Ambulatory Pharmacy Supervisor - West Valley

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Maintain and implement standard operating procedures, ensure training and competency completion, and support readiness for accreditation and audits.
• Supervise, coach, and develop pharmacy staff by supporting hiring, onboarding, scheduling, performance evaluations, and corrective action when needed.
• Promote cross-training and continuity of care across workflows, ensuring your team operates at a high level of performance, productivity, and service.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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
• Experience supporting and optimizing the 340B program within the assigned practice area
• Experience with pharmacy specialty and/or leadership certifications (e.g., BCACP, BCPS, BCSOTP, BCDE, or other relevant board certification)
• Experience with leadership certification or equivalent leadership experience

Qualifications

• Experience supporting and optimizing the 340B program within the assigned practice area
• Experience with leadership certification or equivalent leadership experience

Skills

• Leadership skills
• Accountability
• Safe, high-quality patient care

Benefits

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.

Pay

$144,400 – $341,800 (Commensurate with experience and aligned with internal equity)

Schedule

Full-time varied hours, depending on departmental needs, fully onsite

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