Clinical Pharmacist

3 days ago

White Rock, Canada Fraser Health Authority Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Clinical Pharmacist to join our team at Fraser Health Authority. As a Clinical Pharmacist, you will play a vital role in providing clinical pharmacy services to our patients, including individualized pharmacotherapy, patient medication counselling, and consultation with physicians and other healthcare providers.

Responsibilities
  1. Consult with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers to develop and discuss therapeutic plans for each patient, ensuring appropriate documentation is maintained in the patient's health record.
  2. Individualize patient medication therapy by referencing standard literature, reviewing patient charts and laboratory test results, and meeting with patients and healthcare teams to assess clinical responses and modify or develop therapeutic plans.
  3. Provide patient medication counselling, reviewing reference literature, summarizing information, and meeting with patients and their families to provide and explain information and plans.
  4. Assist the healthcare team in developing drug therapy guidelines for individual disease conditions by reviewing current literature, compiling and analyzing information, and providing suggestions and recommendations.
  5. Participate in ward rounds, program team meetings, and provision of pharmacy services at the unit level to enhance patient care.
  6. Act as a department resource person in the assigned area of responsibility, supporting both department and hospital staff by providing detailed drug information on issues related to drug therapy.
  7. Contribute items such as case studies and review articles to professional journals by identifying topics, gathering and analyzing data, reviewing current literature, and writing and submitting articles for publication.
  8. Provide instruction and/or supervision to pharmacy students and residents, preparing educational material, demonstrating procedures, lecturing, and supervising during patient care activities.
  9. Participate in quality improvement activities through methods such as reviewing current practices, performing quality assurance audits, identifying actual or potential problems, and recommending changes.
  10. 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.
  11. Review prescriptions for therapeutic suitability, referring to standardized references, interpreting laboratory data, and/or reviewing patient-specific demographics.
  12. Communicate with physicians, patients, and/or other healthcare team members for prescription clarification and problem resolution, documenting the outcome of any interaction with the prescriber in the patient's health record.
  13. Ensure that medications are efficiently and accurately dispensed and/or compounded and labeled, and that all necessary dispensing records are completed.
  14. Participate in the collection of data for medication use evaluation projects and document the required information, assisting in maintaining adequate inventories, noting shortages, requisitioning drugs and/or supplies, and monitoring expiry dates.
  15. Participate in clinical drug trials by dispensing medications and completing associated documentation, reviewing cases of reported drug adverse reactions, and completing necessary documentation.
  16. Participate in the implementation of medication safety initiatives and quality control activities in accordance with established standards and procedures.
  17. Participate in staff meetings, committees, and other programs as required, identifying opportunities to improve processes and/or procedures to enable safe and efficient operations and referring to supervisor and/or others.
  18. Maintain records for narcotic and controlled drugs, special access program drugs, and departmental statistics in accordance with legal, professional, and departmental standards, policies, and procedures.
  19. Prepare reports on a variety of activities within the discipline, gathering and recording information into approved formats, accounting for variances, setting up and updating computerized files and spreadsheets using word processing and spreadsheet software.
  20. Perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications

Education and 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.

Skills and 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 decisions with a minimum of supervision.
  • Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other healthcare practitioners, as well as patients, family members, and the public.
  • Ability to organize and prioritize work.
  • Ability to operate related equipment.
  • Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

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