.
- Adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
- Utilize internal and external resources to support continuous pharmacy operational improvement.
Training & Professional Development
- Participate in the orientation and training of pharmacists, technicians, residents, students, and support staff.
- Pursue ongoing professional development through educational programs and professional activities.
- Foster a collaborative, team-focused environment by providing and receiving constructive feedback.
Required
- Bachelor of Science (BS) in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited school or college of pharmacy.
- Current Pharmacist License issued by the applicable State Board of Pharmacy.
Preferred
- Previous retail pharmacy experience.
- Pharmacists practicing in Missouri must obtain a Medication Therapy Services Certificate issued by the Missouri Board of Pharmacy within 90 days of hire.
This is an outstanding opportunity for a pharmacist seeking flexibility while making a meaningful impact on patient care. You'll work alongside dedicated healthcare professionals in a collaborative environment where your clinical expertise, leadership, and commitment to safety are highly valued.
Apply today and help advance exceptional patient care through safe, effective medication management.
From day one, Mercy offers outstanding benefits - including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, tuition support, and matched retirement plans for team members working 32+ hours per pay period.
Join a caring, collaborative team where your voice matters. At Mercy, you'll help shape the future of healthcare through innovation, technology, and compassion. As we grow, you'll grow with us.
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science (BS) in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from an ACPE-accredited school
- Current Pharmacist License issued by the applicable State Board of Pharmacy
- Previous retail pharmacy experience
- Medication Therapy Services Certificate for pharmacists practicing in Missouri (must obtain within 90 days of hire)
Mercy Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mercy and has not been reviewed or approved by Mercy.
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Healthcare Strength — Day‑one medical, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage is available for many benefit‑eligible roles, alongside options like disability, FSAs, EAP, wellness, and other add‑ons. Coverage breadth and immediate eligibility are highlighted across role postings and benefits guides.
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Retirement Support — Automatic enrollment in the MyRetirement 401(k) includes a per‑paycheck employer match and an additional annual service contribution for eligible co‑workers. This layered design provides ongoing support for long‑term savings.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — A combined PTO bank (holidays, vacation, short‑term illness) plus an Extended Sick Bank and Paid Parental Leave are standard components. Accruals start quickly and can increase with tenure, with some locations also offering Volunteer Time Off.
Mercy Insights
What We Do
Mercy, named one of the top five large U.S. health systems for four consecutive years by IBM Watson Health, serves millions annually. Mercy is one of the nation’s most highly integrated, multi-state health care systems, including more than 40 acute care, managed and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, convenient and urgent care locations, imaging centers and pharmacies. Mercy has 900 physician practices and outpatient facilities, 2,400 Mercy Clinic physicians and more than 40,000 co-workers serving patients and families across Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Mercy’s Virtual Care Center is the world’s first such facility dedicated to care outside its own walls, monitoring patients 24/7/365 across the country, using high-speed data and video connections and medically intervening when and where patients need it with a comprehensive team approach. Mercy was among the first health care organizations in the U.S. to have an integrated electronic health record (EHR) connecting all points of care. Mercy Technology Services’ broad use of its EHR has been recognized at one of the highest possible levels by Epic.
