Regional Pharmacy Manager

Job Responsibility:

Requisition ID: 352065

Position Number: 20003480

Posting End Date: January 19, 2024

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Site: WRHA Corporate - Seven Oaks General Hospital

Department / Unit: Pharmacy SOGH Liaison

Job Stream: Clinical Support

Union: EXEMPT

Anticipated Start Date - End Date: ASAP - November 12, 2024

Reason for Term: Other Leave

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

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Position Overview

Reporting to the Regional Director, Pharmacy, the incumbent is responsible and accountable for the planning and management of patient-centered pharmaceutical care services designed for their assigned regional clinical programs and administrative responsibilities as assigned.

As a member of the Department's Leadership Team, the incumbent ensures that pharmaceutical care services are aligned with strategic priorities and meet high standards of quality and patient safety.

The incumbent oversees the day-to-day operations of the clinical pharmacy team and leads the clinical pharmacy staff in establishing efficient and effective delivery of clinical services. These services will ensure a safe, timely, and cost-effective medication management system that supports patient-centered pharmaceutical care.

Experience

• Minimum of five years experience as a practicing pharmacist is required.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Completion of a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, or equivalent undergraduate pharmacy degree is required.
• Post-graduate education/training in a relevant field of study and/or completion of a pharmacy practice residency program is preferred.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Licensed, or eligibility for licensure, as a pharmacist in the Province of Manitoba.
• Membership in the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists is required.

Qualifications and Skills

• Demonstrated poise, aptitude for communicating professional information, and ability to deal with matters of an urgent or emergent nature.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills.
• Ability to utilize information systems technologies for communication, word processing, spreadsheet applications, and other common needs.
• Ability to function effectively in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Ability to create and maintain effective working relationships with other individuals in superior, peer, subordinate and client positions.
• Demonstrated interest in professional growth.
• Demonstrated commitment to optimizing the contribution that pharmacy services can make to the care of individual patients and to the health care system as a whole.
• Must be able to travel to multiple sites within the WRHA and have a valid drivers licence and use of personal vehicle.

Physical Requirements

Not Applicable

This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services. Effective April 1, 2024, Golden West Centennial Lodge will also be part of the WRHA legal entity.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.