Per Diem Authorizations Pharmacist - Ambulatory Infusions LAX or SM office

General Information

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Work Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA

Work Schedule

variable hours based on departmental needs. You are required to have the ability to travel to multiple work sites within UCLA Health.

Posted Date

10/20/2026

Salary Range: $115.04 - 115.04 Hourly

Employment Type

6 - Staff: Per Diem

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

33622

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.

Hourly Rate: $115.04

Schedule: Variable hours based on departmental needs. You are required to have the ability to travel to multiple work sites within UCLA Health.

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.

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.