Clinical Pharmacy Specialist: Expert in Drug Therapy

Fraser Health Authority; New Westminster; On-site; CAD 84,006 - 104,986; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Fraser Health’s Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, BC seeks a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist to provide expert pharmaceutical care, education, and research in a designated specialty. The role focuses on consultative services, patient education, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities include medication history review, discharge planning, policy recommendations, and participation in quality improvement, with opportunities for teaching, research, and conference

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Pharmacist with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.
• Completion of an accredited Hospital Pharmacy Residency Program.
• Post‑graduate Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
• One (1) year of pharmacy experience in the designated specialty area.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation services and apply advanced theory to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate pharmaceutical care in the designated specialty area.
• Provide clinical direction on complex cases, attend patient care rounds, review medication histories, provide drug information, patient education, and discharge consultations, and recommend policies and procedures.
• Ensure quality assurance programs and policies are maintained, troubleshoot inconsistencies, develop standards, conduct audits, and take corrective action as required. Participate in quality improvement activities and prepare reports.
• Provide academic teaching in the designated specialty area to undergraduate and graduate students, including curriculum planning and practicum coordination.
• Identify and initiate clinical drug research, develop hypotheses, oversee research activities, analyze data, and publish findings.
• Conduct pharmacological education and in‑service sessions, and orientation sessions for pharmacy staff and other health care staff.
• Participate in the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, preparing materials for formulary decisions and policy making, evaluating formulary requests, and presenting drug assessments.
• Participate in planning, implementation, and evaluation of therapeutic cost‑effectiveness and cost‑restraint programs, and recommend new or revised policies.
• Collaborate with program team members to develop, implement, and evaluate goals, objectives, and outcomes for the program, including policy recommendations.
• Represent the department on multidisciplinary care committees and at external events such as conferences and regional planning groups.
• Provide pharmaceutical care to patients in the designated specialty area, review charts, identify and solve drug‑related problems, monitor therapy, maintain medication profiles, and educate patients and families.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Independent decision making

Clinical education

Research and publication

Education

BC Pharmacist Registration

Hospital Pharmacy Residency

PharmD degree

1 year specialty pharmacy experience

Job description

Fraser Health’s Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, BC seeks a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist to provide expert pharmaceutical care, education, and research in a designated specialty. The role focuses on consultative services, patient education, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities include medication history review, discharge planning, policy recommendations, and participation in quality improvement, with opportunities for teaching, research, and conference