Pharmacist

Join our growing pharmacy team in providing safe and effective medication use to our clinical units at Hamilton Health Sciences. At Hamilton Health Sciences, our pharmacy department plays an essential role in ensuring the safe distribution and service of medications to patients which facilitates successful patient treatment outcomes in compliance with legal, regulatory and accreditation standards. The management and distribution of our medications is important in ensuring we can consistently deliver the high-quality, safe care that we are known for. We are growing our pharmacy team and presently seeking a pharmacist to support us. The pharmacist is a key member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team whose key responsibilities include reviewing and assessing medication orders and collaborating with the patient and healthcare team directly to optimize medication use, identifying, and avoiding medication-related problems to achieve desired patient outcomes. The pharmacist will provide drug information, promote evidence-based/cost effective drug therapy and clinically relevant research 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 assigned 1. 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.

The pharmacist is responsible for reviewing and assessing medication orders while collaborating with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to optimize patient outcomes. They also provide clinical pharmacy services, including drug therapy monitoring, order entry, and educational support for staff and patients.

Candidates must hold a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and maintain current registration with the Ontario College of Pharmacists. Previous hospital experience in unit dose or IV admixtures is preferred, along with strong communication and leadership skills.

• Change ManagementPreferred
• Problem solvingPreferred
• LeadershipPreferred
• NegotiationPreferred
• CommunicationPreferred

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• Clinical pharmacy services
• Medication order review
• Patient medication profiles
• IV admixture
• TPN preparation
• Drug therapy monitoring
• Adverse drug reaction reporting
• Order entry
• EPIC system
• Evidence-based drug therapy
• Change management
• Leadership
• Problem solving
• Negotiation
• Conflict management
• Communication
• Epic EMR
• Patient Treatment
• Organizational Skills
• Hospital Experience
• Order Entry
• Effective Communication
• Admixtures
• Research
• Adverse Drug Reactions
• Chemotherapy
• Management
• Change Management
• Pediatrics
• Clinical Pharmacy
• Computerized Physician Order Entry
• Conflict Management
• Pharmacotherapy
• Health Sciences
• Problem Solving
• Dosage Form
• Verbal Communication Skills
• Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)
• Prioritization

• Healthcare
• Science & Research
• Management & Leadership
• Pharmacist
• Clinical Pharmacist
• Pharmacists

Minimum education

Bachelor’s degree

Minimum experience

2+ years

Apply by

Sep 9, 2026

Posting language

English

Working hours

40 hours per week