Clinical Hospital Pharmacist

3 weeks ago


Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Fraser Health Authority Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to join our team at Fraser Health. This position is a great opportunity for a pharmacist to work in a fast-paced hospital setting and provide high-quality patient care. The ideal candidate will have a broad knowledge of organization policies, procedures, and standards of care. They will also possess a strong ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, as well as establish and maintain effective working relationships with other health practitioners, patients, and family members.

Responsibilities

  1. Consult with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers to develop and discuss therapeutic plans appropriate for each patient.
  2. Individualize patient medication therapy by performing activities such as referencing standard literature, reviewing patient charts, and meeting with patients and healthcare teams to assess clinical responses.
  3. Provide patient medication counseling regarding drug therapy by 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, providing suggestions and recommendations, and monitoring the effectiveness of current guidelines.
  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, writing, and submitting articles for publication.
  8. 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.
  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 by 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 care 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. Assist in maintaining adequate inventories, note shortages, requisition drugs and/or supplies, and monitor expiry dates, report procedural errors, and participate in quality improvement activities.
  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, identify opportunities to improve processes and/or procedures to enable safe and efficient operations, and refer to supervisors 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, gather and record information into approved formats, account for variances, set up and update computerized files and spreadsheets using word processing and spreadsheet software.
  20. Perform other related duties as assigned.

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