Pharmacy Technician - Pharmacy Production Centre - Vancouver

Fraser Health•Vancouver, BC

174d•Onsite

About The Position

Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services is a collaboration of four premier health employers: Fraser Health, Provincial Health Services, Providence, and Vancouver Coastal Health. They provide an integrated approach to pharmaceutical care and service excellence for patients, residents, and clients, and are committed to investing in professional development and building an environment for career advancement. This Full Time opportunity is for a Pharmacy Technician to join the team at the Pharmacy Production Centre in Vancouver, BC. The role offers the chance to work in a fast-growing organization with eminent professionals, a competitive salary package with comprehensive health benefits, and the opportunity to contribute to improving patient care and quality of life. Fraser Health aims to build an environment where employees love their work, workplace, and colleagues, recognizing that everyone plays a role in the care continuum.

Requirements

Grade 12 and graduation from an accredited Pharmacy Technician program or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Current practicing registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.
Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
Ability to deal with others effectively.
Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
Ability to keyboard.
Ability to organize work.
Ability to operate related equipment.

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.