Clinical Pharmacist - Holy Family Hospital Job Vancouver area,BC Canada,Healthcare

Salary

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

Job Summary

Are you looking for a place to showcase your clinical hospital pharmaceutical skills? We have the perfect Part-Time opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our team at Holy Family Hospital located in Vancouver, 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 and creating an environment where you can advance your career.

As a Clinical Pharmacist you will work to provide the following services to our patients:

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 case studies and articles for publication in professional journals
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
Ensure prescriptions are validated and dispensed accurately, resolve medication safety concerns, and document professional practice activities proficiently

Sound like this is for you? 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 or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Responsibilities

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, demonstrate procedures, techniques and use of equipment, and assess the patient’s/family's understanding of the procedures, techniques and equipment.

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 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.

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