• Float Pharmacist

    UCLA Health (Los Angeles, CA)


    Description

    You bring more than skill, knowledge, and expertise to your role as an allied health professional. You bring a deep passion for improving the lives of everyone around you. At UCLA Health, we're committed to fostering a working environment where you are supported and empowered to be your best. You'll love it here!

     

    As a Float Pharmacist at UCLA Health, you'll play a vital role in delivering safe, effective, and patient-centered care across our inpatient settings. Working under supervision, you'll prepare and dispense medications, maintain and review patient medication profiles, and counsel patients on appropriate drug use. You'll collaborate closely with physicians, nurses, and other health professionals to ensure optimal therapy and prevent misuse or medication errors. In addition, you'll provide a wide range of clinical pharmacy services, including pharmacokinetic dosing, therapeutic interchange, IV/PO conversions, TPN management, and pharmacist-led interventions, in alignment with departmental policies and best practices.

     

    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.

     

    Schedule: varied shifts, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays

     

    Hourly Salary Range: $85.87 - $100.58 (Union represented, step-based salary depending on years of experience)

     

    Bargaining Unit: HX-UPTE

    Qualifications

    We're seeking a dedicated clinical

    professional with:

    + Pharm D. degree and current CA Pharmacy license

    + ASHP-accredited residency (preferred).

    + 2 years inpatient pharmacy experience

    + Exceptional communication, interpersonal, organizational and follow-through skills.

    + Knowledge of and ability to perform age specific and disease specific pharmacokinetic calculations.

    + Ability to compound intravenous admixtures and other sterile products.

     

    UCLA Health welcomes all individuals, without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin or disabilities, and we proudly look to each person’s unique achievements and experiences to further set us apart.