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Req ID: 206035
Location: Central Zone, Spryfield Shopping Centre - Community Wellness Centre
Department: PHC STRAT DIABETES NAFP SPRINT-CCZ
Type of Employment: Casual Hourly FT long-assignment (100%) x 1
NSGEU Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 9-Jul-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.
The Diabetes Centre is a community-based program that provides patients, and their families, with the support they need to manage their Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. The goal of the Diabetes Centres is to provide education and self-management support for patients to manage their blood sugars, cholesterol levels, and blood pressure. The Diabetes Centres assist patients to maintain their health and prevent the complications of diabetes in a model that follows individual and group programming, both in person and virtually. The Diabetes Centres support an interdisciplinary and integrated approach to diabetes education. Patient-centred care, behaviour change, and self-management are core to all programming and services.
Under the supervision of the Manager of Primary Health Care, the Pharmacist will work with the interdisciplinary team and other dedicated front-line pharmacy staff to provide patient-centred care that optimizes safe, effective, and appropriate drug therapy. This includes identifying and resolving drug-related problems, completing medication reconciliation, participating in team care planning, providing patient education, and making therapeutic recommendations to the medical team and community primary care providers. The Pharmacist is also responsible to ensure safe and effective drug therapy and contributing to the effective and efficient attainment of the goals and objectives of Nova Scotia Health Pharmacy Services.
This position will support Diabetes Centres across the zone with occasional travel.
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
Please ensure your resume is up-to-date and includes all relevant education, experience, training and certifications.
$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.
