Summary of Duties

We have a Regular Full-Time vacancy for a Pharmacist in the Acute Care Pharmacy.

The pharmacy duties can be broadly divided into three areas:

1.          Drug distribution

2.          Direct patient care.

3.          Educational responsibilities

Responsibilities include physician order review; clarification and entry;  drug dispensing and or supervision of such tasks by pharmacy technicians; answering of drug-related questions; provision of pharmaceutical care; medication reconciliation; participation in multidisciplinary rounds; patient counselling; participation in the education of students and multidisciplinary staff; oversight of automated dispensing unit cabinet; safety report initiation and follow-up; other pharmacy duties including participation in on-call activities and hospital and departmental committees.

Qualifications/Skills

•            Current licensure by the Ontario College of Pharmacists

•            Recent previous Acute Care Pharmacy experience and hospital pharmacy residency preferred

•            Able to work well in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful work environment

•            Self-motivated and able to take initiative

•            Must work effectively with minimum of direction or within a team setting

•            Demonstrated ability to work well in a multidisciplinary team environment

•            Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

•            Excellent attention to detail

•            Strong planning and organizational ability; strong time management skills

•            Strong customer service skills