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Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, California

Pharmacist

PharmacistPer Diem

Listed compensation

$57 per 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

  • Schedule: Per Diem
  • Department: Pharmacy
  • Location: Desert Valley Hospital | Victorville, CA
  • Compensation: $57.00 per hour

Advance Excellence in Inpatient Pharmacy Care

Join Desert Valley Hospital as an Inpatient Pharmacist and play an important role in delivering safe, effective, and high-quality pharmaceutical care. Working with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals, you will help optimize medication therapy and support positive outcomes across a diverse patient population. This full-time opportunity is ideal for a Pharmacist who values patient safety, clinical collaboration, and excellence in hospital pharmacy practice.

What You'll Do

  • Provide safe and effective pharmaceutical care for hospitalized patients.
  • Review and evaluate medication orders for appropriateness, accuracy, and patient safety.
  • Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other clinical professionals to support optimal medication therapy.
  • Support pharmacy services across areas such as medical/surgical, intensive care, emergency care, perioperative services, and OB/GYN.
  • Promote medication safety and compliance with pharmacy policies, procedures, and professional standards.
  • Support efficient pharmacy operations and high-quality patient care.

What We Offer

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Paid time off and paid holidays
  • Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities
  • Professional development through Prime Healthcare's PrimE Academy
  • Collaborative, multidisciplinary work environment
  • Career growth opportunities within the Prime Healthcare network

Make a Difference

If you're a pharmacist committed to medication safety, clinical excellence, and patient-centered care, we encourage you to apply. Join Desert Valley Hospital and help provide exceptional pharmaceutical care to the patients and communities we serve.

Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Director of Pharmacy, coordinates the activities of the pharmacy department to provide the highest quality of pharmaceutical care to all patients served by the hospital, while ensuring patient safety. The scope of patient care provided may include: General Medicine/Surgical, Intensive Care Services, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Emergency Care, Oncology, Peri-operative, Geriatrics and Outpatient Services.

Qualifications

  • EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING
  • Current state Registered Pharmacist License.
  • Experience in hospital pharmacy operations preferred.

B.S. degree in Pharmacy required; Doctor of Pharmacy degree preferred.

BLS and ACLS certification preferred

Facility Specific Requirements (As Applicable Required)

APhA Immunization Certification and BLS required.

Pay Transparency

Desert Valley Hospital offers competitive compensation and a reasonable compensation estimate for this role is $57.00. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

Employment Status: Per Diem

Shift: Variable

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: eeoc.gov

Privacy Notice

Privacy Notice for California Applicants: primehealthcare.com

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

ACLS (preferred)

Key Skills

Medication therapy managementRegulatory compliancePharmacist licensure

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 18% are remote, 57% 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)), so the posted ~$119k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $107k in an average-cost state. 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
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$107k in purchasing powerCalifornia index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Pharmacy listings in California586 active10,152 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 18% remote · 57% no call · 50% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia pharmacist listings (all specialties): 8% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 12% offer loan repayment606 active listings, Nov 2026
New Pharmacy listings3,639 in the last 30 days3,238 the 30 days before (+12%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Pharmacy pay trend+3.2% 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.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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PSLF eligible
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Loan repayment
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CME allowance
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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 10,122 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Desert Valley Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Victorville, CA
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
Paid time off and paid holidays
Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities
Professional development through Prime Healthcare's PrimE Academy
Career growth opportunities

Living in Victorville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$407k
Typical market rent
$2,248/mo
Residents’ average commute
40 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
106.4
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 · Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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