Pharmacist Team Lead - Emergency Medicine - Clinical Pharmacy Services - #189161

Req ID: 202739

Location: Central Zone, Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII

Department: PHAR CC/Emg/ACC/MOTP/Card/Neur

Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100%) x 1

Healthcare Position

Posting Closing Date: 27-May-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 www.novascotia.com 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 and in collaboration with the ED Clinical Coordinator, the Emergency Department Pharmacist Team Lead is accountable and responsible for ensuring safe and effective drug therapy for patients in the ED through the provision of evidence based direct patient care activities, providing education and mentorship, participation in clinical research and leading the implementation and evaluation of quality and patient safety initiatives designed to improve medication-use processes or pharmacy practice. Additionally, they will support the Emergency Department pharmacy staff, including coordinating and providing orientation and training, and actively precept pharmacy students, residents and interprofessional learners.

This role requires communication, liaison, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, most significantly the ED pharmacist team, the ED multidisciplinary leadership and care team and Pharmacy Department committees and leadership (e.g., policy office, order-set coordinator, Formulary Subcommittee, IV Therapy Manual Committee, Antidote Kit Committee, and Resuscitation Committee) to achieve the above responsibilities.

About You

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

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or PharmD degree
• Licensed or eligible for licensure with the Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists (NSCP)
• Completion of a PGY-1 Accredited Canadian Pharmacy Residency preferred
• Minimum two years' experience as a hospital pharmacist with ED experience, or completion of the following formal training; PGY-2 Hospital Pharmacy Residency or Master of Science in Pharmacy or Post Graduate Doctor of Pharmacy
• Informal or formal leadership experience
• Advanced therapeutic knowledge
• 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, preceptor, and mentor
• 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

$51.67 - $62.16 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. Some opportunities may be eligible for our Employee Referral Program. If a Nova Scotia Health employee refers a candidate who is not working for the organization and the candidate is hired, the employee who made the referral may be eligible to earn up to $1000. For more details and instructions, please visit Recruitment - Incentives

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.

Nova Scotia Health’s Employee Career Advice (ECA) Program supports internal employees in their career development and progression with résumé-building, interview skill development, resources and advice for optimizing job searches, and more. Employees can book a one-on-one meeting or view upcoming workshops on the ECA Intranet page or via email at [email protected] .