Gainesville, Georgia
Nashville, Tennessee
Posted: 29-Sep-24
Location: Los Angeles, California
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 142954617
You bring more than skill, knowledge, and expertise to your role as an allied health professional. You bring a deep passion for improving the lives of everyone around you. At UCLA Health, we’re committed to fostering a working environment where you are supported and empowered to be your best. You’ll love it here!
In this key role, you will be responsible for rotating shifts and areas with a primary focus in oncology and CAR-T program patients. You will preparation and dispense drugs in all inpatient settings; maintain and review patient medication profiles; review and verify physician medication orders and patient medical record. You will interact with healthcare professionals and providers to help promote safe medication use, prevent inappropriate or misuse of medications; provide clinical pharmacy services (e.g., pharmacokinetic dosing, therapeutic interchange, IV/PO conversions, TPN per pharmacy, clinical protocols per pharmacy and pharmacist interventions. When assigned to decentralized duties in patient care and Oncology units, you will be physically located in the patient care areas and primarily responsible for verification of new admission medication orders, medication history taking and reconciliation of high risk patients upon admission, and rounding with MD/RNs beginning on admission to provide effective medication therapy during the patient's stay and early planning for discharge.
Schedule: Varied shifts, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays
Hourly Salary Range: $85.87 - $100.58 (Union represented, step based salary depending on years of experience)
Bargaining Unit: HX-UPTE
We’re seeking a dedicated clinical professional with:
- Pharm D. degree and current CA Pharmacy license (required).
- ASHP-accredited residency (preferred).
- Completion of PGY1 Pharmacy Residency or equivalent 3-5 years experience in inpatient hospital pharmacy setting and/or in decentralized patient care pharmacy setting
- Prefer clinical background/residency in oncology and/or Board Certification in Oncology.
- Exceptional communication, interpersonal, organizational and follow-through skills.
- Knowledge of and ability to perform age specific and disease specific pharmacokinetic calculations.
- Ability to compound intravenous admixtures and other sterile products.
UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and dozens of primary care practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers, and other ancillary locations throughout metro Los Angeles. We are also home to the David Geffen School of Medicine, an internationally-respected center of medical learning and research. Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we have become Los Angeles’ trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care. If you’re looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, you can at UCLA Health.
