Clinical Pharmacist Hospital

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $54.49 - $68.10 per 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 team at Delta Hospital located in Delta, BC.

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.

• Consult with physicians, nurses and other health care providers to develop and discuss therapeutic plans appropriate for each patient based on chart review and assessment of clinical responses. Ensure appropriate documentation is maintained in the patient health record in accordance with regulations, protocols and practice standards.
• Individualize patient medication therapy by performing activities such as referencing standard literature/publications and patient demographic information, reviewing patient charts and laboratory test results, meeting with the patient and health care team to assess clinical response of the patient to medication therapy and modifying or developing therapeutic plans to ensure that medication therapy is consistent with the patient's needs.
• Provide patient medication counselling regarding drug therapy by reviewing reference literature, summarizing information and meeting with patients and their families to provide and explain information and plans, demonstrating procedures, techniques and use of equipment, and assessing patient/family understanding.
• Assist the health care team in developing drug therapy guidelines for individual disease conditions by reviewing current literature, compiling and analyzing information relating to current therapy guidelines, providing suggestions and recommendations, and monitoring the effectiveness of current guidelines on patient health care outcomes.
• Participate in ward rounds, program team meetings and provision of pharmacy services at the unit level to enhance patient care.
• Act as a department resource person in the assigned area of responsibility. Support both department and hospital staff by providing detailed drug information on issues related to drug therapy in those disease states which are treated within the program.
• Contribute items such as case studies and review articles to professional journals by performing activities such as identifying topics, gathering and analyzing data, reviewing current literature, writing and submitting articles for publication.
• Provide instruction and/or supervision to pharmacy students and residents by preparing educational material, demonstrating procedures, lecturing, supervising during patient care activities and providing input into performance evaluations.
• Participate in quality improvement activities through methods such as reviewing current practices, performing quality assurance audits, identifying actual or potential problems and recommending changes.
• Perform drug distribution duties including interpreting medication orders/prescriptions and dispensing medications using a computerized medication information system in accordance with legal, professional and departmental policies, procedures and standards.
• Review prescriptions for therapeutic suitability by referring to standardized references, interpreting laboratory data, and/or reviewing patient specific demographics.
• Communicate with physicians, patients and/or other health care team members for prescription clarification and problem resolution. Document the outcome of any interaction with the prescriber in the patient’s health care record.
• Ensure that medications are efficiently and accurately dispensed and/or compounded and labeled and that all necessary dispensing records are completed.
• Participate in the collection of data for medication use evaluation projects and document the required information. Assist in maintaining adequate inventories, note shortages,…