Pharmacy Technician (Casual - All Locations)

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 opportunity to specify your preferred regions during the application process. This ensures that you only receive opportunities in the areas that interest you most.

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

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, packaging or re-packaging medications and compounding various sterile pharmaceutical products according to established procedures.
• Pre-packages oral, liquid and topical medications into unit-of-use format.

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.

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