Pharmacist General Hospital Job Chilliwack area,BC Canada,Healthcare

Salary The salary range for this position is CAD $54.49 - $68.10 / hour

Job Summary

We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.

Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including earning four weeks of vacation in your first year, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

Detailed

Overview

The Pharmacist provides distribution pharmacy services by performing duties such as interpreting medication orders/prescriptions, assessing prescriptions for therapeutic suitability and ensuring that medications are efficiently and accurately dispensed and/or compounded and labelled and that dispensing records are complete. Communicates with physicians, patients, and/or other health care team members for prescription clarification and problem resolution. Provides instructions to others on proper use/administration, storage and/or disposal, possible side effects of prescribed and self selected medications.

Participates in the collection of data for medication use evaluation projects, implementation of dispensary based medication safety initiatives, quality control activities, contributes to internal publications and participates in clinical drug trials in accordance with established standards and procedures.

Additionally, the Pharmacist functions as a Clinical Pharmacist responsible for ensuring select patient drug related problems are resolved. Participates in nursing ward rounds and/or program team meetings and documents patient specific therapeutic plans.

Responsibilities

Interprets medication orders/prescriptions and dispenses medications using a computerized medication information system in accordance with legal, professional, and departmental policies, procedures and standards.

Assesses prescriptions for therapeutic suitability by referring to standardized references (primary drug information texts), interpreting laboratory data, and /or reviewing patient specific demographics.

Reviews patient profiles for any patient allergies, potential drug interactions, therapeutic duplications or contraindications. Withholds medications until safety concerns are resolved.

Communicates with physicians, patients, and/or other health care team members for prescription clarification and problem resolution. Documents the outcome of the interaction with the prescriber.

Provides instructions to others on proper use/administration, storage and/or disposal, possible side effects of prescribed and self selected medications, etc. Communicates verbally and in writing, with physicians, nurses and other professionals and provides drug information using appropriate reference material.

Participates in obtaining medication history from select patients and verifies any allergy information and assists with medication reconciliation process.

Ensures that medications are efficiently and accurately dispensed and/or compounded and labelled and that dispensing records are completed.

Provides medication counselling regarding drug therapy to patients and/or their families, as required. Provides allergy assessment and discharge counselling for appropriate patients. Documents patient interactions in the patient health care record in a standardized format.

Reviews patient screening reports or targeted drug lists and identifies potential drug related problems based on available laboratory data.

Provides basic pharmacokinetic interpretations on patients receiving targeted drugs (e.g. aminoglycoside, warfarin and vancomycin).

Participates in the collection of data for medication use evaluation projects and documents the required information. Assists in maintaining adequate inventories, notes shortages, requisitions drugs and/or supplies and monitors expiry dates,…