Join our Pharmacy Team!
If you’re an experienced Pharmacist looking for a meaningful career move - and a change in lifestyle - Island Health welcomes you. Join a team that values your expertise, supports your professional growth, and helps make your relocation to British Columbia seamless with up to $5,000 in relocation assistance.
Whether you’re seeking coastal living, new clinical challenges, or a fresh professional chapter, Vancouver Island offers an exceptional place to live, work and thrive.
About the Position
As a Pharmacist with Island Health, you’ll play a vital role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. Your clinical skills, leadership, and compassion will make a direct impact on the wellbeing of the communities we serve.
We are hiring full-time, part-time and temporary experienced Pharmacists across Vancouver Island.
Join a region where your practice can grow and where the west coast lifestyle begins right outside your door.
What You Will Need to Apply
Staff Pharmacist Roles
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.
Clinical Pharmacist Roles
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree.
Post-Graduate Clinical Training/Hospital Residency Program (Postgraduate Year 1 – PGY1): One-year accredited residency through Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board (CPRB).
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.
If you’re coming from outside BC, our team will connect you with the resources you need for a smooth transition.
What We Offer
Competitive salary: $51.37 - 64.19 per hour plus applicable shift differentials.
Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision.
Municipal Pension Plan with employer contributions.
Up to 4 weeks paid vacation (prorated to FTE) plus 13 statutory holidays.
Continuing education and professional development opportunities.
Relocation assistance up to $5,000 for eligible out-of-province candidates.
Here, your career comes with support - and your lifestyle comes with ocean air.
Ready to Make the Move?
If you’re passionate about high-quality care and excited to begin your next chapter on Vancouver Island, we’d love to hear from you.
Island Health provides health and care services to more than 885,000 people on Vancouver Island, the islands in the Salish Sea and the Johnstone Strait and mainland communities north of Powell River. With more than30,000 healthcare professionals, including more than 3,000 doctors, nurse practitioners, midwives and dentists that make up our Medical Staff – as well as 1,000 volunteers and the dedicated support of 12 foundations and19 active auxiliaries, Island Health delivers a broad range of health services, including public health services, primary health care, home and community care, mental health and substance use services, acute care in hospitals and much more across a huge and geographically diverse region.
We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion, offering 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.
We are Island Health. Creating our future together.
Visit our website at www.islandhealth.ca/careers to learn more.
