Pharmacy Assistant

Your Opportunity

Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in healthcare? As a Pharmacy Assistant in Chinook Regional Hospital, you’ll play a key role in ensuring patients across Alberta receive safe, timely, and effective medication. This is a rewarding opportunity to support patient care while contributing to pharmacy operations in a fast paced, collaborative environment.

Working under the supervision of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, you will assist with medication repackaging, distribution, delivery, and inventory management. Daily tasks include selecting and labeling medications, operating repackaging equipment, replenishing patient‑specific carts and ward stock, and performing ordering and receiving duties. You’ll use automated and computerized systems to support accuracy and efficiency. Strong verbal and written English communication skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to confidentiality and teamwork are essential.

You will also mentor and train other Pharmacy Assistants, new staff, and students. The ideal candidate demonstrates accuracy, professionalism, reliability, and the ability to succeed in a dynamic and continually evolving environment.

As a Pharmacy Assistant, you will be responsible for packaging, distributing, shipping medications and the management and replenishment of medication inventory levels under the general supervision of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians.

Help prepare medication packages and units for distribution, maintain accurate inventory records, and support medication ordering and receiving processes. Operate automated packaging equipment and follow safety protocols when handling hazardous medications. Provide training and mentorship to new pharmacy staff.

Required:

Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent.

Preferred:
Graduation from a recognized Canadian pharmacy assistant program or at least 12 months recent experience (within the past 2 years) that includes inventory control, unit‑dose repackaging, and medication picking. Experience in a hospital pharmacy or similar setting, particularly with automated packaging equipment and Willow Pharmacy (Connect Care). Familiarity with pharmaceutical or medical terminology is also advantageous.

Visual acuity, keyboarding, heavy lifting and grip strength, twisting, crouching, bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, kneeling, and extended periods of standing and walking. Handle hazardous medications with appropriate PPE. Physical requirements include lifting up to 30 lbs. regularly and up to 50 lbs. occasionally, plus frequent pushing, pulling, and extended standing or sitting.

Minimum salary: $24.65 per hour

Maximum salary: $28.30 per hour

Vehicle requirement:
Driver’s License, Vehicle Provided

Classification:
Pharmacy Assistant

Union: AUPE GSS

Unit and Program:
Pharmacy Services

Primary

Location:

Chinook Regional Hospital

Employee Class:
Regular Full Time

FTE: 1.00

Shift Pattern:
Days, Evenings, Weekends (as per rotation)