Pharmacy Technician (Casual - All Locations)
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description
Salary
The salary range for this position is CAD $34.18 - $34.18 / hour
Job Summary
In this job posting, we welcome applicants from all geographic regions. Please note that while we encourage applications from candidates interested in various locations, you will have the salary range for this position is CAD $34.18 - $34.18 / hour
Get to know Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services
We are a collaboration of four premier health employers Fraser Health, Provincial Health Services, Providence and Vancouver Coastal Health and provide an integrated approach to pharmaceutical care and service excellence patients, residents and clients committed to investing in your professional development in building an environment where you can advance your career.
Position Highlights
We currently have exciting casual opportunities for Pharmacy Technicians across the Greater Vancouver area, Abbotsford/Hope/Boston Bar, Squamish/Whistler and the Sunshine Coast‑Sechelt/Powell River areas.
Your specific duties will include:
- Processing medication orders verified by a pharmacist
- Preparing, processing, dispensing and compounding medications including intravenous medications
- Transferring prescriptions to and receiving prescriptions from other pharmacies
- Utilizing the latest automation technology in the medication distribution system
You may also have the chance to work in specialty‑areas, be involved in pharmacy projects, and to use your critical thinking skills to help develop quality assurance processes.
We want a forward‑thinking, pleasant person with an eye for the position.
Are you passionate about joining us? To be a part of our team, we will be looking for:
- Completion of Pharmacy Technician Program
- Current practicing registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.
If this sounds like the perfect role for you, here’s why we believe you should apply:
- A career that offers you the opportunity to work in a fast growing and exciting organization with professionals who are eminent in their respective fields.
- Competitive salary package, including comprehensive health benefits coverage.
Detailed Overview
The Pharmacy Technician operates in accordance with the competency guidelines and scope/standards of practice for Pharmacy Technicians as outlined by the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia and according to organizational policies, procedures, standards and unit specific protocols.
Responsibilities
- Processes clinically reviewed and approved medication orders for distribution to a patient, client or resident.
- Receives prescriptions (verbal and non verbal) from practitioners and ensures that prescriptions are complete and authentic by performing duties such as verifying allergy status and/or demographics.
- Prepares and processes prescriptions by performing duties such as entering orders, counting, measuring, and compounding various sterile pharmaceutical products according to established procedures.
- Ensures the accuracy and completeness of dispensed prescriptions prepared by self or others by verifying order entries, and/or performing the final check of dispensed prescriptions.
- Processes prescriptions for temporary inpatient leave of absence by methods such as reviewing, translating and converting existing inpatient medication orders previously reviewed and approved by a pharmacist.
- Enters and ensures the accuracy and completeness of drug and personal health information in the pharmacy information system.
- Transfers prescriptions to and receives prescriptions from other pharmacies.
- Maintains accurate records such as medication verification and the results of quality assurance checks.
- Distributes medications and maintains relevant inventory, wardstock and narcotic records.
- Maintains inventory and wardstock levels. Fills wardstock and narcotic requisitions.
- Identifies outdated drugs to be returned or destroyed by checking stock for lot expiry dates.
- Maintains department work areas by ensuring tidiness and order. Stocks pharmaceuticals, labels, containers and glassware in accordance with established procedures and standards.
- Performs related clerical duties such as keyboarding, answering telephone, filing and maintaining medication and prescription records.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
Grade 12 and graduation from an accredited Pharmacy Technician program or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Current practicing registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to deal with others effectively.
- Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
- Ability to keyboard.
- Ability to organize work.
- Ability to operate related equipment.
About Fraser Health
Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community‑based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
We are committed to planetary health and value and diversity in the workforce.
About Fraser Health Authority
The ❤️ of health care from Burnaby to Boston Bar on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to 32 First Nations within the territories of the Fraser Salish region.
Pharmacy Technician (Casual - All Locations)
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description
Salary
The salary range for this position is CAD $34.18 - $34.18 / hour
Job Summary
In this job posting, we welcome applicants from all geographic regions. Please note that while we encourage applications from candidates interested in various locations, you will have the salary range for this position is CAD $34.18 - $34.18 / hour
Get to know Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services
We are a collaboration of four premier health employers Fraser Health, Provincial Health Services, Providence and Vancouver Coastal Health and provide an integrated approach to pharmaceutical care and service excellence patients, residents and clients committed to investing in your professional development in building an environment where you can advance your career.
Position Highlights
We currently have exciting casual opportunities for Pharmacy Technicians across the Greater Vancouver area, Abbotsford/Hope/Boston Bar, Squamish/Whistler and the Sunshine Coast‑Sechelt/Powell River areas.
Your specific duties will include:
- Processing medication orders verified by a pharmacist
- Preparing, processing, dispensing and compounding medications including intravenous medications
- Transferring prescriptions to and receiving prescriptions from other pharmacies
- Utilizing the latest automation technology in the medication distribution system
You may also have the chance to work in specialty‑areas, be involved in pharmacy projects, and to use your critical thinking skills to help develop quality assurance processes.
We want a forward‑thinking, pleasant person with an eye for the position.
Are you passionate about joining us? To be a part of our team, we will be looking for:
- Completion of Pharmacy Technician Program
- Current practicing registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.
If this sounds like the perfect role for you, here’s why we believe you should apply:
- A career that offers you the opportunity to work in a fast growing and exciting organization with professionals who are eminent in their respective fields.
- Competitive salary package, including comprehensive health benefits coverage.
Detailed Overview
The Pharmacy Technician operates in accordance with the competency guidelines and scope/standards of practice for Pharmacy Technicians as outlined by the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia and according to organizational policies, procedures, standards and unit specific protocols.
Responsibilities
- Processes clinically reviewed and approved medication orders for distribution to a patient, client or resident.
- Receives prescriptions (verbal and non verbal) from practitioners and ensures that prescriptions are complete and authentic by performing duties such as verifying allergy status and/or demographics.
- Prepares and processes prescriptions by performing duties such as entering orders, counting, measuring, and compounding various sterile pharmaceutical products according to established procedures.
- Ensures the accuracy and completeness of dispensed prescriptions prepared by self or others by verifying order entries, and/or performing the final check of dispensed prescriptions.
- Processes prescriptions for temporary inpatient leave of absence by methods such as reviewing, translating and converting existing inpatient medication orders previously reviewed and approved by a pharmacist.
- Enters and ensures the accuracy and completeness of drug and personal health information in the pharmacy information system.
- Transfers prescriptions to and receives prescriptions from other pharmacies.
- Maintains accurate records such as medication verification and the results of quality assurance checks.
- Distributes medications and maintains relevant inventory, wardstock and narcotic records.
- Maintains inventory and wardstock levels. Fills wardstock and narcotic requisitions.
- Identifies outdated drugs to be returned or destroyed by checking stock for lot expiry dates.
- Maintains department work areas by ensuring tidiness and order. Stocks pharmaceuticals, labels, containers and glassware in accordance with established procedures and standards.
- Performs related clerical duties such as keyboarding, answering telephone, filing and maintaining medication and prescription records.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
Grade 12 and graduation from an accredited Pharmacy Technician program or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Current practicing registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to deal with others effectively.
- Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
- Ability to keyboard.
- Ability to organize work.
- Ability to operate related equipment.
About Fraser Health
Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community‑based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
We are committed to planetary health and value and diversity in the workforce.
About Fraser Health Authority
The ❤️ of health care from Burnaby to Boston Bar on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to 32 First Nations within the territories of the Fraser Salish region.