Hospital Pharmacy Technician — Impactful Patient Care

Fraser Health; Chilliwack; On-site; CAD 4,133,000 - 5,786,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Job summary

Fraser Health in Chilliwack, BC, is seeking a full-time Pharmacy Technician at Chilliwack General Hospital. The role involves processing medication orders, verifying prescriptions, and handling dispensed medications within established protocols.

The team emphasizes professional development, quality patient care, and smooth operations, with a supportive environment and competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• 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

• Process clinically reviewed and approved medication orders for distribution to a patient, client or resident.
• Receive prescriptions (verbal and non verbal) from practitioners and ensure prescriptions are complete and authentic by performing duties such as verifying allergy status and/or demographics.
• Prepare and process 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.
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of dispensed prescriptions by verifying order entries and performing the final check.
• Process prescriptions for temporary inpatient leaves of absence; transfer prescriptions to and from other pharmacies.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Keyboarding

Organization

Equipment handling

Education

Pharmacy Technician program

Job description

Fraser Health in Chilliwack, BC, is seeking a full-time Pharmacy Technician at Chilliwack General Hospital. The role involves processing medication orders, verifying prescriptions, and handling dispensed medications within established protocols.

The team emphasizes professional development, quality patient care, and smooth operations, with a supportive environment and competitive benefits.