Registered Pharmacy Technician

The Hospital for Sick Children; Toronto; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a renowned paediatric healthcare institution as a Registered Pharmacy Technician, where you will support the delivery of exceptional care. This role focuses on the safe and accurate dispensing and compounding of medications for children. With opportunities for growth in specialized training and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, SickKids offers a supportive environment for an aspiring Pharmacy Technician.

Qualifications

• Completion of Pharmacy Technician program and registration with Ontario College of Pharmacists is essential.
• Experience with dispensing, compounding, and aseptic technique is required.
• Skills in teamwork, communication, and attention to detail are important.

Responsibilities

• Accurately carry out pharmaceutical dispensing and compounding tasks.
• Check and approve products before administration to ensure patient safety.
• Maintain accountability records for narcotics and ensure proper storage of medications.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Attention to Detail

Keyboarding Skills

Education

Completion of a two-year accredited community college Pharmacy Technician training program

Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the Ontario College of Pharmacists

Job description

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Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built – nor could it be maintained – without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world’s best in paediatric healthcare.

The Registered Pharmacy Technician is responsible and professionally accountable for accurately and efficiently carrying out the technical tasks of pharmaceutical dispensing and compounding and for checking and approving the final release of product prior to administration to the patient. These activities are carried out in a manner that ensures patient safety and compliance with regulatory requirements, professional standards of practice, policies and guidelines, with due regard for ethical principles and protection of patient privacy and confidentiality.

Here's Some of the Things You'll Get to Do!

Dispensing

• Filling, checking and releasing of individual prescriptions, unit dose carts, and emergency supplies of medications using appropriate procedures for packaging, labeling, documentation and delivery
• Filling, checking and releasing of unit dose carts and delivery
• Monitoring and replenishing medication supplies on nursing units in automated dispensing cabinets and supplies in the pharmacy to ensure good dating
• Dispensing, and replenishing medication orders from an automated pharmacy inventory robot
• Help to maintain drug accountability records such as narcotic documentation, investigational, compassionate and SAP drug records
• Ensure medication storage areas are clean and in good order
  
  

Non-sterile Compounding

• Non-sterile compounding, checking and approving final release of specialty pharmaceutical formulations prepared using appropriate specialized compounding skills, equipment and pharmaceutical calculations in accordance with worksheets, procedures and instructions approved by a pharmacist.
  
  

Sterile Compounding

• Sterile compounding preparation, checking and approving final release of sterile products using appropriate specialized skills, equipment, aseptic technique and pharmaceutical calculations in accordance with worksheets, procedures and instructions approved by a pharmacist within a NAPRA compliant clean room
  
  

Repackaging

• Repackaging, checking and approval of release of oral solid and liquid medications repackaged in standard doses
  
  

Growth Opportunities

• Research Support Pharmacy - Entering, dispensing, maintaining inventory and documenting prescriptions for clinical trial research
• Pharmacy Informatics - Supporting ongoing use and building new products for the pharmacy technologies including for the inventory robot, automated medication cabinets, IV workflow system, hospital information system
• Narcotic Technician - Maintaining documentation, inventory products and inventory control for controlled and narcotic medications
• Drug Procurement - Maintaining medication supplies for the hospital via ordering, receiving, distributing and control of drugs as well as managing backorders and shortages of critical medications
• Advanced IV Additive Training - Specialized training for sterile product preparation including medications for total parenteral nutrition, chemotherapy, gene therapy and high-cost, novel therapies
• Special Access Program - Entering, dispensing, maintaining inventory and updating approval documentation for medications procured through Health Canada's Special Access Programme
  
  

Here's What You'll Need

• Completion of a two-year accredited community college Pharmacy Technician training program
• Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the Ontario College of Pharmacists
• Experience with dispensing, compounding, and aseptic technique
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Excellent communication skills
• High accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong keyboarding skills and experience with computer order entry
• Demonstrated commitment and actions in advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion objectives
  
  

Employment Type

Temporary, Full-time, Contract

The children and families we care for are from a variety of communities, and so are our employees. We welcome and encourage everyone to join our organization and be part of our team.

When requested, SickKids will provide access and inclusion supports to eligible candidates to support their full engagement during the interview and assessment process. Information received related to access or inclusion will be addressed confidentially.

Thank you for your interest in joining SickKids. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with our Hospital policy, employment at SickKids is conditional upon the Hospital's receipt of all necessary documentation.

How To Apply

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