Primary care, hospital medicine, behavioral health, and multi-specialty physician recruiting.
Elina Sindhu
Healthcare Recruiting
Pharmacy staffing agency
We help hospitals, pharmacies, long-term care organizations, infusion providers, and other healthcare employers find pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who fit the role, setting, and schedule.
- Screened for credentials, experience, and availability
- Permanent and contract hiring
- Pharmacy staffing solutions for hospital, retail, LTC, specialty, and infusion settings
Trusted by hospitals and health systems nationwide
800+
Hiring teams served
70+
specialized recruiters
72-96 hrs
to your first candidates
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U.S. patents for sourcing technology
Pharmacy roles we place
Our pharmacy recruiters support clinical, operational, and leadership hiring across pharmacy settings.
Pharmacists
Staff Pharmacists (PharmD, RPh), Clinical Pharmacists, Hospital Pharmacists, IV Pharmacists, Retail Pharmacists, Specialty Pharmacists, Telepharmacists, and Pharmacists-in-Charge. PIC placements include full state licensure and DEA verification.
Pharmacy Technicians
Pharmacy Technicians, Certified Pharmacy Technicians (CPhT), IV Pharmacy Technicians, inpatient pharmacy technicians, specialty pharmacy technicians, and technicians with sterile compounding experience.
Clinical Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacists with ASHP residency completion, MTM experience, and 340B program familiarity for health-system and FQHC placements.
Pharmacy Leadership
Pharmacy Managers, Pharmacy Supervisors, and Pharmacy Administrators for health systems, regional groups, and multi-location specialty pharmacy organizations.
How we find pharmacy candidates
We get to know your pharmacy first
A hospital looking for an IV pharmacy technician is a very different search from a retail pharmacy hiring for prescription processing. We start with the setting, patient population, credentials, schedule, compensation, and what would actually make someone consider the move.
We reach out. We don't wait.
Most experienced pharmacists and techs are already working. We might be talking to a clinical pharmacist who's been with the same health system for six years or a certified CPhT who hasn't checked a job board in years. We go to them instead of waiting for applications.
We look beyond the certification
A retail trained tech may not have the IV admixture or unit dose experience a hospital needs. We ask about that experience before you meet anyone.
A shortlist in days, not a spreadsheet to sort through
We check state board registration, PTCB CPhT or NHA ExCPT certification, DEA registration for pharmacist roles, and relevant setting experience. Once the brief is confirmed, you get a shortlist within a few days.
Why pharmacy jobs stay open
Pharmacy technician program enrollment is down 60% since 2011. There are roughly 14,200 pharmacist openings each year, but only about 12,639 PharmD graduates entering the workforce annually, according to BLS data. For pharmacy techs, hospital and ambulatory jobs generally pay more than retail, which helps explain why the people you want are often already working somewhere else. And with 70% of pharmacies currently short-staffed, the problem isn't a lack of hiring. The pool is simply tight because most of the experienced people are already employed.
Then there's the competition. CVS, Walgreens and the big grocery chains are all hiring from the same pool, often at a scale that independent pharmacies, hospitals, and specialty pharmacies can't match when it comes to benefits or scheduling. There's also no multistate pharmacy compact, so hiring someone from another state can add a registration window that isn't always built into the hiring timeline. An out of state candidate may need 30 to 60 days to get licensed before they can start.
And a CPhT certification only tells you so much. A retail tech and a hospital inpatient tech can have the same credential, but their actual experience can be completely different. IV admixture, unit dose workflows, sterile compounding training, those skills don't come with the title. Getting that wrong costs time and can create real operational risk. That's why pharmacy screening has to go further than what's written on the resume.
Request pharmacy candidates →Meet a few of the recruiters from our team
Specialist recruiters who understand the roles, candidates, and hiring realities.
Behavioral health physicians, emergency medicine, and difficult-to-fill physician specialties.
Ray Shimray
Healthcare Recruiting
Chief Medical Officers, Medical Directors, physician leadership, and executive healthcare hiring.
Annie Larkin
Healthcare Recruiting
Some of our recent pharmacy placements
Recent pharmacy placements shown for reference. Client information anonymized by request.
Clinical Pharmacist
21 days
IV Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)
18 days
Pharmacist-in-Charge
24 days
Compounding Pharmacy Technician
16 days
Pharmacy Manager
27 days
Pharmacy Director
29 days
Frequently asked questions
Most CPhT searches get a first shortlist within 72 to 96 hours. After that, it really depends on the market, the setting, and the compensation. Hospital and specialty pharmacy searches can take a little longer because there are fewer techs with the specific experience you need. Once you find the right person, though, it's worth moving quickly. Good pharmacy techs are often talking to more than one employer.
We work on contingency. You don't pay anything unless you hire someone. The fee is a percentage of the candidate's first-year compensation, and we agree on that before we start. If you don't hire the candidate, there's no fee.
There just aren't as many coming through the pipeline. At the same time, large chain pharmacies are competing for the same certified technicians and can often offer pay and benefits that smaller independent or hospital pharmacies can't match. Most pharmacy tech staffing agencies pull from that same active pool. We don't, we reach employed technicians directly.
Yes, if IV experience is important to the role, we look for people who have actually done that work. We don't treat a general pharmacy background as the same thing. That's particularly important for hospital inpatient pharmacy, home infusion, and sterile compounding, where the day-to-day work is very different.
They do. Pharmacists need a license for the state where they practice, and the process for transferring a license varies by state. Technician requirements vary too. Some states require registration, some require certification, and some require both. There is also no multistate pharmacy compact.
We check what's required for the specific role and state before introducing a candidate, and we factor any registration or licensing time into the search from the beginning.
Most pharmacy staffing agencies and pharmacy recruitment agencies source from the same pool. We take a different route. Our pharmacy recruiters go after employed candidates whose experience fits the role you're trying to fill. You don't need 50 resumes. You need a few people you'd actually want to hire.
We check the basics first - active state board of pharmacy registration, PTCB CPhT or NHA ExCPT certification for technician roles, PharmD or RPh licensure for pharmacist roles, and DEA registration where it's required.
We also talk with the candidate about the actual work they've done. For clinical pharmacist roles, we confirm ASHP residency completion and relevant specialty certifications as well.
Find the pharmacy professionals your job posting misses
We go beyond active applicants to reach experienced pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and leaders who are already working.
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