CLINICAL PHARMACIST, STAFF, WEEKEND SUPERVISOR

Job summary

Provides distribution pharmacy services, including interpreting and assessing medication orders, dispensing and compounding medications, maintaining records, and resolving prescription issues with patients and healthcare professionals. Supervises weekend pharmacy operations and designated staff, monitors workflow and performance, and contributes to medication safety, quality control, evaluation projects, and clinical trials.

Job details

Are you a registered Pharmacist looking to highlight your knowledge, skills, and abilities in a new and dynamic environment? We currently have an opportunity for you to bring your excellent work ethic to our Pharmacy department. In accordance with the established mission, vision, values and strategic priorities of Northern Health, and under the general supervision of the Pharmacy Operations Lead, UHNBC, this position provides distribution pharmacy services by performing duties such as interpreting medication orders/prescriptions, assessing prescriptions for therapeutic suitability, and ensuring medications are efficiently and accurately dispensed and/or compounded and labelled and dispensing records are complete. Communicates with physicians, patients, and/or other health care team members for prescription clarification and problem resolution. 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. The Pharmacist works collaboratively with members of the health care team to identify and resolve drug therapy problems to achieve patient care outcomes. The Staff Pharmacist / Weekend Supervisor is responsible for the supervision of the dispensary, parenteral service area, ward stock and other designated areas. Supervises designated pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants, optimizes utilization of staff and other resources through monitoring of workload, workflow, and performance efficiency. Provides feedback on shift activities to the Pharmacy Operations Lead. Shift Rotation/Hours of work: Sat, Sun, stats (up to 4 per year, rotating), Days - 07:00 to 15:00, 07:30 to 15:30, 08:00 to 16:00

What you’ll do

Provides distribution pharmacy services, including interpreting and assessing medication orders, dispensing and compounding medications, maintaining records, and resolving prescription issues with patients and healthcare professionals. Supervises weekend pharmacy operations and designated staff, monitors workflow and performance, and contributes to medication safety, quality control, evaluation projects, and clinical trials.

Requirements

The posting seeks a registered pharmacist with the knowledge and ability to provide pharmacy services and collaborate with healthcare team members to resolve drug therapy problems. The role also requires supervising pharmacy areas and designated pharmacy technicians and assistants, but no specific years of experience or education credential is stated.

Listed skills

• Quality Control · Preferred
• Medication Safety · Preferred
• Medication Dispensing · Preferred
• Interprofessional Collaboration · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Medication Order Interpretation
• Prescription Assessment
• Therapeutic Suitability Evaluation
• Medication Dispensing
• Medication Compounding
• Prescription Clarification
• Drug Therapy Problem Resolution
• Medication Use Evaluation
• Medication Safety
• Quality Control
• Clinical Drug Trials
• Pharmacy Operations Supervision
• Staff Supervision
• Workload and Workflow Monitoring
• Resource Utilization
• Interprofessional Collaboration

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Management & Leadership
• Science & Research

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