Posted 12 days ago
Pharmacist Team Leader - Emergency
@ Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Overview
Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health is hiring a Pharmacist Team Leader for Emergency Medicine at the Halifax Infirmary in Halifax. The role provides clinical orientation, education and resource support to the emergency department pharmacy team, and leads research, quality improvement and mentoring of pharmacy residents and students. The position is permanent full-time at 75 hours biweekly, paid $54.29 to $66.94 hourly, with benefits and a defined benefit pension.
Pay:
$54.29–$66.94 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Provide evidence-based direct patient care and drug therapy management
- Give clinical orientation, education and resource support to the ED pharmacy team
- Lead clinical research, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives
- Coordinate mentoring and preceptorship for residents, students and learners
Requirements summary:
- Graduate of a recognized school of pharmacy, eligible for Nova Scotia registration
- Hospital residency or two years of hospital patient care experience preferred
- BLS required
- Oracle Health and PharmNet experience required
- Strong teaching ability and clinical therapeutics knowledge required
- French an asset
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · successfactors
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-25
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-26
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-05
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Lead |
| Department | Physicians & advanced practice |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Hours per week | 37.5 |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Hospital or clinic |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English, French |
| Licences & certifications | Nova Scotia Pharmacy Regulator registration, BLS |
| Encouraged to apply | Indigenous peoples, Newcomers to Canada, People with disabilities, 2SLGBTQ+ |
| Education | Professional degree (MD, JD…) (required) |
| Fields of study | Pharmacy |
| Perks mentioned | Retirement plan |
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Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health
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Our Values: Respect, Integrity, Innovation, Courage, Accountability
Full company description
We are Nova Scotia Health. We are rural and urban. We are in hospitals, health centres and community. We serve individuals and communities from Yarmouth to Cape Breton, from Amherst to Halifax, and everything in between. We are researchers and learners, looking for new ways to prevent and treat disease and maintain health. We are partners – with community groups, schools, government, foundations and auxiliaries, community health boards and, most importantly, with you. Most of all, we are a community of caring, compassionate people who care deeply about health, healing and learning. Together with you, we will create a healthier Nova Scotia. Mission: Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning Vision: Healthy people, healthy communities – for generations
- LinkedIn followers
- 59,470
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 10,666
- Reported office locations
- 1276 South Park Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 2Y9, CA
- Business categories
- Hospital
- Health Care
- Consulting
- Advertising
- Other recorded names
- Nova Scotia Healthcare System
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
We are Nova Scotia Health. We are rural and urban. We are in hospitals, health centres and community. We serve individuals and communities from Yarmouth to Cape Breton, from Amherst to Halifax, and everything in between. We are researchers and learners, looking for new ways to prevent and treat disease and maintain health. We are partners – with community groups, schools, government, foundations and auxiliaries…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitals and Health Care |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Year founded | 2015 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 235 |
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Req ID: 228360
Location: Central Zone, Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII
Department: PHAR CC/Emg/ACC/MOTP/Card/Neur
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1
Union: NSGEU Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 9-Nov-26
About the Opportunity
Under the supervision of the Clinical Pharmacy Manager, the Pharmacist Team Leader in Emergency Medicine is accountable and responsible for ensuring safe and effective drug therapy for patients through the provision of evidence-based direct patient care activities. The Pharmacist Team Leader provides clinical orientation, education, and resource support to the clinical pharmacy team in the emergency department and takes a lead role in clinical research, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives designed to improve medication-use processes or pharmacy practice. Additionally, they help coordinate and take a lead in mentoring and preceptorship for hospital pharmacy residents, pharmacy students, and other interprofessional learners.
This role requires communication, liaison, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, including Pharmacy & Cardiology Leadership & Quality teams, interdisciplinary committees and other groups (e.g., OPOR Pharmacy, Order-Set Coordinator, IV & Formulary subcommittees, IPPL, etc.) to achieve the above responsibilities.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
• Graduate of a recognized School of Pharmacy
• Eligible for registration with the Nova Scotia Pharmacy Regulator required
• Completion of a Hospital pharmacy residency program and/or equivalent related direct patient care experience (minimal 2 years) in a hospital setting preferred
• BLS (Basic Life Support) required
• Experience with the Oracle Health Clinical Information System, including PharmNet and Medication Manager, and prior hospital pharmacy dispensary experience required
• Strong knowledge in clinical therapeutics and pharmacist prescribing required
• Knowledge of medication & patient safety best practices required
• Strong teaching ability/experience required
• Experience in critical appraisal of scientific literature required
• Experience in evidence based clinical research or quality improvement methodology an asset
• Proven effective oral and written communication skills required
• Experience as a member of a multidisciplinary healthcare team required
• Ability to prioritize work responsibilities and to work well under time pressures required
• Demonstrated interest in professional development and lifelong learning required
• 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 full-time position; 75 hours biweekly
Compensation and Benefits
$54.29 - $66.94 hourly
$69.29 with 25 years' service with the employer
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.
What You'll Love About Nova Scotia Health
Nova Scotia Health is more than the province's largest provider of health services; we're a team driven by excellence in health, healing and learning. Across hospitals, health centres and community programs, our people deliver innovative, high-quality care that impacts lives across Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada.
From vibrant city life to scenic coastal communities, Nova Scotia offers a lifestyle as rewarding as the work itself. At Nova Scotia Health, you'll find meaningful career opportunities, supportive teams and the work-life balance to enjoy everything our beautiful province has to offer. Join us and discover why so many people are choosing to call Nova Scotia home.
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.
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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