Clinical Pharmacist I
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
Job posting number: #7298612 (Ref:10028899)
Posted: January 16, 2025
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Clinical Pharmacist I
Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
We are hiring Clinical Pharmacists! In this role, you will act as a medication management expert, providing accurate drug information to healthcare providers, nurses, and other clinical staff. You will oversee pharmacy technicians during your shift and contribute to the training and education of pharmacy staff. Collaboration with colleagues and delivering exceptional customer service to both patients and staff are key aspects of this position. Additional responsibilities may include participating in quality and performance improvement initiatives or other tasks assigned by Pharmacy Leadership.
As a successful candidate, you will:
- Provide oversight of safe and timely medication use system.
- Oversee compounding in alignment with USP, Board of Pharmacy, and other regulations.
- Ensure medications are received, stored, labelled, transported, and wasted appropriately.
- Ensure controlled substance processes are adhered to.
- Collaborate with members of multidisciplinary health care team to optimize patient’s medication therapy.
- Participates in care coordination and Investigational Drug management for research patients, following all required regulations and practices.
- Actively supports reporting of Pharmacy Interventions, Adverse Drug Reactions, and Medication Errors.
- Participate in pharmacy staff development, including new employee orientation, students, residents and training.
Your qualifications should include:
- Graduate of ACPE-accredited Pharmacy School or School with ACPE accreditation pending
- Current CA Pharmacist License
- BLS certification (through the American Heart Association)
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, please click here.
The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.
City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.
