Pharmacy Technician - Downtown East Side Community Pharmacies

Salary: The salary range for this position is CAD $34.18 - $34.18 / hour

Job Summary: Are you motivated to join a dedicated team of health care providers in this dynamic and rewarding role? Are you interested in a career where you can make an impact on the well-being of others? 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 to join our team at Crosstown Clinic, Downtown Community Health Centre and Hope to Health Centre located in Vancouver, BC. Community pharmacy experience or interest, working with marginalized Mental Health & Substance Use populations required. This position is for our Downtown Eastside group of pharmacies - Crosstown Clinic, Downtown Community Health Centre and Hope to Health Centre.

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.
• Our pharmacy team always aspires to improve and achieve the best possible care for our patients and improve their quality of life.
• We aim to build an environment where you love the work you do, the place where you work, and the people around you.

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.

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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