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General Information

Work Location: Santa Monica, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday - Friday
Posted Date
06/18/2025
Salary Range: $140200 - 331800 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
25073

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

You bring more than clinical expertise and leadership experience to your role as a pharmacist—you bring a passion for advancing patient care through innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence. At UCLA Health, we’re proud to support professionals like you with a dynamic environment where your voice is heard, your contributions are valued, and your career has room to thrive. You’ll love it here!

 

Reporting to the Director of Pharmacy, Infusion Operations and with a dotted line to the A-CPO Ambulatory Treatments, you will lead clinical oncology pharmacy services across multiple infusion practice areas, ensuring the safe and effective preparation and delivery of medications. You will directly supervise pharmacists, and performance development, and uphold compliance with all applicable regulatory, accreditation, and institutional standards. You will provide clinical guidance, resolving complex clinical issues, and contributing the standardization  of treatment protocols.  You will participate in the design and implementation of new workflows, processes, and programs within oncology infusion departments. Serving as a key liaison between pharmacy, nursing, and medical teams, you will ensure seamless coordination of care and the highest standards of pharmaceutical service delivery.

 

Activities will include:

  • Supervising and mentoring pharmacists, including hiring, onboarding, training, and performance evaluation
  • Managing day-to-day clinical infusion pharmacy operations across multiple sites and shifts
  • Ensuring regulatory and policy compliance related to sterile compounding (USP <797>/<800>), hazardous drugs, investigational drug services, and medication safety
  • Collaborating with clinical leaders to align medication-use strategies, resolve medication-related issues, and optimize patient outcomes
  • Leading interdisciplinary quality initiatives and participating in hospital or departmental committees
  • Supporting educational programs including pharmacy residencies, student rotations, and staff development
  • Monitoring safety trends and leading risk-reduction and process improvement efforts
  • Providing clinical pharmacy leadership 

 

Schedule: Monday - Friday 

Salary Range: $140,200.00 - $331,800.00 


Job Qualifications

We’re seeking an experienced and compassionate clinical leader with current California pharmacist licensure and:

  • Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from an accredited institution
  • Clinical pharmacy experience in a infusion setting (PGY1/PGY2 Administrative Residency completion counts toward this requirement)
  • Completion of a PGY1 residency (PGY2 in Oncology or equivalent experience preferred)
  • BCOP preferred
  • Demonstrated experience in formulary management and medication safety initiatives
  • Effective communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills
  • Proven ability to mentor staff, support clinical education, and lead interdisciplinary teams
  • Commitment to safe, cost-effective, and high-quality pharmaceutical care

 

At UCLA Health, passionate clinicians in a wide range of disciplines have enabled us to become a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and more than 270 community clinics throughout Southern California. We’re also home to the world-class medical research and clinical education capabilities of the David Geffen School of Medicine. If you’re looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, come to UCLA Health.



As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.