Pharmacy Technician - Red Deer, Canada - Alberta Health Services

Alberta Health Services

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Red Deer, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Your Opportunity:

The Central Alberta Cancer Center is a busy and fast paced Regional Cancer Center located in Red Deer, Alberta.

Pharmacy Technicians practice to their full scope and perform all aspects of drug distribution services to provide safe and quality patient care.

Pharmacy Technician dispensing related responsibilities include triage, preparation, repackaging and final product checking of sterile and non-sterile products, individual patient prescriptions, and ward stock.

Other duties include guiding and assisting with the training and orientation of staff and students; providing clinical support through obtaining information to facilitate medication reconciliation activities and clarifying discrepancies, and/or collecting and organizing information to support the provision of direct patient care; participating in special projects and programs as assigned; maintaining department records and statistics and preparing reports as required.

It is important to build and maintain successful interactive relationships with all members of the healthcare team, including communicating with nursing staff to clarify orders and requests, triaging drug information questions and problem

Description:

As a Pharmacy Technician I, you will be responsible for the preparation and distribution of pharmaceutical products. You will receive and triage medication orders, compound and repackage medication and prepare sterile and non-sterile pharmaceutical products.

Classification: Pharmacy Technician
Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
Unit and Program: Central Alberta Cancer Center Pharmacy
Primary Location: Central Alberta Cancer Centre
Location Details: As Per Location
Multi-Site: Not Applicable
FTE: 0.

80

Posting End Date: 05-JAN-2023

Employee Class: Regular Part Time

Date Available: 16-JAN-2023

Hours per Shift: 7.75
Length of Shift in weeks: 2
Shifts per cycle: 8
Shift Pattern: Days
Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
Minimum Salary: $30.52
Maximum Salary: $38.22
Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of a CCAPP-accredited Pharmacy Technician Training Program. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Pharmacy (ACP) as a Pharmacy Technician.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

6 months or more recent experience in a retail Pharmacy setting. Membership and involvement in Pharmacy professional organization(s) such as CAPHO, PTSA, CAPT, ACP, CSHP and PEBC. Prior hospital experience with a variety of responsibilities.

Connect Care WIP and WAM experience will be viewed as a huge asset, as will current chemotherapy IV certification status.

Preference will also be given to pharmacy technicians that have held positions involving problem solving and decision making.