Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

1 week ago

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Fraser Health Authority Full time
Job Title: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

We are seeking a highly skilled Clinical Pharmacy Specialist to join our team at Fraser Health Authority. As a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, you will work collaboratively with healthcare professionals to provide expert pharmaceutical care to patients in a designated specialty area.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide consultation services to internal and external healthcare professionals and apply advanced level of theory to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the delivery of pharmaceutical care in the designated specialty area.
  • Provide clinical direction on complex cases, including the use of evidence-based approaches to evaluating drug therapy, attending at patient care rounds, reviewing medication histories, providing drug information, patient education, and discharge consultations, and providing recommendations in the planning and treatment assessment policies and procedures in the designated specialty area.
  • Ensure quality assurance programs for the designated specialty area are maintained and policies and procedures followed according to departmental guidelines; identify and troubleshoot inconsistencies; develop standards, ensure regular audits are conducted, and take corrective action as required.
  • Participate in quality improvement activities by maintaining information relevant to the designated specialty area; review and ensure adherence to established program policies and procedures; recommend program modifications to the Director, Pharmacy Services, and prepare reports as required.
  • Provide academic teaching in the designated specialty area to undergraduate and post-graduate students, including planning, organizing, and evaluating completion of hospital-based Pharmacy programs in cooperation with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia.
  • Identify and initiate clinical drug research, as appropriate, by developing hypotheses and research processes, overseeing research activities, and/or coordinating the involvement of research assistants, directed studies students, residents, and pharmacists in research activities.
  • Conduct pharmacological education/in-service sessions in the designated specialty area, as well as orientation sessions for pharmacy staff, program team members, and other healthcare staff.
  • Participate in the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee either through membership and/or preparation of materials for formulary decisions and policy-making decisions by evaluating and making written recommendations regarding formulary requests, conducting relevant research, writing up a monograph or drug assessment for presentation at the P&T Committee, and providing necessary information to all members of the healthcare team.
  • Participate in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of departmental therapeutic cost-effectiveness and cost-restraint programs. Make recommendations to the Director, Pharmacy Services, and/or the Coordinator, Medication Use Evaluation, regarding new or revised policies and standards relative to the designated specialty area.
  • In collaboration with members of the program team, develop, implement, and evaluate goals, objectives, and outcomes for the program team, including recommendations in the planning and treatment assessment policies and procedures for the designated specialty area.
  • Represent the department on multidisciplinary care committees and at external events, such as conferences, and regional planning groups, relative to the designated specialty area.
  • Provide pharmaceutical care to patients in the designated specialty area; review patients' charts and, through collaboration with patients and other healthcare professionals, identify, prevent, and solve drug-related problems. Identify viable alternatives, desired outcomes, and facilitate therapy change and outcome assessment. Monitor patients' therapy and outcomes, record, maintain, and assess medication profiles; provide education to patients by providing drug information pamphlets and giving lectures to patients' families individually and in groups to ensure they are aware of drug status.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
  • Current registration as a Pharmacist with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.
  • Certificate of completion of year 1 and year 2 of a Hospital Pharmacy Residency Program accredited by the Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board (CPRB) supplemented by two (2) years' recent, relevant hospital pharmacy experience, including one (1) year's pharmacy experience in the designated specialty area, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • Designated Specialty Areas:
    • Anticoagulation
    • Bone Marrow Transplant
    • Cardiac Rehabilitation
    • Cardiac Surgery
    • Cardiology
    • Critical Care - Adults
    • Critical Care - Neonates
    • Critical Care - Pediatrics
    • Emergency
    • Endocrinology
    • Geriatrics
    • Infectious Diseases
    • Internal Medicine
    • Maternal/Fetal
    • Mental Health & Substance Use
    • Nephrology
    • Neurology/Neurosurgery
    • Oncology
    • Pain & Spinal Cord
    • Palliative/End of Life Care
    • Pediatrics
    • Rehabilitation
    • Solid Organ Transplant
    • Surgery
  • Skills and Abilities:
    • Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, including the ability to make presentations.
    • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other healthcare practitioners, patients, family members, and the public.
    • Ability to coach, mentor, teach, demonstrate techniques, and facilitate learning within a multidisciplinary setting.
    • Ability to establish curricula and conduct performance evaluations for clinical rotations within assigned areas.
    • Ability to independently recommend, implement, monitor, and alter pharmacotherapeutic plans based on patient-specific information.
    • Ability to use focused physical assessment to evaluate efficacy and/or toxicity of drugs.
    • Ability to retrieve and evaluate drug literature to support the development of clinical care pathways and medication use evaluations.
    • Ability to effectively plan, lead, and coordinate project teams, pharmacists, and students.
    • Ability to conduct clinical research studies.
    • Ability to design, research, conduct, and publish projects.
    • Ability to establish workload priorities in collaboration with others.
    • Ability to operate related equipment.
    • Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
    About Fraser Health:

Fraser Health is the heart of healthcare for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka'pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff, and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the workforce. We strive 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.

Together, we are the heart of healthcare.

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