Specialist Professional Affairs Support - Calgary, Canada - Sobeys

Description

Requisition ID: 181825

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers

Job Category: In-Store Pharmacy Quality and Regulatory

Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: Nova Scotia; Alberta

City: Dartmouth or Calgary

Location: Dartmouth Office, Calgary Office

Postal Code:

Our family of 131,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an impact?

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team We currently have an opportunity for a full time Specialist, Professional Affairs to join our National Pharmacy Team based out of our office(s) in Dartmouth - NS or Calgary - AB. As a valued team member working in a hybrid environment you will be required to be on site either in office a minimum of three (3) days per week.

Here's where you'll be focusing:

As a member of the National Pharmacy Team, you will support quality and professional affairs- for example, patient safety, privacy adherence, pharmacy policy & procedure, regulatory compliance, advocacy, and professional development. You will work in a highly collaborative environment, developing relationships and partnering with peers, managers and Directors across the company to deliver goals in a fast-paced environment.

· Liaise and collaborate with operations and the pharmacy services/programs team to identify learning, development, and policy needs to support priorities and objectives.

· Manage and track intake requests and team-identified needs for prioritization and execution.

· Coordinate, track, evaluate, and update education and training programs for pharmacists, pharmacy assistants, pharmacy technicians and other staff to support strategic priorities.

· Support the use and understanding of tools and programs in place to meet corporate and regulatory standards, including but not limited to audit programs and QRE reporting.

· Assist in reviewing data analytics and data visualization to create operational intelligence, identify trends, and areas of opportunity.

· Support pharmacy policy and procedure library maintenance and revisions.

· Support policy and procedure development, implementation, communication and comprehension.

· Support privacy auditing and education.

· Support Pharmacy Appreciation Month planning, communication and deliverables, and evaluation.

· Ad hoc support of other quality and professional services.

What you have to offer:

The ideal candidate has pharmacy policy and procedure experience, including adherence assessments. You will have strong communication skills and believe in participating in a team culture of high performance and being challenged to be the best. You will have the opportunity to think progressively, continually learn and develop, while working together to deliver our collective results.

· Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)

· Ability to analyze data, interpret results and identify best practices/problem solve

· Self-directed including planning and organizing and the ability to set priorities and coordinate work activities.

· Ability to build strong relationships across functions

· Ability to navigate within the organization and leverage organizational knowledge

· Process driven

· Able to embrace change

· Minimum High school diploma, post-secondary preferred

· Pharmacy Technician or Assistant experience preferred

· Kroll experience/knowledge

· Experience with professional development, policy development, or regulatory work preferred

· Understanding of pharmacist and pharmacy technician scope and/or general knowledge of pharmacy regulations and operations

· Administration skills such as planning and organizing and the ability to set priorities and coordinate work activities

· Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Excel

· Knowledge/experience with data analysis and/or data visualization (eg, Tableau) preferred

· SharePoint experience preferred

· Comfortable taking on new challenges

· Ability/willingness to travel (approx. 10%)

We offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role and location. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by or monitored for accuracy by our organization. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Sobeys is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

While all responses are appreciated only those being considered for interviews will be acknowledged.

We appreciate the interest from the Staffing industry however respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies.