Pharmacy Technician

**Requisition ID**: 186211
**Career Group**: Pharmacy Careers
**Job Category**: Retail - Pharmacy
**Travel Requirements**: 0 - 10%

**Job Type**:Full-Time

**Country**: Canada (CA)
**Province**: Alberta
**City**: Sherwood Park
**Location**: 8924 Sherwood Safeway Pharmacy
**Postal Code**: T8A 3H9

Safeway grocery stores provide an exceptional food shopping experience to consumers from Vancouver, British Columbia to Thunder Bay, Ontario. We are the newest member of Sobeys Inc.’s retail food offering which serves the needs of Canadians with more than 1,600 stores in over 930 communities from coast-to-coast. Whether it's your first job or you're ready for a new challenge, we have a career to fit your life. Our commitment to delivering top quality products and superior service to our customers, and for giving back to the communities we serve has earned us a reputation as an employer of choice for those looking for an exciting career in food retail.

**Ready to Make an impact?**:
We are passionate about taking care of the health and well-being of individuals and families our communities.

As a regulated professional licenced with the provincial college of pharmacy you’ll be an essential part of our pharmacy team that’s committed to providing exceptional patient-centered care and exceeding patients' expectations. We are looking for friendly, knowledgeable, and professional individual to conduct the authorized duties of the technician as imposed by individual Provincial Pharmacy Regulatory Bodies.

**Here’s where you’ll be focusing**:
RPT’s will have independent authority, responsibility, and liability to prepare, process and compound prescriptions including:

- Receiving and transcribing verbal prescriptions from practitioners
- Ensuring prescriptions are complete and authentic
- Providing injections/vaccinations as applicable by regulations in certain jurisdictions
- Transferring prescriptions to and receiving prescriptions from other pharmacies
- Ensuring the accuracy of prepared prescriptions
- Conducting the final check of prepared prescriptions
- Confirming the accuracy of drug and personal health information in patient records

**What you have to offer**:

- Completion of the Pharmacy Technician Certification
- Excellent attention to detail, ability to multi-task and work independently in a fast-paced environment

**What we have to offer**:

- A competitive total compensation package that will vary by role and location
- Flexible work life arrangements to meet your lifestyle needs

We offer a competitive compensation package, which varies by role. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.