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Santa Clarita, California

Pharmacist- Foundation-Per Diem

PharmacistPer Diem

Listed compensation

$92/hour

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

Pharmacist-Foundation Per Diem

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.

The Pharmacist is a licensed professional responsible for delivering safe, effective, and comprehensive patient care. This role ensures compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations, as well as standards set by regulatory and accrediting bodies such as The Joint Commission. The Pharmacist performs medication management functions including analysis, verification, monitoring, compounding, and dispensing of medications.

Serving as the medication management expert, the Pharmacist provides accurate and timely drug information to providers, nurses, and other clinical staff. The Pharmacist also supervises pharmacy technicians during assigned shifts and supports the training and education of pharmacy personnel.

Collaboration with colleagues and a commitment to excellent customer service for patients and staff are essential to this role. Additional responsibilities may include participation in quality improvement, performance initiatives, and other duties as assigned by Pharmacy Leadership.

As a successful candidate, you will:

  • Support and promote the efforts of all care providers to deliver quality care.
  • Promote the delivery of quality care consistent with the scope of practice of the discipline.
  • Ensure self-competence and promotes adherence to professional practice standards through education, training, coaching and monitoring.
  • Participate with the Director and managers in the implementation and evaluation of new services/programs.

Supervise personnel and personally delivers pharmaceutical care and service/ information/ medication/ products by serving as a role model and through effective use of change-agent strategies.

Supervision of Pharmacy Technician to ensure compliance with cleanroom standards, accuracy of medication inventory and accuracy of IV compounded products.

Keep up-to-date with USP 797 & 800 guidelines and work with interdisciplinary team to ensure compliance.

Maintain Pharmacy Technician IV compounding annual competencies.

Effectively communicates/educates all customers to meet organizational goals and customer service expectations.

Maintain current knowledge, skills and competencies through involvement in professional continuing education activities.

Manage/supervise the efficient and effective utilization of resources and staff (technicians, students, interns, etc.) and serves as a role model in training programs.

  • Fosters involvement in performance improvement activities to promote continuous improvement in care delivery.
  • Demonstrates assimilation of core organizational values within own performance.
  • Monitor drug therapy; recommends alternate more efficient drug therapy when appropriate.
  • Prepare and dispense medications in strict adherence to department policies and procedures.

Your Qualifications Should Include

  • Graduate of ACPE-accredited Pharmacy School or School with ACPE accreditation pending
  • Current CA Pharmacist License
  • BLS through the American Heart Association

Additional Information

  • Hourly Per Diem Rate: $92.389800
  • City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.
  • City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.
  • To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE.

Please note: City of Hope is committed to a safe and transparent hiring experience. Please be aware that scammers may attempt to impersonate our organization through fake job postings, emails or interviews.

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  • City of Hope will never request payment or fees at any stage of the hiring process.
  • We will not request sensitive personal or financial information prior to the acceptance of a formal offer.
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  • Interviews are conducted only through approved, professional channels.
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Key Responsibilities

The pharmacist is responsible for the safe and effective delivery of patient care, including medication analysis, verification, compounding, and dispensing. They also supervise pharmacy technicians and ensure compliance with regulatory standards such as USP 797 and 800.

Requirements

Candidates must be graduates of an ACPE-accredited pharmacy school and hold a current California Pharmacist License. A BLS certification through the American Heart Association is also required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

USP 797 complianceUSP 800 compliancePharmacy supervisionDrug therapy monitoringClinical pharmacyMedication verificationRegulatory compliance

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 23% are remote, 60% have no call, 50% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Pharmacy market look like in California?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPharmacy median $125k (middle half $125k–$125k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingCalifornia index 110.7US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Pharmacy listings in California637 active10,156 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 23% remote · 60% no call · 50% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia Pharmacist listings: 8% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 13% offer loan repayment659 active listings, Nov 2026
New Pharmacy listings3,666 in the last 30 days3,150 the 30 days before (+16%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Pharmacy pay trend+3.3% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Pharmacist Jobs

39 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

26 jobs
9
<$170k
10
$170k-180k
3
$180k-190k
2
$190k-200k
2
$200k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

22 jobs
401k / retirement match
100%
Sign-on bonus
23%
Relocation assistance
9%
Loan repayment
5%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Pharmacy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,956 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Santa Clarita

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$738k
Typical market rent
$2,783/mo
Residents’ average commute
34 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.