Pharmacist - Casual

Overview

Career Opportunities with Brockville General Hospital

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Basic Education and Experience Requirements

- Doctorate of Pharmacy degree (Pharm D) is preferred.
- Certification of competency from the Pharmacy Examination Board of Canada.
- Licensed as a Pharmacist with the Ontario College of Pharmacists.
- Completion of an accredited Hospital Pharmacy Residency Program or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience is preferred.
- Working experience in hospital setting with direct involvement in Pharmaceutical patient care (preferred).
- Strong knowledge in therapeutic drug monitoring.
- Good understanding of clinical pharmacist’s role within the multidisciplinary team.
- In-depth understanding of use, composition and clinical effects of drugs.

Responsibilities

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

- Provision of pharmaceutical care to optimize drug utilization, identifying potential and actual drug related problems, making recommendations and monitoring for efficacy and toxicity of drugs to achieve desired patient outcomes
- Provision of drug information, education to patients and all health care professionals
- 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
- Participate in medication use evaluations, quality improvement initiatives, and committees
- Provides mentorship and supervision to pharmacy students, and new staff.
- Additionally, we would depend on your expertise to ensure that prescriptions are validated and dispensed accurately; and that medication safety concerns, working with the health care team to resolve discrepancies and/or problems are resolved expediently; your professional practice activities shall be documented proficiently.

Skills and Abilities

- Excellent interpersonal skills and computer skills.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to supervise/lead/coach/mentor.
- Experience working with word processing, spreadsheet and database applications.
- Innovative and willing to seek new challenges.
- Demonstrated pharmacologic knowledge (e.g. pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics).
- Ability to plan, implement, organize, problem solve, and work on several projects simultaneously.
- Self-motivated, reliable, and patient focused team player.
- Good attendance and availability required.

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