Pharmacy Technician

Alberta Health Services; Calgary; Remote; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Alberta Health Services seeks a Pharmacy Technician for their Outpatient Pharmacy Contracts team in Calgary. The role involves managing contracts, verifying transactions, and collaborating with healthcare teams to ensure patient care. Ideally suited for a detail-oriented professional with significant pharmacy experience, the position offers part-time hours with a commitment to quality improvement.

Qualifications

• Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Pharmacy as a Pharmacy Technician.
• 5 years of experience in pharmacy practice.
• 1 year of hospital purchasing experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and distribute pharmaceutical products.
• Verify invoices and billable transactions.
• Build relationships with the healthcare team.

Skills

Communication

Team Collaboration

Education

CCAPP-accredited Pharmacy Technician Training Program

Tools

Microsoft Office

Oracle Purchasing modules

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The Alberta Health Services (AHS) Outpatient Pharmacy Contracts team is part of the Provincial Operations portfolio of Pharmacy Services. The team is responsible for managing the contract and relationship between AHS and the Calgary outpatient pharmacies. The team coordinates provision of Health Canada Special Access Programme (SAP) medications for outpatients, and synchronizing the medication procurement, inventory reconciliation and associated billing for AHS specialty programs. As a strong communicator, you will have the opportunity to build interactive relationships with all members of the healthcare team to facilitate seamless patient care from the outpatient pharmacies. Duties include verifying invoices, verifying billable transactions and preparing payments, purchasing and receiving SAP drugs from vendors according to established procedures in the pharmacy computer system. Other duties include being responsible for the price file maintenance and updating of reporting tools for use with drugs purchased by AHS for the four contracted outpatient pharmacies. The successful candidate must be customer-focused, and collaborates with the team to share information, identify opportunities to improve care processes, flow processes and the work environment. The candidate must be self-directed, able to work under minimal supervision, well-organized, and flexible to meet changing needs of the population served. They are committed to continual personal quality improvement and lifelong learning.

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.

Acute Care Alberta: N Primary Care Alberta: N Recovery Alberta: N Classification: Pharmacy Technician Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH Unit and Program: Outpatient Pharmacy Contracts Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.40 Posting End Date: 23-JUN-2025 Employee Class: Regular Part Time Date Available: 03-JUL-2025 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: 4 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: Saturday/Sunday Minimum Salary: $31.13 Maximum Salary: $38.98 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:

Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint). A minimum of five (5) years of experience, within the last ten (10) years in a pharmacy practice role. A minimum of one (1) year experience in hospital purchasing. A minimum of one (1) year experience with Oracle Purchasing modules. Experience in a community or outpatient pharmacy setting.

Preferred Qualifications:

To ensure your skills and qualifications are considered please attach a resume and cover letter with your application.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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