Clinical Pharmacist I-Inpatient
Listed compensation
$96/hour
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- Employment & setting
- Per Diem
- Call expectations
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- Weekends
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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
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.
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- We will not request sensitive personal or financial information prior to the acceptance of a formal offer.
- All communications will come from official @coh.org email addresses.
- Interviews are conducted only through approved, professional channels.
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Key Responsibilities
The Clinical Pharmacist I serves as a medication management expert, providing accurate drug information and collaborating with clinical staff to ensure safe and cost-effective therapy. They also oversee compounding processes, supervise pharmacy technicians, and participate in investigational drug management and staff development.
Requirements
Candidates must be graduates of an ACPE-accredited pharmacy school and hold a current California Pharmacist License. Additionally, a BLS certification is required for this position.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Pharmacist Career Context
City of Hope holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 71/100, 53 active listings.
In California, the Pharmacy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$160k (126 salary observations; 316 listings), vs ~$137k nationally (1,289 salary observations; 5,647 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 45% have no call, 75% require no weekends.
Pharmacy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
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).
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