Pharmacy Assistant IIA

Fraser Health Authority; Pitt Meadows; On-site; CAD 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Fraser Health Authority is seeking a Pharmacy Assistant to support medication dispensing, compounding sterile products and packaging within a Pharmacy Production Centre. You will help with automated cabinets, inventory control and wardstock management.

The role requires Grade 12 and completion of a Pharmacy Assistant course, with strong communication, organization and equipment operation skills. You will join a large health-care workforce serving the Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley regions.

Qualifications

• Clear verbal and written communication.
• Ability to interact effectively with others.
• Physical capability to perform duties.
• Ability to type accurately.
• Strong organization and time management.
• Ability to operate pharmacy equipment.

Responsibilities

• Receives, sorts, counts, measures and fills medication containers and assists in distributing medications to patient care units.
• Performs compounding of sterile products and manages packaging and automated machinery in the Pharmacy Production Centre.
• Repackages medications into unit-of-use formats and maintains related records.
• Maintains automated dispensing cabinet settings, analyzes reports for system accuracy and security.
• Ensures wardstock quantities and conducts validation of medication selections.
• Maintains inventory and records for non-controlled and controlled medications and handles waste or destruction of outdated drugs.

Skills

Communication

Written communication

Physical ability

Typing

Organizational skills

Equipment operation

Education

Grade 12

Pharmacy Assistant course

Job description

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $33.85 - $33.85 / hour

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $33.85 - $33.85 / hour

Detailed Overview

Under the general supervision of the Coordinator, Pharmacy Services or designate, assists with medication dispensing by performing complex duties related to compounding sterile products as well as packaging, distributing and inventory control. Monitors and maintains the local system for automated dispensing cabinets. Performs clerical duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Receives, sorts, counts, measures and fills both patient-specific and non-patient-specific medication containers. Assists in the distribution of patient-specific and non-patient-specific medications to patient care units as directed and maintains appropriate records.
• Performs complex duties related to compounding sterile (hazardous and non-hazardous) products according to established procedures; operates pharmacy compounding, packaging and automated machinery within a Pharmacy Production Centre and maintains, and supports the local automated dispensing cabinet system.
• Repackages medications into unit-of-use format using high-capacity packaging and distribution automation and machinery within a Pharmacy Production Centre. Maintains repackaging and compounding records.
• Maintains, and trouble-shoots settings within the automated dispensing cabinet to ensure accuracy and completeness, and analyses reports to monitor system security.
• Maintains appropriate quantities of wardstock medications (manual or automated dispensing cabinet system). Performs a validation of the accuracy of wardstock medications selected by other pharmacy staff in accordance to established policies and procedures. Maintains accurate records of medication selection accuracy and the results of quality assurance reviews.
• Maintains pharmacy department inventory and wardstock quantities for non-controlled and controlled medications. Distributes and maintains relevant inventory, transfer and wardstock delivery records.
• Identifies outdated drugs to be returned or destroyed by reviewing 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 answering telephone, filing and maintaining medication and prescription records.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education, Training and Experience: Grade 12, graduation from a recognized Pharmacy Assistant course or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills And Abilities

• 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 type.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.