Pharmacy Technician - Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Mission Memorial Hospital

Fraser Health • Abbotsford, BC

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services, a collaboration of Fraser Health, Provincial Health Services, Providence, and Vancouver Coastal Health, offers an integrated approach to pharmaceutical care. This organization is committed to professional development and career advancement. This is a Relief Full Time opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician at Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Mission Memorial Hospital in Abbotsford/Mission, BC. This relief role is available until January 2027 or until the return of the incumbent. The Pharmacy Technician operates in accordance with the competency guidelines and scope/standards of practice for Pharmacy Technicians as outlined by the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia and organizational policies. Key duties include processing clinically reviewed medication orders, receiving and authenticating prescriptions, preparing and compounding various sterile pharmaceutical products, ensuring accuracy of dispensed prescriptions, processing prescriptions for temporary inpatient leaves, entering and maintaining drug and personal health information in the pharmacy system, transferring prescriptions, maintaining stock levels, and performing clerical duties.

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.

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.
• Opportunity for professional development and career advancement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees