Advanced Practice Clinical Leader - Pharmacy Services
About The Position
Reporting to the Director of Pharmacy Services, the full-time, temporary (1 year) Advanced Practice Clinical Leader - Pharmacy (APCL - Pharmacy) will standardize and optimize the clinical practice of pharmacists in order to deliver safe and evidence-based care to inpatients and outpatients at CAMH. In addition, the APCL - Pharmacy provides leadership in ensuring pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are working to their full scopes of practice, in guiding best practice changes to comply with regulatory and accreditation standards, and in developing and adopting innovative practices. The APCL - Pharmacy uses their expertise to advance the pharmaceutical care provided by pharmacists and trainees through clinical supervision and teaching, and provides clinical leadership to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. The successful candidate will be expected to promote the highest quality pharmaceutical care, by teaching and mentoring pharmacists, pharmacy students and residents, and through scholarly activity in affiliation with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. As a member of the Pharmacy Leadership Team, the APCL - Pharmacy represents Pharmacy Services when liaising with physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals. They share their clinical knowledge, skills and experience, to influence medication therapy management through collaborative participation in departmental and organizational committees, subcommittees, working groups and more. The Centre for Addiction Mental Health is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital. CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction issues. Through its core values of Courage, Respect and Excellence, CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital, it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system – a world where Mental Health is Health.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree with relevant postgraduate training or research experience.
- Active practice license, or qualifications to obtain a practice license (Part A), in Ontario.
- Strong clinical knowledge base with current clinical practice experience in the mental health and addictions fields.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Support a workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork and complies with all applicable and regulatory requirements.
- Registered Pharmacist with the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP).
- Abide by applicable provincial and federal legislation and regulations.
- Practice within the requirements of OCP, including its Standards of Practice, Code of Ethics, and Code of Conduct.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced clinical degree in pharmacy, research-based MSc or Masters in a related field (e.g., MHA, MPH).
- Hospital pharmacy residency.
Responsibilities
- Standardize and optimize the clinical practice of pharmacists to deliver safe and evidence-based care.
- Provide leadership in ensuring pharmacists and pharmacy technicians work to their full scopes of practice.
- Guide best practice changes to comply with regulatory and accreditation standards.
- Develop and adopt innovative practices.
- Advance pharmaceutical care through clinical supervision and teaching.
- Provide clinical leadership to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
- Promote the highest quality pharmaceutical care through teaching and mentoring.
- Engage in scholarly activity in affiliation with CAMH and the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy.
- Represent Pharmacy Services when liaising with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
- Influence medication therapy management through collaborative participation in committees, subcommittees, and working groups.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
