Ambulatory Pharmacy Supervisor - UCLA 16th Retail Pharmacy

Description

You bring more than clinical knowledge to your work in pharmacy - you bring leadership, accountability, and a commitment to safe, high-quality patient care. At UCLA Health, we foster a collaborative environment where pharmacy leaders are empowered to improve systems, support teams, and help patients access the right therapies at the right time. You'll love it here.

Join UCLA Health as a Pharmacy Supervisor, a key leadership role within Ambulatory Pharmacy Services. Reporting to the Director of Pharmacy, you will oversee a specialized team of pharmacists and technicians supporting outpatient pharmacy operations and pharmacy-led clinical services. This position is responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance, maintaining efficient workflows, supporting staff performance and development, and continuously improving operational effectiveness across assigned areas.

In this role, you will provide operational oversight for the procurement, storage, preparation, dispensing, distribution, and auditing of pharmaceuticals, including controlled substances and hazardous products, in alignment with departmental policies and regulatory requirements. You will maintain and implement standard operating procedures, ensure training and competency completion, and support readiness for accreditation and audits. As a people leader, you will supervise, coach, and develop pharmacy staff by supporting hiring, onboarding, scheduling, performance evaluations, and corrective action when needed. You will promote cross-training and continuity of care across workflows, ensuring your team operates at a high level of performance, productivity, and service. You will also collaborate closely with clinic partners and departmental leadership to expand and enhance pharmacy services, support new initiatives, and improve patient access to therapies. This includes participating in direct patient care activities and serving as a liaison between pharmacy and clinical/non-clinical departments to strengthen communication, service quality, and patient satisfaction.

At UCLA Health, our passion for leveraging state-of-the-art technology to support world-class patient care has enabled us to become an internationally renowned health system with five award-winning hospitals and more than 270 community clinics throughout Southern California. We're also home to the world-class medical research and clinical education capabilities of the David Geffen School of Medicine.

Schedule: full-time varied hours, depending on departmental needs, fully onsite

Annual Salary Range: $144,400 - $341,800 (Commensurate with experience and aligned with internal equity)

Qualifications

We're seeking an experienced pharmacy leader with:

      * Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD) from an accredited school of pharmacy

      * Current California Pharmacist license in good standing

      * Minimum 5 years of outpatient pharmacy experience

      * Strong knowledge of outpatient pharmacy workflows and ability to supervise daily operations across multiple workstreams

      * Demonstrated experience ensuring compliance with state/federal regulations and accreditation standards (e.g., CA Board of Pharmacy, CMS, DEA, FDA, The Joint Commission)

      * Experience supporting controlled substance stewardship, hazardous product handling, and safe medication distribution practices

      * Ability to develop, implement, and communicate departmental policies and procedures

      * Experience hiring, onboarding, training, scheduling, coaching, and evaluating pharmacy staff

      * Ability to support departmental performance improvement initiatives, including medication event and adverse drug reaction reporting

Preferred Qualifications:

      * Pharmacy specialty and/or leadership certification (e.g., BCACP, BCPS, BCSOTP, BCDE, or other relevant board certification)

      * Experience supporting and optimizing the 340B program within the assigned practice area

      * Leadership certification or equivalent leadership experience

UCLA Health welcomes all individuals, without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin or disabilities, and we proudly look to each person’s unique achievements and experiences to further set us apart.