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Pharmacist - Part Time, Days/Evenings (Upper Bucks Campus)
The pharmacist is responsible for interpreting physician orders, preparing and dispensing medications, and supervising pharmacy technicians to ensure accuracy. They also serve as a clinical resource for hospital staff and participate in medication therapy management and quality inspections.
Requirements summary
Candidates must hold a B.S. in Pharmacy or a Pharm.D. and possess or be eligible for a Pennsylvania or New Jersey pharmacist license. Previous hospital pharmacy experience is preferred, and the role requires the ability to work day, evening, and weekend shifts.
Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees.
The employees of St.
Luke's are our most valuable asset!
Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.
SCHEDULE: Position includes day and evening shifts.
Required to work every 3rd weekend and a holiday rotation.
The Pharmacist will be responsible for interpreting physician orders, monitoring medication interactions and/or allergies, preparing medications and parenteral solutions, and dispensing them in a proper manner consistent with responsibility as a licensed professional.
Performs routine medication area inspections.
Communicates with physicians and professionals pursuant to medication therapy, and promotes smooth workflow performance while acting as a source of information and guidance to hospital personnel and physicians in medication therapy.
Supervises technician work preparation to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and technician competency.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Dispenses and supervises the filling of prescriptions.
Assures the accurate profiling, preparation and dispensing of new medication orders for inpatients (at each or any facility as needed) according to procedure and meets any criteria developed to assure efficiency and productivity.
Exercises practical judgment in decision making and knows own limitations – seeks assistance as needed, exercises independent judgment especially in emergency situations.
Prepares and supervises the preparation of parenteral admixtures, parenteral nutrition solutions, anti-neoplastic medication, and other sterile products when requested.
Directs pharmacy technicians, interns and volunteers who assist with medications, controlled substances and parenteral solution preparations and ensures the accuracy of their work in accordance with established departmental procedures, professional standards, and Federal or State Regulations.
Confers with individuals concerning questions or problems.
Establishes and maintains a good rapport and cooperative working relationship with co-workers.
Serves as a resource for drug information.
Gives in-service programs regarding medications.
Performs appropriate clinical activities as established by the department.
Participates in departmental meetings and on committees.
Completes and maintains IV/Admixtures Lab and departmental competencies.
PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS: Sitting for up to eight hours per day and up to three consecutive hours.
Standing for up to eight hours per day and up to two consecutive hours.
Walking for up to eight hours per day and up to 30 consecutive minutes.
Continuously fingering; frequently handling, firm grasping, twisting and turning.
Occasionally lifting up to 20 pounds and carrying up to 35 pounds and pushing up to 200 pounds.
Occasionally stooping, bending, squatting, crouching and kneeling.
Rarely crawling and climbing.
Hearing as it relates to normal conversation, high and low frequency.
Seeing as it relates to general vision, near vision, far vision, depth perception, peripheral vision, color vision and monotony.
EDUCATION: Pennsylvania Candidates: B.S.
Pharmacy or Pham.D. (5 or 6 years depending on state where graduated).
Registered in Pennsylvania or completion of Boards with pending licensure may be accepted.
New Jersey Candidates: Active NJ Pharmacist license required.
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: Skills may range from a new graduate with no previous experience to previous training in hospital pharmacy including computer knowledge as an entry level determinant.
Previous hospital pharmacy experience is preferred.
Please complete your application using your full legal name and current home address.
Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer.
Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a current resume, including all work history, education, and/or certifications and licenses, if applicable.
It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application.
Thank you for your interest in St.
Luke's!!
St.
Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Founded in 1872, St.
Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites.
With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey.
St.
Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St.
Luke’s Children’s Hospital.
SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.
It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital.
The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY.
In 2021, St.
Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally.
St.
Luke’s is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row.
Also, for the third straight year, St.
Luke’s has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award.
In 2025, St.
Luke’s was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024.
Lastly, in 2025, St.
Luke’s was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row.
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