Job Description

?Req ID: 209784
Location: Central Zone, Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII
Department: PHAR Pharmacy Clinical Medical ID
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1
NSGEU Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 26-Sep-25
Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We're on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.
Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.
About the Opportunity
Under the supervision of the Manager of Clinical Pharmacy Services, the Pharmacist Team Lead is accountable and responsible for ensuring safe and effective drug therapy for patients in a designated clinical area. The Pharmacist Team Lead maintains an active clinical pharmacy practice and is a leader in the provision of evidence based direct patient care activities. The Pharmacist Team Lead provides formal and informal education, participates in clinical research, and leads the implementation and evaluation of quality and patient safety initiatives designed to improve medication-use processes or pharmacy practice.
Additionally, they will actively precept pharmacy students and residents and ensure timely access to appropriate medications through collaboration with drug distribution systems. This role required communication, liaison, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, most significantly IPP&L, nursing and physician teams, multidisciplinary teams, departmental, zonal, and provincial committees and working groups.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or entry-to-practice Doctor of Pharmacy degree
• Licensed or eligible for the registration with the Nova Scotia Pharmacy Regulator (NSPR)
• Completion of a PGY-1 Accredited Canadian Pharmacy Residency preferred
• Minimum of (5) years' experience as a hospital Pharmacist or PGY-1 pharmacy residency plus two (2) years' hospital pharmacy experience
• Experience leading and motivating staff
• Experience with direct patient care in a clinical pharmacy practice setting
• Evidence of strong communication and collaboration experience
• Experience in clinical research, quality, and patient safety initiatives
• Experience in project management such as policy and order set development, and leading practice change through knowledge translation, medical writing, and formal presentations
• Experience as an educator
• Ability to perform various administrative duties of the position
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.
Hours

• Permanent / 100% FTE / 75 Hours Bi-weekly

Compensation and Benefits
$49.42 - $61.74 Hourly
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.
Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
?This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

Skills Required