Per Diem Authorizations Pharmacist - Ambulatory Infusions, LAX or SM office
Santa Monica, CAPer Diem$115.04/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Authorizations Pharmacist reviews ambulatory medical specialty and hematology/oncology infusion orders for medical necessity and formulary adherence, coordinating with prescribing providers when updates are needed before authorization submission. The pharmacist serves as a resource on infusion payor formularies and denial reasons, supports complex authorization cases, and reviews patient medication profiles, physician orders, and insurance benefits. The role also works with healthcare professionals to reduce authorization turnaround time and improve patient experience.
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Description
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
Qualifications
We're seeking a dedicated clinical professional with:
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Pharm D. degree and current CA Pharmacy license (required)
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Minimum of 1 year of practice experience in Oncology (required)
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Prior Infusion Experience (preferred)
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Prior Medical Benefit Authorization Experience (strongly preferred)
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Epic experience (preferred)
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BCOP (preferred)
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Exceptional communication, interpersonal, organizational and follow-through skills.
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Knowledge of and ability to perform age specific and disease specific pharmacokinetic calculations.
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.
How this job compares
Set against the 11,196 open Pharmacist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$115.04/hr
- California median$67–82/hr352 hourly ranges
- US median$60–79/hr7,520 hourly ranges
This rate, $115.04/hr, is 54% above the California median midpoint ($75/hr) — in the top quarter of Pharmacist hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 434 open Pharmacist jobs in California and 11,196 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- CVS Health109 open
- Walgreens107 open
- Kaiser Permanente30 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Pharmacist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (3,808 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a doctorate or professional degree; 1,448 of the 11,196 open Pharmacist jobs (13%) ask for a doctorate or professional degree.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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