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Cedars-Sinai
Los Angeles, California

Pharmacist - Outpatient Pharmacy

PharmacistPer Diem

Listed compensation

$140K–$225K /yr

The week · per this posting

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

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.

Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters.

This shared culture of passion and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it’s just one of the many reasons we’ve achieved our six-consecutive Magnet designation for nursing excellence.

From working with a team of premier healthcare professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll have everything you need to do something incredible—for yourself, and for others. Join us, and discover why we are tied #1 in California and ten years in a row on the "Best Hospitals" Honor Roll.

The full time Outpatient Pharmacist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Ca is responsible for the daily organization and supervision of medication management activities in their areas, including but not limited to provision of clinical and drug distribution services and other duties as assigned.

  • Pharmacist per diem position required to support discharge and clinic prescription processing.
  • Management of discharge prescriptions to ensure safe, timely distribution to patients.
  • Supervision of technicians.
  • Ensuring compliance with controlled substances accountability.
  • Ensuring medication safety principles integrated into each step of the outpatient pharmacy medication use process.

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for the daily organization and supervision of medication management and drug distribution services in an outpatient setting. This includes managing discharge prescriptions and ensuring the safety and accountability of controlled substances.

Requirements

The candidate must be able to supervise pharmacy technicians and integrate medication safety principles into the outpatient process. The role requires supporting discharge and clinic prescription processing.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical PharmacyTechnician Supervision

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 35% are remote, 43% have no call, 73% 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 Pharmacist - Outpatient Pharmacy at Cedars-Sinai 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 10,137 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs

401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
12%
CME allowance
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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 10,137 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Los Angeles

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$923k
Typical market rent
$2,778/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 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.