Pharmacy Technician; Casual - Locations Job Abbotsford area,BC Canada,Healthcare

Position: Pharmacy Technician (Casual - All Locations)

Salary

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

Job Summary

In this posting we welcome applicants from all geographic regions. Please note that while we encourage applications from candidates interested in various locations, you will have the opportunity to specify your preferred regions during the application process. This ensures that you only receive opportunities in the areas that interest you most.

About 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 for patients, residents and clients. We are committed to investing in your professional development and building an environment where you can advance your career.

Position Highlights

We currently have exciting casual opportunities for Pharmacy Technicians across the Greater Vancouver area, Abbotsford/Hope/Boston Bar, Squamish/Whistler and the Sunshine Coast-Sechelt/Powell River areas.

Your Duties

Processing medication orders verified by a pharmacist
Preparing, processing, dispensing and compounding medications including intravenous medications
Transferring prescriptions to and receiving prescriptions from other pharmacies
Utilizing the latest automation technology in the medication distribution system

You may also have the chance to work in specialty areas, be involved in pharmacy projects, and use your critical thinking skills to help develop quality assurance processes.

Qualifications

Completion of Pharmacy Technician Program
Current practicing registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia

Benefits

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.

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. Pre-packages oral, liquid and topical medications into unit‑of‑use format.

Ensures the accuracy and completeness of dispensed prescriptions prepared by self or others by verifying order entries, and/or performing the final check of dispensed prescriptions.

Processes prescriptions for temporary inpatient leave of absence by methods such as reviewing, translating and converting existing inpatient medication orders previously reviewed and approved by a pharmacist.

Enters and ensures the accuracy and completeness of drug and personal health information in the pharmacy information system.

Transfers prescriptions to and receives prescriptions from other pharmacies.

Maintains accurate records such as medication verification and the results of quality assurance checks.

Distributes medications and maintains relevant inventory, wardstock and narcotic records.

Maintains inventory and wardstock levels. Fills wardstock and narcotic requisitions.

Identifies outdated drugs to be returned or destroyed by checking stock for lot expiry dates.

Maintains department work areas by ensuring tidiness and order. Stocks pharmaceuticals, labels, containers and glassware in accordance with established procedures and standards.

Performs related clerical duties such as keyboarding, answering telephone, filing and maintaining medication and prescription records.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

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…


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