About this role
Competition # : 49802 Department: Health and Wellness Location: HALIFAX Type of Employment: Permanent Union Status: Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG Closing Date: 22-Sep-26 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time) About Us
The Department of Health and Wellness offers opportunities to grow and advance in a dynamic sector that touches the lives of all Nova Scotians. Along with our partners, including the Nova Scotia Health Authority and the IWK Health Centre, we're committed to continually improving our health care system.
With a focus on collaborative primary health care, continuing care, improved supports for mental health and addictions, digital health, capital infrastructure, and more, the department is thinking differently about how to plan, fund, legislate and monitor to improve access and service delivery. To do this, we need leaders at all levels of the organization who embrace a challenge and believe in their ability to make a difference.
About Our Opportunity
The Program Manager, Pharmacy Solutions provides leadership for Nova Scotia's Pharmacy Solutions portfolio, including the provincial Drug Information System (DIS) and related digital health initiatives. This role offers an opportunity to support the continued evolution of pharmacy-related digital health services that improve medication management, strengthen provider workflows, and advance health system priorities.
Reporting to the Director, Digital Health Solutions, you will lead a team responsible for the operation, sustainment, improvement, and modernization of pharmacy solutions across the province. You will set direction for the portfolio, guide priorities, support good governance, and work with partners to ensure services remain reliable, user-focused, and aligned with health system needs.
As the departmental lead for Pharmacy Solutions, you will bring a strong understanding of pharmacy practice, medication management, and digital health service delivery to support sound decisions, strong relationships, effective risk management, and continuous improvem