Pharmacist I

Alberta Health Services; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 82,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Alberta Health Services is seeking a Pharmacist I to provide direct patient care across sites including UAH, Stollery, or MAHI. You will manage medication therapy, assess drug-related problems, and participate in rounds to ensure safe, effective pharmacotherapy.

Strong documentation, communication with the care team, and adherence to standards are essential. Responsibilities include dispensary duties, order verification, and supervision of pharmacy operations.

Qualifications

• Fluent written and spoken English required.
• Proficient with computer medication order entry systems.
• Demonstrated problem solving and time management skills.
• Ability to protect patient privacy and follow policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care and optimize medication therapy.
• Assess and resolve drug-related problems.
• Participate in patient care rounds and liaise with healthcare team.
• Document care activities in Health Record and support quality improvement.

Skills

Communication

English fluency

Time management

Professional accountability

Education

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

ACP Pharmacist registration (current/provisional/transferable)

Tools

Pharmacy software

Job description

Your Opportunity

The Pharmacist I will provide direct patient care in accordance with the AHS Pharmacy Services clinical expectations standards at the UAH, Stollery or MAHI. This includes managing medication therapy for AHS patients collaboratively with other healthcare providers in a patient centered model to ensure that medications are used safely, effectively and appropriately. You will assess patients for potential or actual drug-related problems and resolve or prevent drug-related problems to optimize patient outcomes. Actively participating in patient care rounds where applicable. Liaising with members of the health care team and developing professional relationships with the patient and their family to formulate a medication treatment plan. Documenting all direct patient care activities in the patients' Health Record, participating in organizational practices, drug stewardship, and quality improvement initiatives to improve quality of patient care. Obtaining and/or incorporating additional prescribing authorization wherever practice allows and participates in the collection of key performance indicator data and clinical workload measurements. Maintaining their own professional development and participating in the precepting and mentoring of other staff and students.

All clinically deployed pharmacists will have regular dispensary duties including medication order assessment and verification during dispensary shifts. Pharmacists may be checking prepared oral, parenteral, chemotherapeutic and topical medications, dispensing and coordinating the procurement of special access and study medications, providing functional supervision for pharmacy operations and answering drug information questions directed to the dispensary. We currently have clinical openings across multiple specialties, including Adult Mental Health, Pediatrics, Virtual Hospital, and General Surgery.

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

Classification: Pharmacist I

Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH

Unit and Program: UAH & Stollery Inpatient Pharmacy

Primary Location: U of A Stollery Childrens Hos

Location Details: As Per Location

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 1.00

Posting End Date: 28-AUG-2026

Employee Class: Regular Full Time

Date Available: 07-SEP-2026

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: 2

Shifts per cycle: 10

Shift Pattern: (Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends

Days Off: As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary: $59.76

Maximum Salary: $68.71

Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications

• Completion of Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. Current, provisional or transferable registration with the Alberta College of Pharmacy (ACP) as a Pharmacist.
• Ability to use computer medication order entry systems and able to access and proficiently use drug information resources and word processing. Fluency in written and verbal English language. Ability to incorporate AHS organizational values into daily work, actions and decisions. Ability to perform duties as outlined on the Physical Demand Statement (PDS) for the position. Ability to safeguard AHS information as private and confidential. Ability to follow and adhere to AHS policies, procedures, goals and objectives. Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Proven initiative and motivation is required. Ability to work with a wide variety of people in health care environment with professionalism and respect. Ability to effectively manage his or her time and set priorities when faced with multiple tasks and deadlines. Ability to provide a positive and friendly approach that will enable you to deal with challenging situations with empathy and sincerity. Demonstrated problem solving skills. Must demonstrate personal and professional accountability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with medication dispensing cabinets/unit dose drug distribution preferred.
• Additional Prescribing Authorization and to administer injections preferred.
• PRAC ID preferred.
• IV additive knowledge/TPN knowledge/ Chemotherapy certification preferred.
• Completion of an accredited hospital residency/Pharm D program preferred.
• Large Acute Care hospital experience delivering proactive, integrated clinical practice is preferred (at least 1 year within the last 3 years).