Clinical Pharmacist - Community Pharmacy Programs

Salary

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


Detailed Overview

The Clinical Pharmacist, Community Pharmacy Programs, provides clinical pharmacy services for community dwelling clients including individualization of client medication therapy; client medication counselling; consultation with physicians, nurses and other health care providers to develop and discuss therapeutic plans and assistance in the development of drug therapy guidelines for individual disease conditions and provides academic detailing sessions for physicians to optimize prescribing practices.

Provides support to the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee by preparing written summaries and recommendations on drug usage; contributes items such as case studies and articles for submission to professional journals; acts as department resource person in the assigned area of responsibility; participates in medication use evaluations; provides instruction and/or supervision to pharmacy students and residents.

Responsibilities

1. Consults with physicians, nurses and other health care providers to develop and discuss therapeutic plans appropriate for each client based on medication appropriateness, client environment and assessment of clinical responses. Ensures appropriate documentation is maintained in the client health record in accordance with regulations, protocols and practice standards.
2. Individualizes client medication therapy by performing activities such as referencing standard literature/publications and client demographic information, reviewing client charts and laboratory test results, meeting with the client and health care team to assess clinical response of the client to medication therapy and modifying or developing therapeutic plans to ensure that medication therapy is consistent with the client's needs.
3. Provides client medication counselling regarding drug therapy by reviewing reference literature, summarizing information and meeting with clients and their families to provide and explain information and plans, demonstrating procedures, techniques and use of equipment, and assessing client's/family's understanding of the procedures, techniques and equipment.
4. Assists 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 client health care outcomes.
5. Participates in client home visits, program team rounds, and team meetings as required.
6. Acts as program resource person in the assigned area of responsibility. Supports staff by providing detailed drug information on issues related to drug therapy in those disease states which are treated within the program.
7. Provides academic detailing services to physicians to optimize prescribing practices.
8. Contributes 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.
9. Provides 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.
10. Participates in quality improvement activities through methods such as reviewing current practices, performing quality assurance audits, identifying actual or potential problems and recommending changes.
11. Participates in the collection of data for medication use evaluation projects and documents the required information. Assists in maintaining adequate inventories, notes shortages, requisitions drugs and/or supplies and monitors expiry dates, reports procedural errors and participates in quality improvement activities.
12. Participates in implementation of medication safety initiatives and quality control activities in accordance with established standards and procedures.
13. Participates in staff meetings, committees and other programs as required; identifies opportunities to improve processes and/or procedures to enable safe and efficient operations and refers to supervisor and/or others.
14. Prepares reports on a variety of activities within the discipline, gathers and records information into approved formats, accounts for variances, sets up and updates computerized files and spreadsheets using word processing and spreadsheet software.
15. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education, Training & 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. Valid BC Driver’s Licence and access to personal vehicle for business related purposes.

Skills & 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 health practitioners, as well as patients, family members and the public.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care 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 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. 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 health care.

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