Pharmacy Intern - Weekends

General Information

Press space or enter keys to toggle section visibility Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Onsite or Remote: Fully On-Site Work Schedule: Varied hours depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays Posted Date: 03/12/2026 Salary Range: $36.96 - $36.96 Hourly Employment Type: 6 - Staff Per Diem Duration: Per diem Job: 29124

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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, were committed to fostering a working environment where you are supported and empowered to be your best. Youll love it here.

Under direct supervision of a registered pharmacist, when you are assigned to an inpatient practice area, you will perform those repetitive and manipulative activities which primarily consist of:

• Drug distribution duties
• Pre-packaging
• Maintaining the inventory in the Pyxis medstations
• Filling the medstation daily
• Checking for outdates
• IV and chemotherapy sterile compounding
• Record keeping
• Refrigerator temperature logs
• Hood cleaning
• Billing
• Housekeeping
• Security functions

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, as well as the David Geffen School of Medicine. Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we have become Los Angeles trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care. If youre looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, you can at UCLA Health.

Schedule: Varied hours depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays Hourly Salary Rate: $36.96 Bargaining Unit: EX - AFSCME

Job Qualifications

Were seeking a dedicated clinical professional with:

• Currently enrolled in a Pharm D. Program - Required
• CA Pharmacy Intern license - Required
• 2 years of inpatient pharmacy experience - Highly preferred
• Ability to accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical generic and trade names and their dosage forms and the ability to cross-reference the most common drugs from memory
• Knowledge of medical terminology and pharmaceutical abbreviations
• Skill in preparing intravenous solutions using aseptic technique
• Ability to work independently and follow-through on assignments with minimal supervision
• Skill in computer order entry of medication orders as well as other related computer entry tasks and computer report generation
• Telephone and verbal skills required to communicate clearly and effectively with pharmacists, nurses, physicians, and other allied health professionals
• Ability to compound chemotherapy solution utilizing departmental guidelines for the preparation/distribution of cytotoxic agents
• Ability to lift 25 lbs and push 50 lbs

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.