Pharmacist, Long Term Care Specialty Pharmacy - Non Retail

CareRx Corporation; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Pharmacist in a dynamic and rewarding environment. This role offers a chance to make a meaningful impact on the health of seniors in long-term care. You will be responsible for dispensing prescriptions accurately, providing patient care, and collaborating with healthcare professionals. With a focus on quality and efficiency, this position offers a supportive team culture, competitive compensation, and opportunities for professional growth. If you are passionate about improving the lives of others and have a strong commitment to pharmaceutical excellence, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health Benefits

Vacation Time

Stable Schedule

Positive Team Culture

Qualifications

• Licensed pharmacist with experience in long-term care preferred.
• Strong patient care and counselling skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Dispense prescriptions accurately and safely.
• Provide pharmaceutical care and patient counselling.
• Assist in training new staff and supervise dispensary.

Skills

Pharmaceutical Care

Patient Counselling

Medication Reviews

Leadership

Education

Pharmacy License

Bachelor of Pharmacy

Tools

Kroll

Job description

Pharmacist, Long Term Care Specialty Pharmacy - Non Retail

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About CareRx

CareRx is Canada’s leading provider of specialty pharmacy services to seniors. We serve more than 96,000 residents in over 1,600 seniors and other communities (long-term care homes, retirement homes, assisted living facilities, and group homes). We are a national organization with a large network of pharmacy fulfillment centres that allows us to deliver medications in a timely and cost-effective manner. We take an active role in working with our home operator partners to promote resident health, staff education, and medication system quality and efficiency.

About CareRx

CareRx is Canada’s leading provider of specialty pharmacy services to seniors. We serve more than 96,000 residents in over 1,600 seniors and other communities (long-term care homes, retirement homes, assisted living facilities, and group homes). We are a national organization with a large network of pharmacy fulfillment centres that allows us to deliver medications in a timely and cost-effective manner. We take an active role in working with our home operator partners to promote resident health, staff education, and medication system quality and efficiency.

Whether you do your best work in a dispensary, in a clinical setting, in an office, or on the road, we have a place for you.

Position Summary

CareRx is in an exciting growth phase and is seeking to hire a staff Pharmacist to join our great Specialty Pharmacy team located at 8525 Commerce Court, Burnaby, BC. This is a full-time opportunity and prior experience in specialty pharmacy is an advantage, but not required. We offer benefits, vacation, a stable schedule, a positive team culture, and membership with a talented team doing meaningful work for nurses and residents of elderly care homes.

Under the general direction of the Designated Pharmacy Manager, the Pharmacist is responsible for ensuring that all prescriptions are dispensed accurately and safely while providing pharmaceutical patient care ensuring the highest level of therapeutic appropriateness for patients.

Compensation: $48-$55/hour

Actual pay rate will be based on the individual candidate’s credentials and experience for the role with CareRx.

Your Day to Day

• Participating in dispensing of prescriptions, including computer entry, triage of new orders, collation of data and clinical reviews.
• Ensuring the accuracy of prescriptions dispensed
• Providing professional functions related to dispensing including pharmaceutical care, patient counselling, Med Reviews and Professional Opinions, liaising with other healthcare professionals and documenting interventions and dialogue
• Assisting the Pharmacy Manager in training of new staff
• Providing supervision and leadership in the dispensary while on duty
• Requirement to participate in an on-call rotation
• Occasionally supporting offsite treatment centers with witness ingestion activities.
  
  

Qualifications/Requirements

• Must be licensed and in good standing with the British Columbia College of Pharmacists, expected to adhere to the Standards of Practice with the British Columbia College of Pharmacists
• Minimum 1 year Pharmacist experience
• Experience in a Long Term Care pharmacy environment preferred
• Experience with Kroll an asset
  
  

Application Process

CareRx welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Interested, qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

All applicants must successfully pass satisfactory background screening (depending on the role - Criminal Record Check, Credit Check, Driver’s Abstract, Education Verification, Current Professional Registration) and referencing. Background screening will be completed after an offer of employment has been extended and accepted.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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