Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Peace Arch Hospital

Fraser Health Authority; White Rock; On-site; CAD 84,006 - 104,986; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Fraser Health Authority is seeking a Full-Time Clinical Pharmacist to work at Peace Arch Hospital in White Rock, BC. The role focuses on providing pharmaceutical care, mentoring pharmacy students, and collaborating with healthcare professionals. Candidates must be registered with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia and have completed a hospital pharmacy residency with relevant experience. This position offers a competitive salary package, including comprehensive health benefits coverage.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Pharmacist in British Columbia.
• Two years' recent hospital pharmacy experience.
• Experience in a designated specialty area.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical direction on complex cases.
• Participate in a variety of pharmacy and therapeutics committee meetings.
• Mentor pharmacy students and residents.
• Conduct clinical drug research and analysis.
• Implement quality assurance and improvement initiatives.

Skills

Effective communication

Mentoring

Clinical research

Pharmacotherapeutic planning

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Registered Pharmacist with College of Pharmacists of British Columbia

Completion of Hospital Pharmacy Residency Programme

Job description

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $60.98 - $76.21 / hour.

Job Summary

Are you looking for a place to showcase your clinical hospital pharmaceutical skills?

We have the perfect Relief Full‑Time opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our team at Peace Arch Hospital located in White Rock, BC.

Who are we?

We are a collaboration of four premier health employers: Fraser Health, Provincial Health Services, Providence, and Vancouver Coastal Health. We provide an integrated approach to pharmaceutical care and service excellence for our clients. We are committed to investing in your professional development and creating an environment where you can advance your career.

Scope of Practice (Services)

As a Clinical Pharmacist you will work to provide the following services to our patients:

• Individualized pharmacotherapy
• Counselling patients about their medication therapy
• Work in collaboration with physicians and other health‑care providers to develop, implement and monitor therapeutic plans
• Assist in the development of drug therapy guidelines for individual disease conditions
• Prepare and submit case studies and articles for publication in professional journals that share new knowledge
• Act as department resource person within your assigned area
• Participate in medication‑use evaluations, quality‑improvement initiatives and clinical drug trials
• Provide mentorship and supervision to pharmacy students, residents and new staff
• Ensure prescriptions are validated and dispensed accurately; work with the health‑care team to resolve medication‑safety concerns and discrepancies promptly and document professional‑practice activities proficiently

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation services to internal and external health‑care professionals and apply advanced theory to assess, plan, implement and evaluate pharmaceutical care in the designated specialty area.
• Provide clinical direction on complex cases, including evidence‑based evaluation of drug therapy, attend patient‑care rounds, review medication histories, provide drug information, patient education and discharge consultations, and recommend treatment policies and procedures.
• Ensure quality‑assurance programs are maintained, identify and troubleshoot inconsistencies, develop standards, conduct regular audits and take corrective action. Participate in quality‑improvement activities and recommend program modifications to the Director of Pharmacy Services.
• Provide academic teaching to undergraduate and post‑graduate students, plan and evaluate hospital‑based Pharmacy programs in cooperation with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia.
• Initiate and oversee clinical drug research, develop hypotheses, coordinate research assistants, analyse data, evaluate findings and write articles for submission to scientific journals.
• Conduct pharmacological education and in‑service sessions in the designated specialty area and orientation sessions for pharmacy staff and other health‑care staff.
• Participate in the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and provide necessary information for formulary decisions and policy‑making.
• Participate in planning, implementation and evaluation of department therapeutic cost‑effectiveness and cost‑restraint programmes; make recommendations to the Director of Pharmacy Services.
• Develop, implement and evaluate goals, objectives and outcomes for the program team and related policies for the designated specialty area.
• 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 patient charts, identify and solve drug‑related problems, monitor therapy and outcomes, maintain medication profiles and educate patients and families.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Current registration as a Pharmacist with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.

Certificate of completion of year 1 and year 2 of a Hospital Pharmacy Residency Programme accredited by the Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board (CPRB) supplemented by two (2) years’ recent, relevant hospital pharmacy experience including one (1) year’s pharmacy experience in the designated specialty area or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Designated Specialty Areas

• Anticoagulation
• Bone Marrow Transplant
• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Cardiac Surgery
• Cardiology
• Critical Care – Adults
• Critical Care – Neonates
• Critical Care – Pediatrics
• Emergency
• Endocrinology
• Geriatrics
• Infectious Diseases
• Internal Medicine
• Maternal/Fetal
• Mental Health & Substance Use
• Nephrology
• Neurology/Neurosurgery
• Oncology
• Pain & Spinal Cord
• Palliative/End of Life Care
• Pediatrics
• Rehabilitation
• Solid Organ Transplant
• Surgery

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, including the ability to make presentations.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other health practitioners, patients, family members and the public.
• Ability to coach, mentor, teach, demonstrate techniques and facilitate learning within a multidisciplinary setting.
• Ability to establish curricula and conduct performance evaluations for clinical rotations within the assigned area.
• Ability to independently recommend, implement, monitor and alter pharmacotherapeutic plans based on patient‑specific information.
• Ability to use focused physical assessment to evaluate efficacy and/or toxicity of drugs.
• Ability to retrieve and evaluate drug literature to support the development of clinical care pathways and medication‑use evaluations.
• Ability to effectively plan, lead and coordinate project teams, pharmacists, and students.
• Ability to conduct clinical research studies.
• Ability to design, research, conduct and publish projects.
• Ability to establish workload priorities in collaboration with others.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

Benefits

• A career that offers the opportunity to work in a fast‑growing and exciting organization with professionals eminent in their respective fields.
• Competitive salary package, including comprehensive health benefits coverage.