Clinical Pharmacist - Antimicrobial Stewardship - ARHCC & CGH

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $51.37 - $64.19 / hour

Are you looking for a place to showcase your clinical hospital pharmaceutical skills?

We have the perfect Full-Time opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our antimicrobial stewardship team at Abbotsford Regional & Chilliwack General Hospital located in Abbotsford & Chilliwack, BC. The successful candidate for this position will play a crucial role in supporting both ARH and CGH. While the role encompasses responsibilities across both areas, the majority of the time will be spent at ARH.

We are a collaboration of four premier health employers Fraser Health, Provincial Health Services, Providence and Vancouver Coastal Health. We provide an integrated approach to pharmaceutical care and service excellence for our clients. We are committed to investing in your professional development in creating an environment where you can advance your career.

• Individualized pharmacotherapy
• Counselling patients about their medication therapy
• Work in collaboration with physicians, and other health care providers to develop, implement and monitor therapeutic plans
• Assist in the development of drug therapy guidelines for individual disease conditions
• Prepare and submit for publication in professional journals, case studies and articles that share new knowledge
• Acts as department resource person within your assigned area
• Participate in medication use evaluations, quality improvement initiatives and clinical drug trials
• Provides mentorship and supervision to pharmacy students, residents and new staff
• Additionally, we would depend on your expertise to ensure that prescriptions are validated and dispensed accurately; and that medication safety concerns, working with the health care team to resolve discrepancies and/or problems are resolved expediently; your professional practice activities shall be documented proficiently.

To join us you will need:

• Current registration as a Pharmacist with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.
• Completion of an accredited Hospital Pharmacy Residency Program.

• A career that offers you the opportunity to work in a fast growing and exciting organization with professionals who are eminent in their respective fields.
• Competitive salary package, including comprehensive health benefits coverage.

One team, best pharmacy care, better lives.

The Clinical Pharmacist provides clinical pharmacy services including individualization of patient medication therapy; patient medication counselling; consultation with physicians, nurses and other health care providers to develop and discuss therapeutic plans and assistance in the development of drug therapy guidelines for individual disease conditions.

Provides support to the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee by preparing written summaries and recommendations on drug usage; contributes items such as case studies and articles for submission to professional journals; acts as department resource person in the assigned area of responsibility; participates in medication use evaluations and clinical drug trials; provides instruction and/or supervision to pharmacy students and residents.

Additionally, the Clinical Pharmacist performs drug distribution duties including processing prescriptions by reviewing prescribed medication therapy; validating prescriptions; identifying safety concerns; contacting the subscriber and/or the health care team to resolve discrepancies or problems; documenting discussions or modifications to the medication therapy and dispensing medications.