Pharmacy assistant Jobs in Lower Sackville, NS

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Company :  IWK Health

Req ID : 196131

Department / Program : Pharmacy Distribution , Pharmacy

Location :   Halifax

Type of Employment : Temporary   Hourly FT long-assignment ( 100%  FTE) for one-year  x 1  position(s)

Start Date : 02 / 10 / 2025

Union Status :   NSGEU Hlthcare , Healthcare Bargaining Unit

Compensation : $ 46.1119 - $ 56.2091   / hour

Closing Date : February 3rd, 2025  (Applications are accepted until 23 : 59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia . People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values , and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black / African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants / Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

The Opportunity

Reporting directly to the Clinical Pharmacy Manager and with professional accountability to the Pharmacy Professional Practice Leader, the pharmacist will work initially within the pharmacy drug distribution system, with the potential for clinical opportunities.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

• Provides and supervises pharmacy drug distribution services to IWK Health Centre patients (including compounding and dispensing of sterile and nonsterile products);
• Uses their clinical reasoning skills to identify and resolve drug therapy problems.
• Provides discharge planning and patient / family medication counselling.
• Provides therapeutic drug monitoring, drug utilization evaluation and in-service education for health professionals and patients / families;
• Provides drug information and development and / or review of medication protocols specific to clinical practice;
• Liaises with community pharmacists and pharmacists and health professionals in other health care settings;
• Provides student experiential learning opportunities and mentoring of other staff for on-site clinical education;
• Provides on-call pharmacy services;
• Participates in development and implementation of standards, policies, and procedures;
• Participates in conducts and coordinating quality assurance and medication safety activities, formulary management, drug library (smart pump) maintenance;
• Participates on health centre and unit-based committees; and other duties as required.

Hours of Work

Days, evenings, weekends, holidays, and on-call on rotation; 75 hours bi-weekly.

Your Qualifications

Desired Assets :

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview / testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Healthcare   bargaining  unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. 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.

An  offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.

I f you are an employee of IWK Health , please apply through the internal careers page to ensure you are flagged as an internal applicant.