Description
Pharmacist Opportunity – Contract Role at Parker Indian Health Center (Parker, AZ)
Ready to bring your pharmacy skills to a community where they’ll make a real difference? Parker Indian Health Center in Parker, AZ, is seeking a Contract Pharmacist for a long-term outpatient assignment. This role offers the chance to provide vital pharmacy services in a supportive, mission-driven environment while serving the Colorado River Indian Tribes community. Located along the Colorado River, Parker combines a welcoming small-town atmosphere with year-round sunshine and outdoor recreation.
Learn more about the facility: https://www.ihs.gov/Phoenix/healthcarefacilities/coloradoriver/
Position Highlights:
- Long-term contract with potential for extension
- Outpatient pharmacy focus at Parker Indian Health Center
- 8-hour shifts, 40 hours per week
- Active license from any U.S. state accepted
- Collaborative, mission-focused team culture
- Live and work in Parker, AZ—known for its riverfront recreation and desert landscapes
Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited pharmacy program/school
- Active pharmacy license in any U.S. state
- Minimum of 2 years’ pharmacy experience
- Outpatient pharmacy background preferred
- Prior IHS or federal facility experience is a plus
- Must be able to pass a federal background check
Key Responsibilities:
- Review and verify provider prescriptions for safe and effective therapy
- Dispense medications with patient-centered counseling and education
- Conduct follow-ups to assess medication effectiveness and adherence
- Manage pharmacy inventory and ensure compliance with handling/storage standards
- Provide clinical guidance on medication use, drug interactions, and therapy management
- Partner with medical staff to support continuity of care for patients
Additional Duties:
Additional duties and responsibilities may be added to this job description at any time. The job description does not state or imply that these are the only activities to be performed by the employee holding this position. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related responsibilities as requested by the supervisor
Tribal Preference Exercised:
Prairie Band, LLC is subject to Title 22 Employment Code of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. In accordance with Title 22, this position is designated as a TIER 2 position. Preference will be granted to individuals as required by Section 22-2-4(8).
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Requirements
Requirements
- Be a graduate of an accredited pharmacy program/school
- Previous contract experience is a plus
- Previous IHS facility experience helpful
- Hospital pharmacy experience preferred
- Have a Pharmacist degree from a school of pharmacy approved by a state-accrediting agency
- Possess a current, active, unrestricted license from any of the 50 United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia.
- Maintain continuing education/certification
- Must be a US citizen, living primarily in the United States
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Have a minimum of 2 years of experience as a pharmacist within the past 36 months
- References required
- Must meet all credentialing and background investigation requirements.
Apply today, we are looking forward to speaking with you.
