Pharmacy Assistant

1 week ago


Calgary, Alberta, Canada Alberta Health Services Full time

Your Opportunity:

Under the general supervision of a pharmacist or pharmacy technician, performs various medication preparations and moderately complex clerical duties in accordance with standard procedures

Key Responsibilities:
Performs all ward stock functions. Transports pharmacy items between pharmacy, patient care areas and other departments. Picks up physicians' orders from the nursing units. Packages and labels pharmaceuticals according to established procedures. Assists pharmacy technicians with non-sterile components of sterile pharmaceutical product preparation. Checks and fill wardstock, orders stock and receive pharmacy inventory and supplies according to established quotas and procedures. Monitors pharmacy inventory and supplies for outdated products. Charges and credits medications per established procedure. Prints and distributes reports from pharmacy computer system. Performs routine physical cleaning and maintenance on pharmacy equipment. Completes records and filing associated with all duties.

Performs unit-based duties such as placing roster labels on patient bins and communicating unit-based issues to other pharmacy staff for resolution.

Participates in hospital and/or departmental quality assurance/improvement activities to ensure standards are maintained. Assists in training and orientation of new employees, students and pharmacy residents. Maintains site-specific standards of performance, including achievement of mandatory internal certifications.

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: Pharmacy
  • Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre
  • Location Details: As Per Location
  • Multi-Site: Not Applicable
  • FTE: 1.
00

Posting End Date: 03-MAY-2023

  • Employee Class: Regular Full Time
Date Available: 29-MAY-2023

  • Hours per Shift: 7.75
  • Length of Shift in weeks: 15
  • Shifts per cycle: 75
  • Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
  • Days Off: As Per Rotation
  • Minimum Salary: $22.55
  • Maximum Salary: $25.90
  • Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

Recent Knowledge of various office equipment, unit dose packaging equipment, and pharmaceutical compounding equipment preferred. Word processing and pharmacy computer software knowledge preferred. Knowledge of Pharmacy Drug Formulary preferred.
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