Pharmacist

Class Specifications – H.50

 

Staff Pharmacist 1 EX – 7961
Staff Pharmacist 1 NEX – 7963
Pharmacist Per Diem – 9249
Staff Pharmacist 2 – 9247
Staff Pharmacist 2 Per Diem – 4797

 

June 1996, Updated September 2026

Pharmacists provide the full range of distributive, clinical, consultative, research, and/or administrative pharmaceutical services in a health center.

Incumbents typically select, compound, purchase, dispense, and preserve drugs, medicines, and other therapeutic agents. They serve as members of or consultants to treatment and diagnostic teams, provide drug information, and participate in educational programs. They may participate in hospital research projects, conduct pharmaceutical research, and/or supervise or administer pharmacy operations.

 

Staff Pharmacist II is the benchmark level, and incumbents perform the full range of operational drug distribution involved in compounding and dispensing drugs in a centralized or satellite inpatient area or an outpatient (retail) pharmacy. Incumbents evaluate the appropriateness of medication orders and prescriptions based on known patient and drug variables. Incumbents may compound and dispense all drug dosage forms of medication and parenteral nutrition, and maintain all aspects of a controlled drug system. Incumbents direct the work of pharmacy technicians and review work products. To a lesser degree, incumbents may be assigned to patient care areas where they transmit medication orders to the pharmacy distribution center, monitor patients’ drug therapy, disseminate drug information, precept professional students and/or residents, and educate patients about their medications to improve compliance and therapeutic success.

Certification or Licensure Requirements

PharmD degree and current CA Pharmacy license.