Pharmacy Technician

1 week ago


Calgary, Canada Alberta Health Services Full time

Your Opportunity:
Practicing within their full scope, the Pharmacy Technician performs all aspects of drug distribution to provide for the effective daily operation of all departmental services and programs leading to safe and effective patient care. Foothills Medical Center Pharmacy is a 24/7 Pharmacy with shifts around the clock. Core duties may include, but are not limited to: Preparation, repackaging and final product checking of sterile and non-sterile products, individual patient prescriptions, and ward stock. Providing guidance to and assisting with the training and orientation of staff and students. Providing clinical support through obtaining information to facilitate medication reconciliation activities and clarifies discrepancies and/or collects and organizes information to support the provision of direct patient care. Building interactive relationships with all members of the healthcare team including communicating with nursing staff to clarify orders and requests, triaging drug information questions and distribution issues. Maintaining a high standard of performance through completion of internal validation programs that assess proficiency in identified tasks such as aseptic technique, computer order entry, and final product checking. Participating in special projects and programs as assigned. Maintaining department records, statistics and preparing reports as required.

Description:
As a Pharmacy Technician I, you will be responsible for the preparation and distribution of pharmaceutical products. You will receive and triage medication orders, compound and repackage medication and prepare sterile and non-sterile pharmaceutical products.
- **Classification**:Pharmacy Technician
- ** Union**:HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- ** Unit and Program**:Inpatient Pharmacy
- ** Primary Location**:Foothills Medical Centre
- ** Location Details**:As Per Location
- ** Multi-Site**:Not Applicable
- ** FTE**:0.80
- ** Posting End Date**:11-OCT-2024
- ** Temporary Employee Class**:Temp P/T Benefits
- ** Date Available**:21-OCT-2024
- ** Temporary End Date**:27-JUL-2025
- ** Hours per Shift**:7.75
- ** Length of Shift in weeks**:2
- ** Shifts per cycle**:8
- ** Shift Pattern**:Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends
- ** Days Off**:As Per Rotation
- ** Minimum Salary**:$31.13
- ** Maximum Salary**:$38.98
- ** Vehicle Requirement**:Not Applicable

**Required Qualifications**:
Completion of a CCAPP-accredited Pharmacy Technician Training Program. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Pharmacy (ACP) as a Pharmacy Technician.

**Additional Required Qualifications**:
**Preferred Qualifications**:
Committed to continual personal quality improvement and lifelong learning. FMC experience is preferred Membership with a pharmacy professional organization is preferred. Experience in a Clinical Support Technician Role is preferred. EPIC Willow experience is preferred. Retail experience is an asset.


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