Pharmacist at Hamilton Health Sciences

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

01 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

03 Oct, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Clinical Pharmacy Services, Medication Review, Drug Information, Drug Therapy Monitoring, Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting, Team Collaboration, Communication Skills, Problem Solving, Leadership, Teaching, Change Management, Negotiation Skills, Conflict Management, Prioritization, Independent Work, Hospital Experience

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Description

Join our growing pharmacy team in providing safe and effective medication use to our clinical units at Hamilton Health Sciences. At Hamilton Health Sciences, our pharmacy department plays an essential role in ensuring the safe distribution and service of medications to patients which facilitates successful patient treatment outcomes in compliance with legal, regulatory and accreditation standards. The management and distribution of our medications is important in ensuring we can consistently deliver the high-quality, safe care that we are known for. We are growing our pharmacy team and presently seeking a pharmacist to support us. The pharmacist is a key member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team whose key responsibilities include reviewing and assessing medication orders and collaborating with the patient and healthcare team directly to optimize medication use, identifying, and avoiding medication-related problems to achieve desired patient outcomes. The pharmacist will provide drug information, promote evidence-based/cost effective drug therapy and clinically relevant research and be involved in educational activities for students, families, and staff. Ongoing collaboration and communication within the healthcare team and with the pharmacy team is essential. Position Responsibilities: • Responsible for the provision of clinical pharmacy services for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes to improve the patient’s quality of life • Review of physician’s orders, creation, and maintenance of patient medication profiles, and may include IV admixture, TPN, pediatric and chemotherapy preparation, drug information, drug therapy monitoring and adverse drug reaction reporting depending on the site • Primary responsibility is to provide coverage to the adult ambulatory clinics, Boris clinic, adult medical daycare; and to provide cross coverage to the pediatric ambulatory clinic pharmacist • Other duties as assigned including but not limited to central distribution shifts and various other cross coverage duties as needed. Order verification of medication orders using EPIC system 1. Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy required. PharmD is an asset. 2. Current registration with the Ontario College of Pharmacists required – Part A of Register 3. Previous hospital experience in unit dose and/or IV admixtures preferred 4. Hospital residency program or equivalent an asset 5. Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a member of a team 6. Demonstrated ability to prioritize a consistent and varied workload 7. Ability to direct and teach staff. 8. Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills required, in order to facilitate effective communication with patients, peers, and other health care providers. 9. Demonstrated ability to identify, prevent and resolve drug related problems. 10. Active membership in the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP) is an asset. 11. Good understanding of change management; must be able to identify change needs and proactively act on those needs. 12. Leadership, problem solving, organization skills required. 13. Effective negotiation and conflict management resolution skills required. 14. Excellent attendance and discipline free record required.

Responsibilities

The pharmacist is responsible for providing clinical pharmacy services to improve patient quality of life and optimizing medication use through collaboration with healthcare teams. Key tasks include reviewing medication orders, maintaining patient profiles, and providing drug information.