Pharmacy Technician - Toronto, Canada - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Summary of Duties
Pharmacy technicians play a key role in providing personalized pharmaceutical care to cancer patients.

The Odette Cancer Centre pharmacy technicians are involved in specialized medication dispensing of take-home medications and interact directly with patients going through an often stressful journey.

They routinely solve many logístical problems for our patients and work closely with pharmacists, drug access navigators, nurses and physicians to ensure patients receive their prescriptions accurately and on time.

As a specialty pharmacy, a majority of our prescriptions involve complicated adjudication and patient support programs.

Odette pharmacy technicians are also responsible for sterile compounding of individualized chemotherapy doses for over 100 patients daily in the chemotherapy clinic.

This involves many different drugs as well as clinical trial medications.

Several different software programs are used in these dispensing functions, and technicians must also be competent in mathematical calculations and be able to efficiently prioritize multiple demands.

Technician duties also include inventory management, ordering and receiving of drugs and supplies.

Qualifications/Skills

Current licensure by the Ontario College of Pharmacists
Retail pharmacy experience preferred, including experience with Point of Sale systems
Knowledge of retail pharmacy computer systems such as Kroll an asset
Able to work in a fastpaced and sometimes stressful environment
Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment
Selfmotivated and able to take initiative
Demonstrated problem solving and critical thinking skills
Excellent communication skills
Reliable and punctual
Customer service skills and empathetic manner
Experience in aseptic medication preparation an asset
Knowledge of hospitalbased oncology computer systems an asset