Pharmacy Assistant

Your Opportunity: Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in healthcare? As a Pharmacy Assistant in the Royal Alexandra Hospital, you’ll play a key role in ensuring patients across Alberta receive safe, timely, and effective medication. This is a rewarding opportunity to support patient care while contributing to pharmacy operations in a fast paced, collaborative environment. Working under the supervision of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, you will assist with medication repackaging, distribution, delivery, and inventory management. Daily tasks include selecting and labeling medications, operating repackaging equipment, replenishing patient specific carts and ward stock, and performing ordering and receiving duties. You’ll use automated and computerized systems to support accuracy and efficiency. Strong verbal and written English communication skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to confidentiality and teamwork are essential. You will also mentor and train other Pharmacy Assistants, new staff, and students. The ideal candidate demonstrates accuracy, professionalism, reliability, and the ability to succeed in a dynamic and continually evolving environment. You must be able to follow instructions, work independently and collaboratively, and adapt to changing workflows and technologies. Physical demands include visual acuity, keyboarding, heavy lifting and grip strength, twisting, crouching, bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, kneeling, and extended periods of standing and walking. This role also involves handling hazardous medications with appropriate PPE. This site operates 24/7 and requires availability for day, evening, and/or weekend shifts AHS offers opportunities for career growth, advancement, and continuing education. This is more than a job, it’s a chance to learn, lead, and make a meaningful difference every day. Description: As a Pharmacy Assistant, you will be responsible for the packaging, distributing, shipping medications and the management and replenishment of medication inventory levels under the general supervision of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians. Classification: Pharmacy Assistant Union: AUPE GSS Unit and Program: Inpatient Pharmacy Primary Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.00 Posting End Date: 11-SEP-2026 Employee Class: Casual/Relief Date Available: 28-SEP-2026 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: Varies Shifts per cycle: Varies Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends Days Off: Other Minimum Salary: $24.65 Maximum Salary: $28.30 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable Required Qualifications: Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent. Additional Required Qualifications: Must take and pass a pharmacy assistant skills test. Must be able to deliver to all areas of the hospital including the emergency department. Must be able to deliver to all areas of the hospital including the emergency department. Physical requirements include lifting, up to 30 lbs. regularly and up to 50 lbs. occasionally, plus frequent pushing, pulling, and extended standing or sitting. Preferred Qualifications: Pharmacy Assistant Program enrollment/diploma is preferred. Pharmacy experience is preferred, especially if inpatient pharmacy at a large acute care hospital. Experience with Epic (Connect Care) computer system is preferred.

Responsible for packaging, distributing, and shipping medications while managing inventory levels under pharmacist supervision. Tasks include labeling medications, replenishing ward stock, and mentoring new staff and students.

Requires completion of Grade 12 and passing a pharmacy assistant skills test. Physical ability to lift up to 50 lbs and deliver medications throughout the hospital is essential.

• Career growth • Advancement opportunities • Continuing education

• TeamworkPreferred
• Pharmacy OperationsPreferred
• TrainingPreferred
• Attention to detailPreferred
• Communication SkillsPreferred
• Inventory managementPreferred

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Medication Repackaging
• Inventory Management
• Pharmacy Operations
• Patient Care Support
• Epic Connect Care
• Communication Skills
• Attention To Detail
• Teamwork
• Confidentiality
• Mentoring
• Training
• Hazardous Medication Handling

• Healthcare
• Logistics
• Administrative

Minimum education

High school

Minimum experience

0+ years

Apply by

Oct 4, 2026

Posting language

English

Working hours

40 hours per week

Seniority

Entry level