- Shift Schedule (Hours are subject to change based on operational needs): Mon-Fri – 7.5 hour day shifts
- Employment Status: Permanent Full-time
- Department: OT Clinical Pharmacy

Company Description

Halton Healthcare’s vision of Exemplary patient experiences, always, goes beyond just the patient experience; it has shaped our entire culture and remains at the core of every interaction in our organization, from our patients & families to our staff, physicians and volunteers. We believe in exemplary PEOPLE experiences always

At Halton Healthcare you will thrive in a healthcare culture and environment that embraces inclusion, diversity and belonging with ‘exemplary patient care, always’ at the heart of everything we do.

We empower our people to be the very best they can be so they can make a difference for our patients and the communities we serve.

Halton Healthcaretakes great pride in providing quality, compassionate healthcare services to our rapidly growing communities. As a progressive and vibrant healthcare organization, we arecommitted to being an innovative center of excellence in community hospital care.

Job Description

- Promote the safe, effective, evidence-based,and cost-conscioususe of medicationsacross the organizationthrough medication-useevaluation, stewardship, and optimization initiatives.
- Serve as a clinical resource for medication information across the organization, ensuring healthcare teams have access to accurate, current, and evidence-based drug information to support protected and effective medication therapy.
- Improve patient outcomesby evaluating medication-use processes, prescribingpractices, and clinicaloutcomes to identifyopportunities for improvement.




- Provide clinical expertiseto support formularymanagement, medication-use policy development, andevidence-informed decision-making.
- Advance continuous qualityimprovement by analyzingmedication-use patterns, translating emerging evidenceinto practice, andimplementing best practicesin pharmacotherapy.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinaryteams to enhancemedication safety, optimizeresource utilization, andsupport high-quality, patient-centeredcare
- Support compliance withregulatory, accreditation, and organizational standardswhile contributing tostrategic initiatives relatedto medication managementand healthcare quality.

Medication Use Evaluation & Clinical Optimization

- Develop, implement, and continuously improve the organization’s Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) Program in collaboration with the Clinical Pharmacy Manager.
- Design, lead, andevaluate DUE initiatives to assess the appropriateness, effectiveness, and safety of medication therapy.
- Conduct medication-use reviews and evaluate prescribing practices against evidence-based guidelines, clinical standards, and formulary requirements.
- Identify opportunities to improve medication-use processes and develop evidence-based recommendations.
- Collaborate with clinicians and stakeholders to implement approved recommendations and support practice change.




- Monitor the impact of DUE initiatives and evaluate outcomes to ensure sustained improvement.
- Respond to clinical inquiries from healthcare teams regarding medication selection, dosage, interactions, side effects, and evidence-based therapy options

Medication Safety, Quality Improvement & Compliance

- Identify, assess, and mitigate medication-related risks, prescribing variation, medication waste, and medication expiry.
- Support medication shortage, backorder, recall, adverse drug reaction reporting and risk-management processes.
- Participate in the development, review, and implementation of medication-use policies, procedures, standards, and clinical pathways.
- Provide medication management expertise tosupport compliance with accreditation, regulatory, and organizational requirements.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to strengthen safe medication-use practices and continuous quality improvement

Data Analytics

- Analyze, interpret, and report medication-utilization data, quality indicators, and clinical outcomes to support organizational decision-making.
- Collaborate on the development reports, dashboards, and presentations that communicate medication-use trends, outcomes, and opportunities for improvement.
- Support evidence-informed formulary management, including medication additions, restrictions, therapeutic interchange initiatives, and formulary deletions.
- Evaluate the clinical, operational, and financial impact of formulary and medication-use initiatives.
- Lead and support medication-use research, program evaluation, and special projects related to medication optimization.

Leader

📌 Pharmacist - Drug Use Evaluation (Oakville)
🏢 Halton Healthcare
📍 Oakville