Clinical Pharmacist II

Thank you for your interest.  Please note, the purpose of this posting is to recruit for on-going and future positions. 

About City of Hope Orange County

City of Hope Orange County is transforming cancer treatment by bringing world-class expertise and specialized care closer to home. Supported by a regional network of care, our 11-acre academic cancer campus in Irvine is home to City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center, our outpatient cancer center, and Orange County’s only cancer specialty hospital, opening in late 2025.

Our Clinical Pharmacist II operates at the pinnacle of clinical practice, if you have a proven track record of collaborating with a dedicated multidisciplinary healthcare team to provide exceptional, hands-on patient care we would like to invite you to continue your career at City of Hope Orange County!   Your ability to continue to inspire, innovate, and elevate patient care will set the tone for success. Join us and help shape the future of Orange County's only specialty cancer hospital!

As a successful candidate, you will: 

• Provides comprehensive medication management services, coordinating all clinical pharmacy functions for the acute care areas as assigned to help achieve positive patient centric outcomes through direct and indirect interactions with patients, providers, and interdisciplinary teams.

• Completes patient profile reviews and participates in daily clinical care rounds, huddles, and meetings as an integrated member of a multidisciplinary team.

• Reviews medication regimens for appropriateness, contraindications, and potential interactions.

• Orders, reviews, and acts upon appropriate laboratory tests and other diagnostic studies necessary to support a patient's medication therapy regimen.

• Performs pharmacokinetic monitoring, renal dose adjustments, anticoagulant management, glycemic management, pain management, prophylaxis review, IV to PO conversions, and antimicrobial stewardship as necessary.

• Completes medication reconciliation upon admission, transfer, and discharge from the hospital setting including providing appropriate transitions of care.

• Collaborates with pharmacy supervisors, leadership, and staff to develop policies, procedures, and processes for more efficient processing within the pharmacy Enterprise and area of practice.

• Works with multidisciplinary teams to develop, implement, evaluate, and update EHR order sets, Treatment and Supportive Plans to promote best practice care.

• Ensures compliance with medication management standards outlined by The Joint Commission (TJC), COH, and other accrediting bodies.

• Exhibits expert understanding of regulatory and quality standards for their program area.

• Serves as a liaison between Pharmacy Service and Hospital and Specialty Oncology Services staff.

• Actively participates in organizational, regional and national patient safety initiatives as determined by COH strategic goals and mission.

• Performs all other duties as assigned by pharmacy leadership.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of ACPE-accredited Pharmacy School or School with ACPE accreditation pending

• PGY1 and PGY2 residencies, or PGY1 plus two years of experience in an acute care hospital pharmacy, or Five years of experience in an acute care hospital pharmacy

• Current CA Pharmacist License

• BLS certification through the American Heart Association