Clinical Pharmacist, Community Pharmacy Programs - Community Fraser Valley
Job in
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Listing for:
Fraser Health
Full Time
position
Listed on 2025-12-02
Job specializations:
-
Healthcare
Clinical Pharmacist
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 51.37 - 64.19 CAD Hourly
CAD
51.37
64.19
HOUR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Clinical Pharmacist, Community Pharmacy Programs - Fraser Health Community Fraser Valley
Salary
The salary range for this position is CAD $51.37 - $64.19 / hour
Job Summary Are you looking for a place to showcase your clinical hospital pharmaceutical skills?
We have the perfect Full-Time opportunity for a a Clinical Pharmacist
- Community Pharmacy Programs to join our team at raser Health Community Fraser Valley - Abbotsford, BC.
Who are we?
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.
Responsibilities
Consults with physicians, nurses and other health care providers to develop and discuss therapeutic plans appropriate for each client based on medication appropriateness, client environment and assessment of clinical responses. Ensures appropriate documentation is maintained in the client health record in accordance with regulations, protocols and practice standards.Individualizes client medication therapy by performing activities such as referencing standard literature/publications and client demographic information, reviewing client charts and laboratory test results, meeting with the client and health care team to assess clinical response of the client to medication therapy and modifying or developing therapeutic plans to ensure that medication therapy is consistent with the client's needs.Provides client medication counselling regarding drug therapy by reviewing reference literature, summarizing information and meeting with clients and their families to provide and explain information and plans, demonstrating procedures, techniques and use of equipment, and assessing client's/family's understanding of the procedures, techniques and equipment.Assists 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 client health care outcomes.Participates in client home visits, program team rounds, and team meetings as required.Acts as program resource person in the assigned area of responsibility. Supports staff by providing detailed drug information on issues related to drug therapy in those disease states which are treated within the program.Provides academic detailing services to physicians to optimize prescribing practices.Contributes 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.Provides 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.Participates in quality improvement activities through methods such as reviewing current practices, performing quality assurance audits, identifying actual or potential problems and recommending changes.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, reports procedural errors and participates in quality improvement activities.Participates in implementation of medication safety initiatives and quality control activities in accordance with established standards and procedures.Participates in staff meetings, committees and other programs as required; identifies opportunities to improve processes and/or procedures to enable safe and efficient operations and refers to supervisor and/or others.Prepares reports on a variety of activities within the discipline, gathers and records information into approved formats, accounts for variances, sets up and updates computerized files and spreadsheets using word processing and spreadsheet software.Performs other related duties as assigned.Qualifications
Education, Training & Experience
Current registration as a Pharmacist with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.
Completion of an accredited Hospital Pharmacy Residency Program or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Valid BC Driver’s Licence and access to personal vehicle for business related purposes.
Skills & Abilities
- Broad knowledge of organization policies, procedures and standards of care.
- Knowledge of evidence-based clinical pharmacy practice.
- Knowledge of medication use evaluation.
- Knowledge of research processes and methodology.
- Knowledge of drug distribution processes in a hospital setting.
- Ability to apply clinical pharmacy knowledge and make…
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