Temporary position anticipated to extend until January 4, 2025, subject to the availability of work

St. Joseph's Health Care London offers an exciting opportunity for a licensed Pharmacist to practice pharmaceutical care in our Rehabilitation Program at Parkwood Institute and other clinical areas within St. Joseph's Healthcare London as assigned. You will be responsible for identifying and resolving drug related problems. As a valued member of the interdisciplinary team, you will interact with physicians and allied health professionals to optimize drug therapy in a patient focused environment. Additionally, this position allows for a unique opportunity to assist providers with medication reconciliation at admission and discharge. You will work with patients and their families to provide care, to assist and support them, meet their evident and anticipated needs, and enhance their quality of life. You will be a drug information resource and provide input on drug formulary and drug utilization issues. You will be responsible for order verification for your program. Additionally, you will have some responsibility for the main dispensary, coverage of other programs, and on-call duties. Opportunities for involvement include developing clinical practice guidelines, professional education and student education.


Essential Qualifications

• Part A licensed pharmacist in good standing with the Ontario College of Pharmacists
• Knowledge of a Safety Culture in a Health Care Setting in compliance with the OHSA
• Ability and commitment to act as a supervisor under OHSA
• Demonstrate and practice the values of St. Joseph's in daily interactions with staff, patients, and families
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build partnerships and generate consensus
• Ability to balance multiple and competing priorities on a daily basis
• Ability to consider and evaluate publications and scientific literature needed to answer questions and prepare comparative evidence-based submissions

• Proficiency in French would be an asset
• Previous hospital pharmacy experience
• Graduate of hospital pharmacy residency program
• Demonstrated computer skills with Cerner (PharmNet, electronic health record) and Microsoft Office Suite applications (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), and electronic medication information databases

• St. Joseph's Health Care London through its affiliation with Western University and Fanshawe College is a leading research and teaching hospital. As an employee of St. Joseph's you will be expected to engage in role related teaching and research activities in addition to any of your clinical duties

• Provide documentation you have received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and a written commitment to follow any future Public Health recommendations and St. Joseph's Health Care London policies and processes related to Covid management in the workplace.
• Provide vaccination records or proof of immunity against measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (chicken pox)
• Provide documentation of the Tuberculosis skin testing

Posting date: May 15, 2023
Submission deadline: May 21, 2023

Andrew Harriman-Duke, Human Resources