Shoppers Drug Mart®/Pharmaprix®

Quality Lead

6300 Viscount Road, Unit 1 Mississauga, ON Full time

At Shoppers Drug Mart, we’re innovating health and wellness in Canada. From prescriptions to walk-in clinics, and a beloved loyalty program, we’re caring and supporting our customers in new ways every day.
With more than 1,300 locally owned and operated stores from coast to coast, the Shoppers Drug Mart network is more than a great place to shop, it’s a great place to work.  We’re committed to building our talented team who champion collaboration, kindness and inclusivity. Join our team, and help recognize a healthy future for your career and for all Canadians.

Why this role is important?

What you'll do:

  • Act as the primary point of contact for investigating and managing pharmacy incidents. This includes collaborating with team leaders and managers to conduct timely investigations, develop action plans, and document findings.

  • Create period-end and quarter-end reports to identify and monitor emerging error trends. Collaborate with team leaders and managers to reduce errors based on root cause

  • Highlight and recommend quality improvement opportunities to management

  • Create colleague-friendly reports to highlight incident trends

  • Act as A/QPIC for a Health Canada licensed dealer and manage monthly and annual reporting

  • Collaborate with Quality Assurance to investigate and document losses pertaining to narcotics, controlled, and targeted medications

  • Assist in training policies and procedures related to the Health Canada Office of Controlled Substances

  • Conduct ongoing evaluation of processes as it relates to compliance and workflow efficiency for the site

  • Conduct FMEA on pharmacy process changes and make recommendations to improve compliance and safety

  • Act as a consultant for site processes

  • Responsible for data accuracy of the system (e.g., drug images and descriptions)

  • Liaise with the Quality Assurance team to ensure site compliance with regulatory and corporate quality standards

  • Conduct verification of blister packs when required

  • Commitment to promoting a workplace of inclusiveness and belonging

What you bring :

  • Being a licensed pharmacist or pharmacy technician in Ontario is an asset.

  • 5 years of experience in pharmacy practice

  • Central fill or institutional pharmacy experience

  • Experience in pharmacy incident management and Pharmapod

  • Training in Root Cause Analysis

  • Healthwatch experience is an asset

Why work at Shoppers Drug Mart?
Acting as consultants, supporting internal customers and the Associate-Owners, you will get experience unique to the retail industry while working for an award-winning national brand.   Benefit from a competitive pay program and online learning through Academy.
Take ownership of your work and find more ways to care about your work, co-workers, customers and community.

How You’ll Succeed:

At Shoppers Drug Mart Inc., we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture.  We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections. 

If that sounds like you, and you are open-minded, responsive to change and up to the challenges provided in a fast-paced retail environment, apply today. 

Employment Type:

Full time

Type of Role:

Temporary (Fixed Term)



Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing.  Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

Please Note: If you have Employee Self Service (ESS) on Workday, apply to this job via the Workday application.

Hiring Range / Échelle salariale à l’embauche :

$80,000.00 - $110,000.00 / 80.000,00$ - 110.000,00$ (per year / par an)

A candidate’s experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The Company uses artificial intelligence for the purpose of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants for this position. / L’expérience et les connaissances d’un candidat ainsi que la région géographique dans laquelle le poste est situé peuvent être prises en compte dans la rémunération qu’un candidat reçoit pour ce poste. Cette offre d’emploi concerne un poste vacant existant. L’entreprise utilise l’intelligence artificielle dans le but de filtrer, d’évaluer et/ou de sélectionner les candidats à ce poste.

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