Pharmacist I
Your Opportunity:
Under the direction of the Pharmacy Alberta, Parenteral Standards and Safety Manager, this pharmacist plays a vital role in supporting safe medication administration and standardization across all four Provincial Health Agencies. The position focuses on developing, maintaining, and optimizing drug administration resources, with a primary emphasis on smart infusion pump drug libraries while also supporting provincial safety initiatives. Responsibilities include designing, developing, and maintaining standardized drug libraries that align with best practices, clinical guidelines, and provincial standards; ensuring compliance with ISMP recommendations for IV infusion therapy where applicable, implementing risk mitigation strategies to prevent infusion-related errors, monitoring infusion pump compliance reports, analyzing infusion data for trends and errors, and identifying opportunities for improvement. This role requires collaboration and coordination with Clinical Engineering, Middleware, and nursing teams to ensure seamless rollout of drug library updates. Additionally, the pharmacist participates in interdisciplinary committees, engages with provincial working partners to support infusion safety and technology optimization, and precepts students and residents, offering mentorship on smart infusion pump practices and parenteral standards. The position also contributes to quality and safety initiatives as directed by leadership to support Acute Care Alberta's overall patient safety goals. There is flexibility as to the location of this hybrid position within the province of Alberta. Occasional travel between sites may be required.
Description:
As a Pharmacist I, you will be responsible for the safe, effective and efficient preparation and distribution of pharmaceutical services. You will manage medication therapy for patients, both initially and on an ongoing basis. In addition, you will provide assessment, intervention and resolution of potential or actual drug-related problems and oversee activities related to compounding and packaging.
- Classification: Pharmacist I
- Union: HSAA Prof/Tech
- Unit and Program: Parenteral Standards and Safety
- Primary Location: Aberhart Centre
- Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 21-JAN-2026
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 16-FEB-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $58.02
- Maximum Salary: $66.71
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Pharmacy (ACP).
Additional Required Qualifications:Experience applying evidence-based medicine in direct patient care (minimum 2 years) required. Effective oral and written communication skills required. Excellent organizational and time management skills, including ability to switch priorities and multitask, required. Proven ability to work both independently and cooperatively in a team environment required. Excellent skills using a variety of computer software including Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and pharmacy computer software required. Completion of accredited Canadian hospital pharmacy residency, post-graduate residency program specializing in drug information or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications:Pharm D or advanced clinical training credentials. Recent experience in leading consultations with provincial working groups and committees preferred. Familiarity with SMART pumps and infusion pump dose error reduction software is an asset. Familiarity with pharmacy practice related to parenteral drugs, compounding, sterile product preparation and use of drug information resources is an asset.
