Pharmacist 1 - Acute Care Pharmacy - Temporary Full-Time 2026-18849 (2026-18849)

Job summary

Review, clarify, and enter physician orders; dispense medications or supervise pharmacy technicians; provide direct patient care, medication reconciliation, counselling, and support during multidisciplinary rounds. Contribute to education, automated dispensing cabinet oversight, safety reporting, on-call activities, and hospital and departmental committees.

Job details

Summary Of Duties We have a vacancy for a Pharmacist in the Acute Care Pharmacy. The pharmacy duties can be broadly divided into three areas: Drug distribution Direct patient care. Educational responsibilities Responsibilities include physician order review; clarification and entry; drug dispensing and or supervision of such tasks by pharmacy technicians; answering of drug-related questions; provision of pharmaceutical care; medication reconciliation; participation in multidisciplinary rounds; patient counselling; participation in the education of students and multidisciplinary staff; oversight of automated dispensing unit cabinet; safety report initiation and follow-up; other pharmacy duties including participation in on-call activities and hospital and departmental committees. Qualifications/Skills Current licensure by the Ontario College of Pharmacists Recent previous Acute Care Pharmacy experience and hospital pharmacy residency preferred Able to work well in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful work environment Self-motivated and able to take initiative Must work effectively with minimum of direction or within a team setting Demonstrated ability to work well in a multidisciplinary team environment Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Excellent attention to detail Strong planning and organizational ability; strong time management skills Strong customer service skills

What you’ll do

Review, clarify, and enter physician orders; dispense medications or supervise pharmacy technicians; provide direct patient care, medication reconciliation, counselling, and support during multidisciplinary rounds. Contribute to education, automated dispensing cabinet oversight, safety reporting, on-call activities, and hospital and departmental committees.

Requirements

Current licensure with the Ontario College of Pharmacists is required, and recent acute care pharmacy experience and a hospital pharmacy residency are preferred. The role calls for strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, time-management, customer-service, and teamwork skills, along with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Listed skills

• Medication Safety · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Attention to detail · Preferred
• Time management · Preferred
• Customer service · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Acute Care Pharmacy
• Physician Order Review
• Medication Reconciliation
• Pharmaceutical Care
• Drug Dispensing
• Patient Counselling
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration
• Student and Staff Education
• Automated Dispensing Systems
• Medication Safety
• Communication
• Attention to Detail
• Planning and Organization
• Time Management
• Customer Service
• Initiative

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Education
• Customer Service & Support

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