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City of Hope
Duarte, California

Clinical Pharmacist I

PharmacistPer Diem

Listed compensation

$95.71/hr

The week · per this posting

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

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Clinical Pharmacist I-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.

We are seeking a Clinical Pharmacist I. The Clinical Pharmacist I will serve as the medication management expert by providing accurate drug information to providers, nurses, and other clinical staff. The individual will supervise technicians during the shift and assist with training/education for pharmacy staff.

It is expected that the Clinical Pharmacist I will collaborate with colleagues and provide excellent customer service to patients and staff. Additional duties may include quality and performance improvement activities or others as determined by Pharmacy Leadership.

As a Successful Candidate, You Will

Collaborates with providers, nurses, and other clinical staff to ensure the medication management process is safe, high quality, and cost-effective for all patients.

  • Provide oversight of safe and timely medication use system.
  • Oversee compounding in alignment with USP, Board of Pharmacy, and other regulations.
  • Ensure medications are received, stored, labelled, transported, and wasted appropriately.
  • Ensure controlled substance processes are adhered to.
  • Collaborate with members of multidisciplinary health care team to optimize patient’s medication therapy.
  • Participates in care coordination and Investigational Drug management for research patients, following all required regulations and practices.
  • Actively supports reporting of Pharmacy Interventions, Adverse Drug Reactions, and Medication Errors.

Participate in pharmacy staff development, including new employee orientation, students, residents and training.

Your Qualifications Should Include

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

Additional Information

  • Hourly Per Diem Rate: 95.706800
  • 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.

Key Responsibilities

The Clinical Pharmacist I serves as a medication management expert, providing accurate drug information and supervising pharmacy technicians. They collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, high-quality medication therapy and participate in research-related investigational drug management.

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

Key Skills

Patient careClinical pharmacyRegulatory complianceStaff supervisionPharmacy operationsAdverse drug reaction reportingMedication error reportingQuality improvement

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 45% have no call, 63% 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).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Pharmacist I at City of Hope a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 5% in Pharmacy — ranked against 10,314 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Salary Distribution29 jobs

8
<$165k
11
$165k-185k
5
$185k-205k
5
$205k-225k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks22 jobs

401k / retirement match
95%
Sign-on bonus
9%
CME allowance
9%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 7.2
Among the best 10% of Pharmacy listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,314 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Duarte

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$794k
Typical market rent
$2,778/mo
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 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.

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About City of Hope

Hospitals and Health Care
Duarte, CA
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive Benefits