Pharmacist, Long Term Care Pharmacy

Company : Carerx

Job Type : Full Time

Burnaby, British Columbia

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Job Description - Pharmacist, Long Term Care Pharmacy

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About CareRx

CareRx is Canada’s leading provider of specialty pharmacy services to seniors. We serve more than 96,000 residents in over 1,600 seniors and other communities (long-term care homes, retirement homes, assisted living facilities, and group homes). We are a national organization with a large network of pharmacy fulfillment centres that allows us to deliver medications in a timely and cost-effective manner. We take an active role in working with our home operator partners to promote resident health, staff education, and medication system quality and efficiency.

Whether you do your best work in a dispensary, in a clinical setting, in an office, or on the road, we have a place for you.

Position Summary

CareRx is in an exciting growth phase and is seeking to hire a staff Pharmacist to join our great Specialty Pharmacy team located at 3700 North Fraser Way, Burnaby, BC . This is a full-time opportunity and prior experience in specialty pharmacy is an advantage, but not required. We offer benefits, vacation, a stable schedule, a positive team culture, and membership with a talented team doing meaningful work for nurses and residents of elderly care homes.

Under the general direction of the Designated Pharmacy Manager, the Pharmacist is responsible for ensuring that all prescriptions are dispensed accurately and safely while providing pharmaceutical patient care ensuring the highest level of therapeutic appropriateness for patients.

Compensation: $45-$55/hour

Actual pay rate will be based on the individual candidate’s credentials and experience for the role with CareRx.

Your Day to Day

Participating in dispensing of prescriptions, including computer entry, triage of new orders, collation of data and clinical reviews.

Ensuring the accuracy of prescriptions dispensed

Providing professional functions related to dispensing including pharmaceutical care, patient counselling, Professional Opinions, liaising with other healthcare professionals and documenting interventions and dialogue

Assisting the Pharmacy Manager in training of new staff

Providing supervision and leadership in the dispensary while on duty

Requirement to participate in an on-call rotation

Occasionally supporting offsite treatment centers with witness ingestion activities.

Qualifications/Requirements

Must be licensed and in good standing with the British Columbia College of Pharmacists, expected to adhere to the Standards of Practice with the British Columbia College of Pharmacists

Minimum 1 year Pharmacist experience

Experience in a Long Term Care pharmacy environment preferred

Experience with Kroll an asset

Participate in on-call rotation

Application Process

CareRx welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Interested, qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

All applicants must successfully pass satisfactory background screening (depending on the role - Criminal Record Check, Credit Check, Driver’s Abstract, Education Verification, Current Professional Registration) and referencing. Background screening will be completed after an offer of employment has been extended and accepted.

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