Job Description

Your Opportunity:

Key activities include but are not limited to: Direct patient care services. Drug distribution services (indirect patient care), including medication order and parenteral nutrition verification. Drug information and education/research activities. Precepting and teaching of pharmacy residents, staff, and students.

Description:

As a Pharmacist I, you will be responsible for the safe, effective and efficient preparation and distribution of pharmaceutical services. You will manage medication therapy for patients, both initially and on an ongoing basis. In addition, you will provide assessment, intervention and resolution of potential or actual drug-related problems and oversee activities related to compounding and packaging.

• Classification: Pharmacist I
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Pharmacy
• Primary Location: Foothills Medical Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.40
• Posting End Date: 28-SEP-2023
• Temporary Employee Class: Temporary Part Time
• Date Available: 09-OCT-2023
• Temporary End Date: 31-MAR-2024
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 16
• Shifts per cycle: 32
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends
• Days Off: Other
• Minimum Salary: $54.69
• Maximum Salary: $62.88
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Pharmacy (ACP). Additional Required Qualifications:

Advanced Prescribing Authority (APA). Practice to expanded scope including APA and lab ordering. Recent direct patient care experience (at least 1 year within the last 3 years). 2 to 5 years of recent hospital experience. Preferred Qualifications:

Previous experience on a multi-disciplinary team. Previous experience in orthopedic and general surgery. Hospital residency. Previous experience with training and precepting. Ability to use evidence-based medicine in direct patient care. Motivated and self-directed for on-going continuing competence. Demonstrates good time management. Previous project experience and committee work. Active membership in the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP).

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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