Nova Scotia Health Authority
Clinical Lead, Medication Management - One Person One Record
🇬🇧Bedford, England, United Kingdom2 months ago
From $119KSeniorFull Time
Req ID: 218651
Location: Provincial Zone, Westway 1
Department: OPOR Clinical Standards Mgr
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1
MGMT/NON-Union Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 15-Apr-26
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 Clinical Lead-Medication Management is a key member of the OPOR team as a subject matter expert within clinical pharmacy practice, pharmacy operations, IT applications and a clinical support for the OPOR Clinical Standardization and Pharmacy and Medication Management Team.
They will be committed to a high standard of performance and will provide support across the province for the implementation and support of the OPOR clinical information system and standardized medication management practices. They will support provincial standardization, system optimization and support Pharmacy Working Groups across the province.
The Clinical Lead-Medication Management is a key member of the team holding both subject matter expertise within clinical IT applications and is key to ensure achievement of both portfolio and broader NSH & IWK goals related to OPOR. The Clinical Lead-Medication Management will facilitate the design, implementation, optimization, and adoption of digital clinical practice initiatives by collaborating with stakeholders, technical experts and/or vendors as required.
The Clinical Lead-Medication Management will require clinical and operational pharmacy expertise, related to clinical formulary and medication best practices (including Accreditation and ISMP standards and ROPs related to Pharmacy and Medication Administration), as well as pharmacy operations (including: inventory, dispensary, preparation, storage etc). This expert knowledge will be provided through this Clinical Lead’s education and professional certifications.
The Clinical Lead-Medication Management has a fundamental role in the success of this complex, multi-organizational clinical transformation initiative, specifically in the Pharmacy and Medication Management spaces. Their provision of critical consultative leadership, clinical expertise, planning, and direction at the multi health authority Program/Specialty Level and with all work streams, will ensure the scale and fundamental nature of clinical transformation required is understood at appropriate leadership levels, the achievement of drivers/goals and the delivery of a well-planned strategy in collaboration with the health organization leaders.
The Clinical lead-Medication Management will lead interprofessional working group(s) responsible for the development, adjudication and implementation of governance, evidence informed best practice and standardization within the OPOR Program. The clinical lead acts as a subject matter expert within their area(s) of specialty, as well as providing structure/framework, project management support for working groups, initiatives, and projects.
The Clinical lead-Medication Management is responsible for providing oversight for the development of clinical standards to support the implementation of clinical information systems. The Clinical lead-Medication Management leads clinical care process design and reviews activities across the organization to ensure maximum benefits and enhancements are achieved.
The Clinical lead-Medication Management independently addresses issues and makes decisions of moderate complexity with little or no supervision and delivers clear communication and documentation of complex concepts and issues across the organizations. This includes:
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
$47.49- $59.36 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 Management/Non Union 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.
