Pharmacist
- Hamilton, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
while improving patient care and outcomes.
At Hamilton Health Sciences, our pharmacy department plays an essential role in ensuring the effective
distribution of medications and delivery of safe, high quality patient care to patients which facilitates
successful treatment outcomes in compliance with legal, regulatory and accreditation standards. The
management and distribution of our medications is important in ensuring our patients consistently receive
the excellent care for which we are known. We are growing our pharmacy team and presently seeking a
pharmacist to support us.
The pharmacist is a key member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team whose key responsibilities
include reviewing and assessing medication orders and collaborating with the patient and healthcare
team directly to optimize medication use, and to identify and avoid medication-related problems to
achieve desired patient outcomes. The pharmacist will provide drug information, promote evidencebased/
cost effective drug therapy and be involved in educational activities for students, families, and staff.
Ongoing collaboration and communication within the healthcare team and with the pharmacy team is
essential.
Position Responsibilities:
Responsible for the provision of clinical pharmacy services for the purpose of achieving definite
outcomes to improve the patient’s quality of life
Review of physician’s orders, creation, and maintenance of patient medication profiles, and may
include IV admixture, TPN, pediatric and chemotherapy preparation, drug information, drug
therapy monitoring and adverse drug reaction reporting depending on the site
Order entry of medication orders with future transition to computerized physician order entry in
EPIC system
Other duties as assignedQualifications1. Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy required. PharmD is an asset.
2. Current registration with the Ontario College of Pharmacists required – Part A of Register
3. Previous hospital experience in unit dose and/or IV admixtures preferred
4. Hospital residency program or equivalent an asset
5. Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a member of a team
6. Demonstrated ability to prioritize a consistent and varied workload
7. Ability to direct and teach staff.
8. Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills required, in order to facilitate effective
communication with patients, peers, and other health care providers.
9. Demonstrated ability to identify, prevent and resolve drug related problems.
10. Active membership in the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP) is an asset.
11. Good understanding of change management; must be able to identify change needs and
proactively act on those needs.
12. Leadership, problem solving, organization skills required.
13. Effective negotiation and conflict management resolution skills required.