Float Pharmacist

Description

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!

As a Float Pharmacist at UCLA Health, you'll play a vital role in delivering safe, effective, and patient-centered care across our inpatient settings. Working under supervision, you'll prepare and dispense medications, maintain and review patient medication profiles, and counsel patients on appropriate drug use. You'll collaborate closely with physicians, nurses, and other health professionals to ensure optimal therapy and prevent misuse or medication errors. In addition, you'll provide a wide range of clinical pharmacy services, including pharmacokinetic dosing, therapeutic interchange, IV/PO conversions, TPN management, and pharmacist-led interventions, in alignment with departmental policies and best practices.

At UCLA Health, passionate clinicians in a wide range of disciplines have enabled us to become a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and more than 270 community clinics throughout Southern California. We're also home to the world-class medical research and clinical education capabilities of the David Geffen School of Medicine. If you're looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, come to UCLA Health.

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

Qualifications

We're seeking a dedicated clinical
professional with:

• Pharm D. degree and current CA Pharmacy
  license
• ASHP-accredited residency (preferred).
• 2 yearsinpatientpharmacy
  experience
• 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.