SENIOR PHARMACIST - F/C

Requisition No: 856067 

Agency: Department of Corrections

Working Title: SENIOR PHARMACIST - F/C

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 70016739 

Salary:  $101,717.20 Annual Rate 

Posting Closing Date: 07/14/2025 

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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

We Never Walk Alone

ADVERTISING TITLE: Senior Pharmacist – F/C

This open competitive advertisement is for a Career Service position located at Reception and Medical Center in Health Services.

As a member of Health Services, our mission is to provide comprehensive, quality healthcare to inmates in the Florida Department of Corrections. We are committed to promoting wellness, preventing illness, and ensuring that all individuals receive necessary medical, dental, and mental health care. Our goal is to deliver these services with professionalism, compassion, and respect for the dignity of each person.

This position is not a telework position and is required to report to the FDC office in the area it serves.

JOB DUTIES:

• Assist the Pharmacy Manager by compounding and dispensing pharmaceutical drugs and supplies, ensuring patients get the right medications.
• Help develop and implement pharmacy policies, methods, and procedures to keep the pharmacy running smoothly and efficiently.
• Train pharmacists and pharmacy assistants in the latest techniques for manufacturing, compounding, and dispensing pharmaceutical products.
• Develop and monitor an inventory control system to keep track of all pharmacy drugs and materials, ensuring nothing runs out.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and hospital staff to evaluate and improve pharmacy services, and provide recommendations to the Pharmacy Manager.

BENEFITS:

• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
• Comprehensive health insurance and life insurance with accidental death and dismemberment benefits.
• Supplemental Dental, Vision, Life, Disability and Hospitalization insurance.
• Tuition-Free college courses.
• Retirement Plans with the Florida Retirement System:

• • Pension Plan (Traditional Retirement Pension Plan)
  • Investment Plan (401(K)-Type Retirement Plan)
  • Deferred Retirement Option Program (Drop)
  • Deferred Compensation
  • Recently Retired? Beginning July 1, 2024, there is no longer a reemployment limitation; beginning with the 7th calendar month from the member's distribution date, there are no restrictions on working for an FRS employer. You will not be required to repay any prior distributions, and you may continue receiving distributions from the Investment Plan or Pension Plan without interruption.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Licensure as a Pharmacist in accordance with Florida Statute 465.
• Two (2) years of hospital and/or chemotherapy compounding experience.

Support of knowledge, skills, and abilities should be demonstrated on the application, in the education, in the work experience, in the work sample, in the interview and/or during reference checks.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

BACKGROUND SCREENING REQUIREMENT

The Florida Department of Corrections requires all job applicants and volunteers to pass a Level 2 background check as per Chapter 435, Florida Statutes. This check must be completed before they can start working or volunteering.

EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY

The Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) only hires U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. FDC uses E-Verify to confirm an employee’s eligibility to work after completing the I-9 form. For online application issues, call the People First Service Center at 1-877-562-7287. Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.