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We are seeking a primary health care pharmacist to join our practice in Leader, Saskatchewan. The position will involve an approximate 50:50 split of your time between community pharmacy practice and team-based practice within our community’s medical clinic.
Stueck Pharmacy: Is a busy store with two pharmacists, one pharmacy technician, as well as three full-time and two part-time front store staff. Offering a full line of traditional drug-store items and a large giftware/toy selection ensures the store is a popular destination for shoppers in this primarily rural setting. The pharmacy practice constitutes approximately 80% of the business and is very patient focused. The practice currently specializes in primary health care team work (diabetes) and documentation is integral to the practice. The owner and Leah Butt, the current primary health care pharmacist, have firmly established the practice in line with the Fyke Commission by integrating the pharmacist into the primary health care team. It is intended that the pharmacist spend approximately 50% of his/her time in the store dispensary performing traditional pharmacy functions, including coverage for vacations, etc. Store hours are 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM Mondays to Saturdays, no evenings or holidays.
Integrated team-based practice: Sask Health has designated Leader a primary health care site with three salaried physicians and one nurse-practitioner. Our current primary health care pharmacist is under contract with Cypress Health Region to provide two days clinical services in Leader and Maple Creek and spends the remainder of her time at Stueck Pharmacy; of which care at the local nursing home comprises one-half day a week.
The primary health care pharmacist can expect to spend more time delivering the quality care one would expect in the new model as proposed by the Romanow and Fyke Commissions. The primary health care pharmacist is to perform such duties as hospital and long-term care rounds, patient teaching, etc (as listed below). It will be the responsibility of the pharmacist to assist in developing programs to suit the practice and community. Coverage will be provided in the hospital, nursing home, medical clinic and patients’ home. Considerable effort is being made to expand the clinical services offered by Stueck Pharmacy.
You will assist in developing and expanding the pharmacist’s role in the multidisciplinary team. Providing primary health care to patients includes disease prevention, health promotion, acute and chronic care. The pharmacist’s role within the practice may include:
- patient education (disease state, drug therapy)
- medication histories
- pharmacotherapy assessments and follow-up
- DRP identification/ resolution
- drug-use evaluation/ evidence-based practice
- documentation of care
- responding to drug information requests
- developing health promotion strategies
- participation at hospital / LTC rounds
- outcomes / remuneration research
- development of papers for publication
- supervision of students under the College of Pharmacy’s Structured Practical Experience Program (maximum three students, each with a five week rotation).
- INR testing (certification can be arranged)
Prioritization of these activities will be determined in conjunction with the primary health care team.
Knowledge / skills required: We are seeking a dynamic, highly motivated individual with strong interpersonal communication skills. The individual needs to have experience successfully working within a team, but also the ability to pioneer in this new practice environment. S/he will need to be well versed in the broad range of ambulatory therapeutics and have developed basic skills in literature evaluation and evidence-based medicine.
Preference will be given to individuals who have some clinical experience in the team-based setting (for example, experience in the Provincial Primary Health Care Project).
The Community: Leader is a progressive community of 950 in the south west of Saskatchewan. With a trading population of approximately 3000 and a trading area of approximately 90 miles in diameter; provision of pharmacy services is a challenge. Numerous recreational opportunities such as hockey, hiking, boating, etc. provide the residents with an active lifestyle. Housing and living expenses are very affordable in the safe, quiet community where neighborliness is not a requirement, but a given. For more, see www.leader.ca.
Salary & Benefits: Starting salary will be based on experience. Benefits include 3 weeks paid vacation, participation in group health plan, professional licensing fees, moving allowance, and attendance at two or more educational conferences annually.
Contact: Resumes should be forwarded via mail/e-mail to attention of:
Michele or Gordon Stueck
PO Box 400
Leader, Saskatchewan, S0N 1H0
gstueck@sasktel.net
This represents a unique practice opportunity in Saskatchewan, and in Canada.
The successful candidate can expect support and guidance from Pharmacy Practice Faculty at the College of Pharmacy & Nutrition.
Come be a practice leader in Leader, Saskatchewan!
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