Practice pharmacy in Nova Scotia, Canada
Work in Nova Scotia, Canada
Career opportunities are available in a wide variety of practice settings such as pharmacist-led primary care clinics, community pharmacies, and hospitals. Whatever your preference – there is a place for you in Nova Scotia!
Nova Scotia wants you!
If you’re a pharmacy professional interested in broadening your scope of practice, Nova Scotia may just be the prescription for you.
Pharmacy Practice in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia, like the rest of Canada, offers universal healthcare.
What sets us apart is the support pharmacy professionals receive to use the full range of their knowledge and skills within the healthcare system.
Assessing and Prescribing
All pharmacists in Nova Scotia can assess and prescribe for conditions like UTIs and shingles as well as renewals, therapeutic substitutions and adaptations.
Chronic Drug Therapy
Pharmacists are positioned to manage chronic conditions like diabetes, asthma, and hypertension.
Immunization & Preventive Care
Pharmacists are authorized to prescribe and administer all publicly funded vaccines as well as to prescribe medications for contraception management and Lyme disease.
Ordering Labs
Pharmacists can order and receive lab results to inform their assessment of the patient and optimize their drug therapy.
Primary Care
Pharmacists deliver primary care to the public: promoting health, preventing illness, and meeting a broad range of medication-related needs.
Minor Ailments
Pharmacists can assess and prescribe for minor ailments including conjunctivitis, acne, allergies, impetigo, GERD, and many more.
Medication Management
Pharmacy professionals work with patients on reviewing medications and creating a full medication history, ensuring that the right patient gets the right medication at the right time.
Practice Research
Pharmacists involved in various research projects leverage their knowledge and skills to deliver patient care in innovative ways. These projects continue to shape the development of pharmacists’ scope of practice.
Bring your career here and take it to the next level
Beginning with broadening your scope of practice, Nova Scotia offers you more opportunities to advance your pharmacy career and find greater levels of professional satisfaction and work/life balance.
Let’s talk. Tell us about your goals and we’ll tell you how we can help you get there, by getting here. Answer a few questions and our RxNS Career Navigator will get in touch.
As a pharmacist in Nova Scotia, I take pride in our vibrant and dynamic province that actively supports our profession and empowers me to reach my fullest potential as a health-care provider.
Pharmacists are no longer just the healthcare professionals that educate patients on medications.
What makes Nova Scotia unique is our broad scope of practice. We work in pharmacy clinics where we can intervene and help patients.
With the evolving and expanded scope of practice, pharmacists are now able to practice more fully.
Reach out, we’ll reach back
Answer a few questions and you’ll get the information you need from our RxNS Career Navigator. It only takes a minute to take your career to the next level.
More Nova Scotia Pharmacy Connections
Use the following links to explore pharmacy professions and practice in Nova Scotia, and see where you fit in best.