What is the salary of a organ transplant pharmacist?

[futuredoctor246]

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[awval999]

Less than the pill slinger at CVS in the same zip code.

The answer to your question depends on geography, as all pharmacist salaries do, but the range is $100-$150k USD.

 

[PharmtoCS]

Also probably as much as or less than investment bankers and software engineers who do not owe $200k+ and spend an additional 4 years in school + 2 years in residency.

 

[steveysmith54]

There are like two in the US, I will email them both and get back to you

 

[GoldfishPharmD]

There are like two in the US, I will email them both and get back to you

There's actually a lot and lots of job openings. 🙂

 

[RxQueen2010]

~$105,000, large midwest university hospital

 

[Trent Steele]

~$105,000, large midwest university hospital

That can't be right.... Why would a PGY2 trained pharmacist accept that? Do they get a 10% match and 5 weeks vacation as well?

 

[croquemonsieur]

That can't be right.... Why would a PGY2 trained pharmacist accept that? Do they get a 10% match and 5 weeks vacation as well?

Why wouldn't they accept that? They are getting paid a decent amount of money to work in a field they like. Also, how much revenue are they generating for the hospital/service? Probably zero dollars. It's a university hospital, so s/he'll probably get a raise with every increase in tuition haha

 

[Corpseman]

It's a luxury position not one that is actually required.

 

[gwarm01]

That can't be right.... Why would a PGY2 trained pharmacist accept that? Do they get a 10% match and 5 weeks vacation as well?

I've worked with PGY2 pharmacists that are staffing. Sometimes you have to enter the real world and take the job that you can get.

 

[GoldfishPharmD]

It's a luxury position not one that is actually required.

Um, it is required for a transplant program to have a pharmacist....

 

[GoldfishPharmD]

I get $115k in the south. 5 weeks of vacation, 5% 401k vested immediately, 1-4% bonus each year, M-F 8-5.

 

[Corpseman]

Um, it is required for a transplant program to have a pharmacist....

Every transplant program is required to have a transplant specific pharmacist that does nothing else or just a pharmacist on the team?

 

[GoldfishPharmD]

Every transplant program is required to have a transplant specific pharmacist that does nothing else or just a pharmacist on the team?

You're required by CMS to have a pharmacist that does transplant specific duties such as pre-transplant evaluations and assessing pharmacy needs of post-transplant patients. There's no requirements for this person to be transplant trained but pharmacy students get very little information on transplant medications in pharmacy school so why would they want someone with little knowledge over someone that has training in it. The many transplant pharmacist I have encountered have plenty of transplant only duties to keep them busy especially with the requirement for a pharmacist to evaluate pre-transplant candidates and many programs moving to have a pharmacist in post-transplant clinics. It's not like we're sitting and twiddling our thumbs. You don't just give someone an organ and it ends there...

 

[Corpseman]

You're required by CMS to have a pharmacist that does transplant specific duties such as pre-transplant evaluations and assessing pharmacy needs of post-transplant patients. There's no requirements for this person to be transplant trained but pharmacy students get very little information on transplant medications in pharmacy school so why would they want someone with little knowledge over someone that has training in it. The many transplant pharmacist I have encountered have plenty of transplant only duties to keep them busy especially with the requirement for a pharmacist to evaluate pre-transplant candidates and many programs moving to have a pharmacist in post-transplant clinics. It's not like we're sitting and twiddling our thumbs. You don't just give someone an organ and it ends there...

Thanks for the heads up. I figured it was like most of clinical pharmacy that can be laid off at any time because as a couple hospital administrators told me, "pharmacists are a luxury not a necessity and will be the first ones gone when cuts come"

 

[Dred Pirate]

That can't be right.... Why would a PGY2 trained pharmacist accept that? Do they get a 10% match and 5 weeks vacation as well?

lol

I know many staff rph's who make more than their managers after shift diff, OT, etc, but actually work fewer hours. I have a job title than many PGY-2's have and I have 0 years of residency. It is not like people are beating down the doors to hire pharmacists like they were 10 years ago

 

[lane one]

You're required by CMS to have a pharmacist that does transplant specific duties such as pre-transplant evaluations and assessing pharmacy needs of post-transplant patients. There's no requirements for this person to be transplant trained but pharmacy students get very little information on transplant medications in pharmacy school so why would they want someone with little knowledge over someone that has training in it. The many transplant pharmacist I have encountered have plenty of transplant only duties to keep them busy especially with the requirement for a pharmacist to evaluate pre-transplant candidates and many programs moving to have a pharmacist in post-transplant clinics. It's not like we're sitting and twiddling our thumbs. You don't just give someone an organ and it ends there...

Great info. I love our transplant pharmacist, but definitely didn't know it was a requirement.

 

[PharFromNormal]

I think what goldfish is saying is...

A transplant pharmacist is not required. However a transplant requires pharmacist participation. Whether or not an institution hires a trained transplant pharmacist is up to the institution.

On another note there are tons of things community pharmacists do that aren't taught in school but a community residency isn't required for them.

 

[GoldfishPharmD]

I think what goldfish is saying is...

A transplant pharmacist is not required. However a transplant requires pharmacist participation. Whether or not an institution hires a trained transplant pharmacist is up to the institution.

On another note there are tons of things community pharmacists do that aren't taught in school but a community residency isn't required for them.

Yeah but I don't think you can really compare the two. You get a lot more exposure to community than you would transplant during school. You get rotations and most students have a job doing retail so they're really familiar with it when they graduate. Plus, you can be a graduate intern and get training then as well. Additionally, you should be familiar with the most common drugs and know how to council.

 

[PharFromNormal]

Yeah but I don't think you can really compare the two. You get a lot more exposure to community than you would transplant during school. You get rotations and most students have a job doing retail so they're really familiar with it when they graduate. Plus, you can be a graduate intern and get training then as well. Additionally, you should be familiar with the most common drugs and know how to council.

If we aren't going to compare the two then don't go comparing the two... Nothing is stopping a student or institution from doing a transplant rotation or working as an implant intern (paid or unpaid) at an institution that does transplants. Plus you can also graduate and if your institution really values the training can train you to be their transplant pharmacist.

Now granted an institution may not want to invest in that kind of development or have a need to pay interns to work in this space but I think that's a different conversation. Students get as much exposure as they expose themselves too. I'd argue that many students don't even work during school and are only exposed to what their professors expose them too thus setting them up for a massive reality letdown but again that's a different conversation.

 

[GoldfishPharmD]

If we aren't going to compare the two then don't go comparing the two... Nothing is stopping a student or institution from doing a transplant rotation or working as an implant intern (paid or unpaid) at an institution that does transplants. Plus you can also graduate and if your institution really values the training can train you to be their transplant pharmacist.

Now granted an institution may not want to invest in that kind of development or have a need to pay interns to work in this space but I think that's a different conversation. Students get as much exposure as they expose themselves too. I'd argue that many students don't even work during school and are only exposed to what their professors expose them too thus setting them up for a massive reality letdown but again that's a different conversation.

Let me guess, you're in the anti-residency camp? I have no time for rude and salty people and don't feel like running around in this circle. 🙂

 

[PharFromNormal]

Let me guess, you're in the anti-residency camp? I have no time for rude and salty people and don't feel like running around in this circle. 🙂

Deflect with a little Ad hom eh? I believe I was helping clarify your earlier point. A "transplant pharmacist" is not needed for a transplant unit.

 

[TheBlaah]

If we aren't going to compare the two then don't go comparing the two... Nothing is stopping a student or institution from doing a transplant rotation or working as an implant intern (paid or unpaid) at an institution that does transplants. Plus you can also graduate and if your institution really values the training can train you to be their transplant pharmacist.

Technically you're correct. But why would the majority of institutions nowadays ever consider not having a residency trained pharmacist for this type of position when there's so many residents to choose from; why train them yourself when you can hire someone already trained for the same salary?

 

[GoldfishPharmD]

Deflect with a little Ad hom eh? I believe I was helping clarify your earlier point. A "transplant pharmacist" is not needed for a transplant unit.

Yes and I stated you don't have to be transplant trained in my above statement so I'm not exactly sure what needed clarifying...

 

[PharFromNormal]

Yes and I stated you don't have to be transplant trained in my above statement so I'm not exactly sure what needed clarifying...

Read the posts after yours. One said a transplant pharmacist is a requirement the other said they didn't know it was a requirement.

 

[PharFromNormal]

Technically you're correct. But why would the majority of institutions nowadays ever consider not having a residency trained pharmacist for this type of position when there's so many residents to choose from; why train them yourself when you can hire someone already trained for the same salary?

Oh you'll never hear me argue against residencies from the employers prospective. If I'm managing a budget and I can take on a residency trained specialist (that will even take less than market rates of general pharmacists) that gets to do what they want and a little of what I want that also wants to take on responsibility of having a minion that's working 1.5 FTE that I pay like they are 0.3 FTE, I'd make that decision every day.

 

[GoldfishPharmD]

Read the posts after yours. One said a transplant pharmacist is a requirement the other said they didn't know it was a requirement.

Then your clarification is for those posts not mine when I already stated you don't have to be a transplant trained pharmacist per CMS requirement.

 

[PharFromNormal]

Then your clarification is for those posts not mine when I already stated you don't have to be a transplant trained pharmacist per CMS requirement.

Clearly your point wasn't clear enough for those who followed the conversation. If you really want I can edit my responses to read "reinforce" rather than clarify, would that please you?