Pharmacy Technician

2 weeks ago

Sarnia, Canada Bluewater Health Full time

Bargaining Unit:
- OPSEU- Competition #:
- OPS24-075- Job Type:
- Full Time- Department:
- Pharmacy - Drug Procurement & Distrib- Hours of Work:
- Variable- Date Posted:
- November 28, 2024- Job Number:
- J1124-0251- Number of Positions:
- 1- Length of Position:
- Permanent- Closing Date:
- December 5, 2024

At Bluewater Health, we are committed to fostering a Culture of Kindness and promoting health through partnership. With locations in Sarnia and Petrolia, we are proud to serve approximately 131,000 residents of Sarnia-Lambton. Our dedicated team, consisting of nearly 2,500 staff members, professional staff, and volunteers, works tirelessly to provide specialized acute, complex continuing care, allied health, and ambulatory care services.

Our purpose statement, "Health through partnership, Caring with kindness," is at the heart of everything we do. We believe in treating each other, our patients and families, and our community with compassion and respect. Our corporate health human resources campaign, Building Blue, emphasizes our commitment to growth, innovation, and creating a supportive work environment where every team member can thrive.

The successful applicant will work in compliance with all relevant and applicable legislation and Hospital Policies and Procedures, will practice the Bluewater Health Standards of Performance Excellence and will fulfill their role within the Attendance Support Program parameters. The successful applicant will also possess effective communication and interpersonal skills, will have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, and will have strong attention to detail and accuracy.

Each member of Bluewater Health is called to embrace patient and family-centred care in its fullest form. This includes using techniques and strategies to communicate “I care and I respect you,” providing information in a way patients and families can understand, listening to patients and families to learn what an exemplary healthcare experience means to them, and seeking their perspective throughout their stay and during improvement initiatives.

**Qualifications**:

- Pharmacy Technician Diploma from an accredited college required
- Must hold a current RPhT license for active practice with the Ontario College of Pharmacists. required

**Skill, Ability and Experience**:

- Basic proficiency in the use of computers required
- Previous experience in retail and hospital pharmacy preferred
- Experience with Pharmacy software preferred
- Experience in sterile and non-sterile compounding including both hazardous and non-hazardous - preferred**Principal Duties**:

- Collaborating with the Pharmacists
- dispensing medications for all hospital patients across all Bluewater Health sites and Pharmacy Care, the hospital out-patient pharmacy as required
- Compounding sterile preparations for both hazardous and non-hazardous products such as IV admixtures, TPNs and chemotherapy drugs
- Medication order entry of physician orders
- Non-sterile compounding e.g., creams, ointments and oral liquids
- repackaging oral liquids, tablets or capsules as required with automated repackaging equipment
- Restocks medications in Pyxis Automated dispensing cabinets
- Restocking trays for RFID Anesthesia Carts
- Daily Controlled drugs and substance dispensing and inventory control
- Checks the ward stock supply on selected nursing units and replenishes the stock
- Returns unused medication to stock, including billing and crediting medications
- Delivers medication to Nursing Units
- Receiving and barcoding medications
- Replenishes stock and dispenses medications from Swisslog Boxpicker Robot
- Assists with Inventory control
- Interviews patients to complete a best possible medication history (BPMH) as part of the medication reconciliation process
- Participates in department and Hospital Quality Improvement initiatives
- Completes continuing education requirements as necessary
- Acts as a coach, mentor, resource and positive role model for new staff and students
- Other related duties as assigned

Successful applicant will be considered a multisite employee
Selection will be made on the basis of skill, ability, experience and qualifications as per Article 21.01 of the OPSEU Collective Agreement

We thank you in advance for your interest in Bluewater Health, however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with Bluewater Health policy, offers of employment to prospective employees are conditional upon the successful completion and disclosure of a Police Records/Vulnerable Sector Check.

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