Ambulatory Infusion Authorization Pharmacist - LAX or SM Office

Ambulatory Infusion Authorization Pharmacist - LAX or SM Office - - 32960 - UCLA Health

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Ambulatory Infusion Authorization Pharmacist - LAX or SM Office

General Information

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Work Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm. You are required to have the ability to travel to multiple work sites within UCLA Health

Posted Date

09/09/2026

Salary Range: $95.61 - 112 Hourly

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

32874

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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Play a key role in the delivery of world-class patient care. Make a significant contribution to an award-winning health system. Leverage your expertise to make a life-changing difference. At UCLA Health, you can do all this and more.

In this key role, you will review Ambulatory Medical Specialty & Heme/Onc infusion orders for adequate medical necessity documentation, payor formulary adherence, UCLA formulary adherence and if needed coordinate with the prescribing provider to update orders per protocol prior to authorization submission. You will serve as the primary ambulatory pharmacy resource for information regarding infusion payor formularies and denial reasons. You will support authorization coordinators and prescribing providers with complex infusion medication authorization cases. You will maintain and review patient medication profiles, review physician medication orders and patients' insurance benefits. You will interact with healthcare professionals and providers to help decrease authorization turnaround time and improve the patient experience.

Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:30am-5:00pm. Required to have the ability to travel to multiple work sites within UCLA Health.

Hourly Salary Range: $95.61-$112.00

Bargaining Unit: HX-UPTE

Job Qualifications

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We're seeking a dedicated clinical professional with:

• Pharm D. degree and current CA Pharmacy license (required)
• Minimum of 1 year of practice experience in Oncology (required)
• Prior Infusion Experience (preferred)
• Prior Medical Benefit Authorization Experience (strongly preferred)
• Epic experience (preferred)
• BCOP (preferred)
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal, organizational and follow-through skills.
• Knowledge of and ability to perform age specific and disease specific pharmacokinetic calculations.

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. 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.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.

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