Pharmacist, Drug Information

Sinai Health; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto seeks a Pharmacist, Drug Information to translate complex drug data into clear guidance for formulary and hospital policy decisions. You will advise clinicians and care teams, co-lead committees, and contribute to research pharmacy activities, with involvement in a digital renewal of the electronic health record.

You will lead drug information efforts, support committee processes, and help ensure safe, evidence-based medication use across acute care.

Qualifications

• Must be licensed or eligible for licensure in Ontario.
• A pharmacy residency plus 2 years of practice in a hospital setting, or 3 years of practice in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide drug information to healthcare professionals.
• Support the Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics Committee and maintenance of the drug formulary.
• Support the rollout of a revised hazardous drugs policy and procedure.
• Assist with the management of drug shortages, including identification of alternative treatments and development of restrictive-use protocols.
• Support the clinical trials program and clinical trials technician.
• Participate in the development and maintenance of medication use policies.
• Participate in educational services, including precepting residents and trainees.
• Provide an orientation to Drug Information services to new staff and trainees.
• Assist Information Services pharmacists with medication content details for order entry, Pharmacy system and eMAR.
• Support Special Access Program initial requests and future repeat requests.
• Perform other duties consistent with the job classification.

Skills

Drug information

Communication

Policy development

Team collaboration

Education/training

Education

Pharmacy degree

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Turn complex drug evidence into clear guidance that shapes formulary and policy decisions across the hospital. As a Pharmacist, Drug Information at Mount Sinai Hospital, you will serve as a trusted advisor to clinicians and care teams, providing expert drug information that supports safe, evidence-based medication decisions. The role offers project leadership experience through a hospital initiative on hazardous drug handling undertaken with other hospitals. Your support for Research Pharmacy adds another dimension, giving you a working understanding of how pharmacy helps execute clinical research. You will also co‑lead the Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics Committee through the electronic health record renewal, gaining experience in how formulary decisions are carried into a new digital system. Together, these experiences broaden your practice while keeping drug information at the core.

Is this you?

Are you a strong communicator in both conversation and writing? Excellent oral and written skills allow you to tailor complex drug information to the needs of each audience. Whether answering a drug information question or preparing formulary materials for committee review, you distill the evidence into concise and practical recommendations. When collaborating with health professionals on medication use policies and procedures, active listening allows you to understand each discipline’s needs before reflecting them in clear and usable policy. In this role, your ability to communicate clearly and effectively helps translate evidence into safe, consistent patient care.

The ability to think at both the patient care and systems levels ensures policy and committee decisions align with corporate and provincial goals. Every recommendation you contribute considers the patient in front of the care team alongside the priorities of the organization. Whether helping identify alternative treatments during a drug shortage or assisting with protocols that restrict use of the affected drug, you keep both the individual patient and hospital‑wide supply in view. This perspective helps connect your daily work to the goals of the wider provincial health system.

Organization and attention to detail stand out among your strengths, allowing you to manage multiple requests without losing precision. You demonstrate sound judgment in prioritizing requests and ensuring timely, thorough follow‑through. These strengths are particularly valuable in supporting Special Access Program requests, where careful coordination, documentation, and responsiveness are essential for both initial and repeat requests. When assisting Information Services pharmacists with medication content, your attention to detail helps ensure each entry is clear and safe for order entry and the electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR). The result is accurate information patients and care teams can depend on at every stage of care.

About this team:

The Pharmacy Department at Mount Sinai Hospital delivers comprehensive clinical pharmacy services across a broad and specialized acute care environment. Our team of over 50 pharmacists is diverse, dynamic, and composed of specialists across a wide range of clinical areas, as well as drug information, antimicrobial stewardship, research, and clinical informatics fostering a highly collaborative and supportive practice environment. Our clinical pharmacists are fully integrated into interprofessional teams serving adult, older adult, and neonatal populations across medical and surgical units, intensive care, emergency care, psychiatry, and oncology. We develop patient‑specific pharmacotherapy care plans and collaborate closely with our teams to provide evidence‑based recommendations to prescribers and other health care professionals.

We are committed to continuous learning and provide opportunities for professional development and growth and provide scheduling and financial support for relevant Continuing Education opportunities, including conferences, workshops, and Board of Pharmacy Specialties certification. As affiliates of the University of Toronto Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and the University of Waterloo, School of Pharmacy, we are actively involved in training the next generation of pharmacists, including opportunities to provide experiential preceptorship to pharmacy learners and participate in academic teaching.

In this role you will:

• Provide drug information to healthcare professionals
• Support the Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics Committee and maintenance of the drug formulary
• Support the role out of a revised hazardous drugs policy and procedure
• Assist with the management of drug shortages, including identification of alternatives treatments, developing protocols for restrictive use, and communication of selected alternatives and shortages
• Support clinical trials program and clinical trials technician
• Participate in the development and maintenance of medication use policies
• Participate in educational services, including precepting pharmacy residents and other trainees
• Provide an orientation to Drug Information services to new staff and trainees
• Assist the Information Services pharmacists with the development of medication content details to ensure clarity, integration and safety for the Computerized Practitioner Order Entry systems, the Pharmacy system and the electronic MAR
• Support Special Access Program initial requests, and be resource for repeat future use requests
• Perform other duties consistent with the job classification as required

Job Requirements:

Mandatory

• Successful completion of undergraduate or Doctor of Pharmacy degree, and licensed or eligible for licensure in Ontario
• A pharmacy residency plus 2 years of practice in a hospital setting, or 3 years of practice in a hospital setting
  • Applicants with proven equivalent recent and related training and experience may be considered

Skills and Knowledge

• Proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
• Have experience developing organizational procedures and guidelines
• Have strong collaborative, interpersonal, self‑directed learning, and time management skills
• Have excellent verbal and writing skills
• Demonstrate knowledge of primary, secondary and tertiary resources
• Demonstrate proficiency in searching, critically appraising and summarizing the