Job Description

Your Opportunity:
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is seeking a Pharmacist I to join the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) team. Located just north of Edmonton's vibrant Ice District, the RAH is an 882-bed facility and Western Canada's largest and busiest hospital, serving one-third of Canada's land mass. As a regional leader in numerous specialties, RAH delivers essential health services to meet the evolving needs of Albertans. Our staff are encouraged to "Use their Voice"--advocating for patients, colleagues, and themselves--while fostering pride in our workplace culture, known as the "RAH-Way". RAH is home to the Lois Hole Hospital for Women, C.K. Hui Heart Centre, Stollery Philip C. Etches NICU, Acute Care Addiction Recovery Program, Orthopedic Surgery Centre, and the Eye Institute of Alberta. We combine patient-centered care, advanced technology, research, and education to provide complex, specialized treatment to thousands of patients each year. In this role, you will manage medication therapy to ensure safe, effective, and appropriate use. Responsibilities include assessing patients for drug-related issues, optimizing treatment outcomes, supporting comprehensive medication management, participating in patient care rounds, collaborating with healthcare teams, and creating individualized medication plans with patients and families. Duties also include supporting distribution and dispensing of medications through order verification and coordinating special access or study drugs. This position offers opportunities for professional growth, drug stewardship, research and quality improvement, precepting students, mentoring staff, while practicing to full scope in a collaborative team environment. Strong verbal and written communication, proficiency with medication order systems, critical thinking, problem-solving, time management, and accountability are essential.
Description:
As a Pharmacist I, you will be responsible for the safe, effective and efficient preparation and distribution of pharmaceutical services. You will manage medication therapy for patients, both initially and on an ongoing basis. In addition, you will provide assessment, intervention and resolution of potential or actual drug-related problems and oversee activities related to compounding and packaging.

Classification:

Pharmacist I

Union:

HSAA Facility PROF/TECH

Unit and Program:

Pharmacy Services

Primary Location:

Royal Alexandra Hospital

Location Details:

As Per Location

Multi-Site:

Not Applicable

FTE:

1.00

Posting End Date:

19-SEP-2025

Temporary Employee Class:

Temporary Full Time

Date Available:

06-OCT-2025

Temporary End Date:

31-MAR-2026

Hours per Shift:

7.75

Length of Shift in weeks:

2

Shifts per cycle:

10

Shift Pattern:

Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call

Days Off:

As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary:

$54.69

Maximum Salary:

$62.88

Vehicle Requirement:

Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Pharmacy (ACP).

Additional Required Qualifications:

Acute care hospital pharmacy experience with order verification or clinical for a hospital with greater than 500 beds.

Preferred Qualifications:

Completion of an accredited hospital residency. Experience with vulnerable populations. Prescribing authorization. Authorization to administer injections. IV additive /PN knowledge. Precepting pharmacy students or residents within the last 2 years. Experience providing order verification in Epic. Remote order verification experience. Project or leadership experience. Membership in professional hospital pharmacy organization. Attendance at a hospital pharmacy conference in the last 2 years.