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    Pharmacy Assistant - Calgary, Canada - Alberta Health Services

    Alberta Health Services
    Alberta Health Services Calgary, Canada

    2 weeks ago

    Alberta Health Services background
    Temp F/T Benefits
    Description

    Your Opportunity:

    The South Health Campus (SHC) pharmacy assistant, under the general supervision of a pharmacist or pharmacy technician, performs various medication preparations and moderately complex clerical duties in accordance with standard procedures. Key Responsibilities: Performs all ward stock functions.Performs all Automated Dispensing Cabinet functions. Transports pharmacy items between pharmacy, patient care areas and other departments.Packages and labels pharmaceuticals according to established procedures.Assists pharmacy technicians with non-sterile components of sterile pharmaceutical product preparation.Checks and fill wardstock, orders stock and receive pharmacy inventory and supplies according to established quotas and procedures.Monitors pharmacy inventory and supplies for outdated products.Charges and credits medications per established procedure.Prints and distributes reports from pharmacy computer system.Performs routine physical cleaning and maintenance on pharmacy equipment.Completes records and filing associated with all duties.Performs unit-based duties and communicates unit-based issues to other pharmacy staff for resolution.Participates in hospital and/or departmental quality assurance/improvement activities to ensure standards are maintained.Assists in training and orientation of new employees, students and pharmacy residents.Maintains site-specific standards of performance, including achievement of mandatory internal certifications.Performs other duties deemed necessary or assigned. The SHC has four key pillars of service: Collaborative Practice, Wellness, Patient and Family Centred Care, and Innovation. These pillars guide the development and delivery of service to all patients and families at SHC. Note: SHC Pharmacy Services provides 24/7 service.

    Description:

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

    Required Qualifications:

    Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent.

    Additional Required Qualifications:

    Working knowledge of Pharmacy terms and medication names.Graduate of a recognized pharmacy assistant program and/or recent retail or hospital pharmacy experience acceptable to the employer.Experience with Windows-based computer applications.Fluency in the English language (both written and verbal).Typing skills.Demonstrates excellent communication, interpersonal and time management skills.Demonstrates good organizational, problem-solving and decision-making ability.Displays professionalism, tact, courtesy, discretion and respects confidentiality.Must be accurate, reliable, precise, cooperative, self-motivated and able to demonstrate effective service attitude.Ability to work all rotations and shift hours.Within your cover letter, indicate the reason you are applying to the South Health Campus and answer the following question: Thinking of your current job, skills and knowledge, what does full scope of practice mean for a Pharmacy Assistant?

    Preferred Qualifications:

    Automated dispensing cabinet (ADC) recent experience preferred (within 6 months).SHC Pharmacy experience and Inventory preferred (within 6 months)CII safe recent experience preferred (within 6 Months). Recent knowledge of various office equipment, unit dose packaging equipment, and pharmaceutical compounding equipment preferred.Experience with word processing and pharmacy computer software preferred.Knowledge of Pharmacy Drug Formulary preferred.

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