Pharmacist - Lions Gate Hospital

Fraser Health; North Vancouver; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health care provider in North Vancouver is seeking a Pharmacist to join their team at Lions Gate Hospital. This role involves interpreting medication orders, providing counseling, and ensuring safe medication practices. Applicants must be a registered Pharmacist with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia. This position offers a full-time relief opportunity until July 2026.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Pharmacist.
• Knowledge of drug distribution in a hospital setting.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients and team.

Responsibilities

• Interpret medication orders and dispense medications.
• Provide instructions on medication use and storage.
• Participate in medication safety initiatives.

Skills

Knowledge of drug distribution processes

Effective verbal communication

Effective written communication

Ability to establish working relationships

Ability to prioritize work

Ability to operate equipment

Physical capability to perform duties

Education

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

Job description

Job Summary

Are you motivated to join a dedicated team of health care providers in this dynamic and rewarding role? Are you interested in a career where you can make an impact on the well‑being of others?

Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services is 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 patients, residents and clients committed to investing in your professional development in building an environment where you can advance your career.

We currently have an exciting Relief Full Time opportunity for a Pharmacist to join our team at Lions Gate Hospital located in North Vancouver / Pemberton / Squamish (North Shore), BC. This relief role is available until July 2026 or until return of incumbent.

Detailed Overview

The Pharmacist provides distribution pharmacy services by performing duties such as interpreting medication orders, assessing prescriptions for therapeutic suitability and ensuring that medications are efficiently and accurately dispensed and/or compounded and labelled and that dispensing records are complete. Communicates with physicians, patients and/or other health care team members for prescription clarification and problem resolution. Provides instructions to others on proper use, storage and disposal, possible side effects of prescribed and self‑selected medications. Participates in the collection of data for medication use evaluation projects, implementation of dispensary based medication safety initiatives, quality control activities, contributes to internal publications and participates in clinical drug trials in accordance with established standards and procedures.

Additionally, the Pharmacist functions as a Clinical Pharmacist responsible for ensuring select patient drug related problems are resolved. Participates in nursing ward rounds and/or program team meetings and documents patient specific therapeutic plans.

Responsibilities

1. Interpret medication orders/prescriptions and dispense medications using a computerized medication information system in accordance with legal, professional, and departmental policies, procedures and standards.
2. Assess prescriptions for therapeutic suitability by referring to standardized references and interpreting laboratory data.
3. Review patient profiles for any allergies, potential drug interactions, therapeutic duplications or contraindications and withhold medications until safety concerns are resolved.
4. Communicate with physicians, patients and/or other health care team members for prescription clarification and document the outcome of the interaction.
5. Provide instructions to others on proper use, storage and disposal, possible side effects of prescribed medications.
6. Participate in obtaining medication history from select patients and verify allergy information and assist with medication reconciliation process.
7. Ensure that medications are efficiently and accurately dispensed and/or compounded, labelled and that dispensing records are completed.
8. Provide medication counselling regarding drug therapy to patients and/or their families, document patient interactions in a standardized format.
9. Review patient screening reports or targeted drug lists and identify potential drug related problems based on available laboratory data.
10. Provide basic pharmacokinetic interpretations on patients receiving targeted drugs.
11. Participate in the collection of data for medication use evaluation projects and document the required information.
12. Participate in dispensary based implementation of medication safety initiatives and quality control activities in accordance with established standards and procedures.
13. Maintain records for narcotic and controlled drugs, special access program drugs and departmental statistics in accordance with legal, professional and departmental standards, policies and procedures.
14. Participate in the orientation of pharmacy students, residents, technicians, assistants and new staff members by demonstrating dispensary related functions, procedures, techniques, equipment and by providing verbal guidance.
15. Contribute to internal publications and participate in clinical drug trials by dispensing medications and completing associated documentation.
16. Participate in staff meetings, committees and other programs as required; identify opportunities to improve processes and/or procedures to enable safe and efficient operations and refer to supervisor and/or others.
17. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

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

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of drug distribution processes in a hospital setting.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other health care practitioners, as well as patients, family members and the public.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Physical ability to carry out 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 48,000+ 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.