About City of Hope

City of Hope is an independent biomedical research and treatment organization for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases.

Founded in 1913, City of Hope is a leader in bone marrow transplantation and immunotherapy such as CAR T cell therapy. City of Hope’s translational research and personalized treatment protocols advance care throughout the world. Human synthetic insulin, monoclonal antibodies and numerous breakthrough cancer drugs are based on technology developed at the institution. AccessHope™, a subsidiary launched in 2019 serves employers and their health care partners by providing access to City of Hope’s specialized cancer expertise.

A National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, City of Hope is ranked among the nation’s “Best Hospitals” in cancer by U.S. News & World Report and received Magnet Recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Its main campus is located near Los Angeles, with additional locations throughout Southern California and in Arizona.

City of Hope’s commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We believe diversity, equity and inclusion is key in serving our mission to provide compassionate patient care, drive innovative discovery, and advance vital education focused on eliminating cancer and diabetes in all of our communities. Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ensures we bring the full range of skills, perspectives, cultural backgrounds and experiences to our work -- and that our teams align with the people we serve in order to build trust and understanding. We are dedicated to fostering a community that embraces diversity - in ideas, backgrounds and perspectives; this is reflected in our work and represented in our people.

Position Summary

The pharmacist is a licensed professional individual with supervision experience, who is responsible for assisting the director and managers in the operational aspects of a department. This individual actively works to ensure optimal delivery of pharmaceutical care and service, as well as, assisting in performance improvement initiatives, either through direct involvement and membership or by occasionally leading PI team efforts. He or she participates in the supervision of human and material resources, as well as, program planning, and evaluation. He/she provides input into and is expected to meet budget, revenue and expense targets. This position supervises employees, assigns work, coaches, trains, and evaluates performance. It is expected that the individual who holds this position is able to actively participate with peers, subordinates, and supervisors in constructive problem solving, as well as, to facilitate frequent team building interactions with staff.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Ensures that he or she provides services that are accurate, reliable, courteous and timely.
• Supports and promotes the efforts of all care providers to deliver quality care.
• Promotes the delivery of quality care consistent with the scope of practice of the discipline.
• Ensures self-competence and promotes adherence to professional practice standards through education, training, coaching and monitoring.
• Participates with the Director and managers in the implementation and evaluation of new services/programs.
• Supervise personnel and personally delivers pharmaceutical care and service/ information/ medication/ products by serving as a role model and through effective use of change-agent strategies.
• Adhere to all professional and regulatory standards.
• Promotes collaboration and teamwork among all members of the healthcare team.
• Supervision of Pharmacy Technician to ensure compliance with cleanroom standards, accuracy of medication inventory and accuracy of IV compounded products.
• Keep up-to-date with USP 797 & 800 guidelines and work with interdisciplinary team to ensure compliance.
• Maintain Pharmacy Technician IV compounding annual competencies.
• Effectively communicates/educates all customers to meet organizational goals and customer service expectations.
• Maintains current knowledge, skills and competencies through involvement in professional continuing education activities.
• Manages/supervises the efficient and effective utilization of resources and staff (technicians, students, interns, etc.) and serves as a role model in training programs.
• Fosters involvement in performance improvement activities to promote continuous improvement in care delivery.
• Demonstrates assimilation of core organizational values within own performance.
• Utilizes proper judgement in decision making.
• Monitors drug therapy; recommends alternate more efficient drug therapy when appropriate.
• Prepares and dispense medications in strict adherence to department policies and procedures.
• Ensures secure storage of controlled substances and other drug products.
• Acts as a liaison with nursing and medical staff concerning drug therapy, pharmaceutical information, drug reactions, medication adverse events, and positive patient outcomes.
• Assumes the duties of the Pharmacy Technician/Intern as needed to maintain efficient quality operation and timely service.
• Insures effective use of staff by “flexing” coverage to work activity.
• Participate together with Regional Directors & VP in monitoring purchasing of pharmaceutical to obtain best pricing.

Basic education, experience and skills required for consideration:

• Graduate of an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy with ACPE accreditation pending with a BS Pharmacy degree
• Experience may substitute for minimum education requirements

Req. Certification/Licensure:

• Current CA Pharmacist License.

Preferred Education:

• Pharm D preferred

Preferred Experience:

Two years of experience, preferred

Additional Information:

• As a condition of employment, City of Hope requires staff to comply with all state and federal vaccination mandates.
• Full Time
• Minimum hourly rate: $60.422115
• Maximum hourly rate: $100.904808
• The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.

City of Hope is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.