If you’re an experienced Pharmacist looking for a meaningful career move—and a change in lifestyle—Island Health welcomes you. As an essential member of the healthcare team, your expertise plays a critical role in patient care by ensuring the safe, effective, and appropriate use of medications within hospital settings. Join a team that values your knowledge, recognizes the impact of your work, and invests in your professional growth.
Multiple openings are available across Vancouver Island, BC and region.
Signing Bonus of up to $20,000
Hiring incentives may be available for select high-demand roles. To help attract and support qualified health care professionals, Island Health participates in Provincial Recruitment and Retention Incentive programs. These incentives apply only to select positions that meet program eligibility requirements, including geographical location and candidate qualifications. Candidates will be informed of eligibility as they progress through the recruitment process.
What You’ll Do
At Island Health, pharmacists work closely with interdisciplinary healthcare teams across emergency departments, inpatient units, specialty services, ambulatory care, and community settings throughout Vancouver Island. Your expertise helps support safer medication management, complex clinical decisions, drug therapy plans and counselling, resulting in better patient outcomes across the healthcare system.
What You’ll Need to Apply
- Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree.
- Successful completion of PEBC Qualifying Exam (I and II - MCQ and OSCE), Jurisprudence Exam, and practical training/internship as required by your provincial regulatory authority.
- Registration with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.
- For Clinical Pharmacist positions only: Post-Graduate Clinical Training/Hospital Residency Program (Postgraduate Year 1 – PGY1): One-year accredited residency through Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board (CPRB).
What We Offer
At Island Health, pharmacy professionals can build long-term careers supported by competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, a strong pension plan, internal mobility, and opportunities across urban, community, and rural practice settings throughout Vancouver Island.
- Competitive salary: $54.49 - $68.10 per hour plus applicable shift differentials.
- Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision.
- Municipal Pension Plan with employer contributions.
- 4 weeks paid vacation (prorated to FTE) plus 13 statutory holidays.
- Continuing education and professional development opportunities.
- Relocation assistance may be available for eligible candidates.
Join Island Health, and play an essential role in patient care every day. Apply today.
Island Health offers programs and services on the unceded and traditional territories of the Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth and Kwakwaka’wakw Peoples. As an organization, we are committed to cultural safety and humility and we demonstrate this through our actions to address Indigenous-specific racism, systemic racism and the ongoing impacts of colonialism.
Pay: $54.49-$68.10 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance
- Vision care
Education:
Licence/Certification:
- registration with the College of Pharmacists of BC (required)
Work Location: In person
