Summary of Duties

We have a 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