Pharmacist

This pharmacist position provides coverage across the Central Pharmacy, OR, and ED, including day and evening shifts on weekdays, weekends, and holidays.

The pharmacist demonstrates consistent application of knowledge and skills to deliver appropriate, safe, efficient, and cost-effective pharmaceutical care within the scope of their assigned practice.

Essential Functions

• Reviews patients' medication orders for allergy interactions, duplication of therapy, appropriateness of drug therapy, and drug-drug interaction, making evidence-based interventions to optimise medication use.
• Oversees and participates in ensuring appropriate medications are prepared and delivered timely to care areas and are stored securely and appropriately.
• Provides counselling to patients and promotes quality medication education and adherence.
• Completes all regulatory and compliance training and maintains accurate records.
• Supervises and directs activities of interns, technicians, and support personnel as required.
• Takes the initiative to solve problems, including equipment, maintenance, drug availability, staffing issues, and extraordinary patient care concerns.
• Identifies potential areas for improvement and participates in departmental meetings.

Qualifications

• Minimum: Doctor of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree from an accredited institution, license to practice pharmacy in the state of practice, and current knowledge of state and federal regulations.
• Preferred: Previous experience working in an integrated healthcare delivery system, board certification, health system residency, experience with sterile and non-sterile compounding.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy.

The hourly range for this position is $62.89 - $92.44.