Pharmacist
Island Health situated in 101 Lerwick Rd, Courtenay, BC V9N 0B9 is seeking applications for the job position of Pharmacist who are enthusiastic and possess excellent interpersonal skills. The successful candidate for this position is expected to start work as quickly as possible. The role being offered is Permanent employment or Full time job. The candidate must work various shifts, and the schedules are yet to be determined.
Employer Name: Island Health
Position: Pharmacist
No. of vacancies: 10
Salary: $51.37 to $64.19 hourly (To be negotiated) / 37.5 hours per week
Employment type: Permanent employment, Full time
Location: 101 Lerwick Rd, Courtenay, BC V9N 0B9
Job Description
- The candidate must advise customers on indications, contraindications, side effects, drug interactions, and dosages.
- The candidate must dispense prescribed pharmaceuticals to customers or other health care professionals.
- The candidate will be responsible for ordering and maintaining stock of pharmaceutical supplies.
- The candidate must check prescriptions for proper dosage.
- The candidate will be responsible for maintaining customer medication profiles, including a registry of poisons, narcotics, and controlled drugs.
- The candidate will be responsible for managing the storage, packaging, and distribution of medicinal products.
Job Requirements
- The candidate should be fluent in English language.
- The candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy (PharmD, BS, BSc, or BPharm).
- The ideal candidate will have at least 7 months to less than 1 year of experience in a related industry.
- The candidate must be licensed by the provincial or territorial authorities.
- The candidate should be accurate.
- The candidate should be client focused.
- The candidate should be dependable.
- The candidate must have excellent oral communication skills.
- The candidate should have good judgemental skills.
- The candidate must be well-organized.
- The candidate should be reliable.
Work setting
- The candidate must work in a hospital or clinical pharmacy.
Additional information
Security and safety
- The candidate must have proof of immunization.
- The candidate should be subjected to a thorough criminal background check.
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- The candidate should have an eye for details.
Benefits
- Health, Financial, Long term and Other benefits will be provided to the selected candidate.
- Under Health benefits, the selected candidate will receive Dental plan, Disability benefits, Health care plan, Paramedical services coverage and Vision care benefits.
- Under Financial benefits, the candidate shall receive benefits in line with the collective agreement contract between the employer and the union representing a bargaining unit, as well as Group insurance benefits, Life insurance and Pension plan.
- Under Long term benefits, the selected candidate will receive Long-term care insurance and Maternity and parental benefits.
- In addition to the Health, Financial, and Long-term benefits mentioned above, the selected candidate will receive Parking facilities and Wellness program.
How to Apply
Kindly use the given options to submit your application, if you are interested.
Note
Please include the following while sending the application
- Cover letter
- Highest level of education and name of institution where it was completed