Pharmacist Oncology
Listed compensation
$48.08-$83/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
About Us
At Cooper University Health Care, our commitment to providing extraordinary health care begins with our team. Our extraordinary professionals are continuously discovering clinical innovations and enhanced access to the most up-to-date facilities, equipment, technologies and research protocols.
We have a commitment to our employees to provide competitive rates and compensation programs. Cooper offers full and part-time employees a comprehensive benefits program, including health, dental, vision, life, disability, and retirement.
We also provide attractive working conditions and opportunities for career growth through professional development.
Discover why Cooper University Health Care is the employer of choice in South Jersey.
Short Description
Review every medication order and dosage for completeness, safety and efficacy prior to dispensing to an individual patient including routine, stat and investigational orders. Maintain drug information, investigational, educational, cost containment and clinical programs. `
- Experience Required
- 3-5 years required
- Hospital pharmacy experience (or clinically relevant experience)
- PGY1 preferred or BCOP ( or equivalent clinically relevant oncology experience)
- Education Requirements
- Doctorate Degree Required
License/Certification Requirements
- New Jersey Pharmacy license (or eligible for licensure).
- Special Requirements
- New Jersey Pharmacy license (or eligible for licensure within 6 months)
- PGY-1 (or clinically relevant experience) preferred
- Oncology Board Certification (or eligible within 2 years)
- Oncology Board Certification (or eligible within 2 years)
Key Responsibilities
The pharmacist must review every medication order for completeness, safety, and efficacy before dispensing to an individual patient, covering routine, stat, and investigational orders. Responsibilities also include maintaining drug information, investigational, educational, cost containment, and clinical programs.
Requirements
A Doctorate Degree is required, along with 3-5 years of hospital pharmacy experience or clinically relevant experience, and eligibility for a New Jersey Pharmacy license. A PGY1 residency or Board Certification in Oncology (BCOP) is preferred.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Oncology — Pharmacist Career Context
Of the 43 active Oncology listings this role was benchmarked against, 51% are remote, 53% have no call, 74% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for New Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$137k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $125k in an average-cost state. 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Oncology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
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- Includes call
Living in Camden
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $169k
- Typical market rent
- $1,823/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 24 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 102.6
- State income tax
- Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.