Pharmacy Technician II - Pharmacy - Term Full-Time

Job Category: Pharmacy

Requisition Number: PHARM
002950

• Posted :
  August 6, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

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Whitehorse General Hospital
5 Hospital Road
Whitehorse, YT , CAN

Term Full-Time Position - (1.0 FTE)

August 24, 2026 - August 6, 2027

This position is at the L05 level with an hourly pay range of $33.93 - $42.93

(PSAC Bargaining Unit)

Reporting to the Pharmacy Manager, the incumbent, as part of the Pharmacy team, performs complex duties such as manufacturing various sterile products, intravenous solutions, and chemotherapy; performs order entry duties; measures, manufactures, compounds, packages; organizes and distributes medications; assists with the purchasing and receiving; and performs other related duties. The position makes decisions with regard to: quantity of items packaged/compounded; quantities of medication required including compounded parenteral products;

determines quantities of supplies stocked in dispensary inventory in consultation with Pharmacy Manager and performs purchasing/receiving duties as required.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required:

• Knowledge of manufacturing methods for various sterile products, intravenous solutions, and chemotherapy drugs and to measure, manufacture, compound, package, and distribute medications;
• Analytical skills;
• Good communication skills, both oral and written;
• Ability to deal with others effectively;
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position;
• Basic computer skills, including typing;
• Ability to operate related equipment;
• Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary work team

The successful applicant will have grade 12 diploma and graduated from a nationally recognized Pharmacy Technician course including a hospital pharmacy practicum (or judged equivalent experience). The following education, training and certification are desired: 1-2 years hospital pharmacy experience;
National Certification from the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC); registration with a Canadian College of Pharmacy;
Meditech experience and 6-12 months, experience preparing chemotherapy.