Pharmacist - Clinical Pharmacy Services

Job ID: 211613

Location: Northern Zone, Colchester East Hants Health Centre

Department: PHAR Pharmacy Clinical CEHHC

Type of Employment: Temporary (Hourly FT long-assignment – 100% FTE, 1 position)

Union: CUPE Healthcare Position

Posting Closing Date: 11-Dec-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.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager of Clinical Pharmacy Services, the Pharmacist is responsible to ensure safe and effective drug therapy by participating in and overseeing drug distribution systems (inpatient and outpatient), supervising pharmacy support staff and identifying and resolving drug‑related problems. The Pharmacist provides clinical pharmacy services including drug regimen review, medication reconciliation, pharmacokinetic monitoring, individual and group patient medication teaching, drug information and educational programmes. Pharmacists work on selected medical services, participate in medical rounds, provide discharge medication calendars and counselling to patients and make therapeutic recommendations to the medical team. The Pharmacist may be required to participate in the orientation and training of Pharmacy Students and other hospital personnel.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

- Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or an entry‑level Pharmacy Doctor of Pharmacy from a CCAPP (or similar standard) accredited university required

- Completion of a Pharmacy Residency Programme preferred

- Eligible for registration with the Nova Scotia Pharmacy Regulator (NSPR)

- BLS (Basic Life Support) required

- Minimum two years experience in clinical practice in a hospital pharmacy setting preferred

- Strong knowledge of drugs and therapeutics

- Effective oral and written communication skills

- Ability to make accurate and timely recommendations regarding safe and cost‑effective use of drugs

- 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

- Long Assignment, 100% FTE / 75 Hours Bi‑weekly

- Approximately 12 months

Compensation and Benefits

$49.42 – $63.29 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 unionised 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 entitlements 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.

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