Registered Pharmacy Technician - FT

Sobeys; Westville; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading grocery and pharmacy company as a Pharmacy Technician in Nova Scotia. You will play a critical role in patient care by ensuring the accuracy of prescriptions and providing essential services in the pharmacy. This position offers a competitive compensation package and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Competitive Benefits Package

Access to Virtual Health Care Platform

Retirement and Savings Plan

10% in-store discount

Paid Vacation

Learning and Development Resources

Qualifications

• Completion of Pharmacy Technician Certification.
• Excellent attention to detail, ability to multi-task and work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, process, and compound prescriptions.
• Conduct final checks of prepared prescriptions.
• Provide injections/vaccinations as applicable.

Skills

Excellent attention to detail

Ability to multi-task

Work independently

Education

Pharmacy Technician Certification

Job description

Requisition ID: 190592
Career Group: Pharmacy Careers
Job Category: Retail - Pharmacy
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Nova Scotia
City: Westville
Location: 879 Westville Lawtons Pharm
Postal Code: B0K 2A0

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Sobeys Inc. is a growing Canadian company. We are a market leader in grocery and pharmacy that operate under multiple banners spanning over 1,600 stores in communities across the country. Our family of over 128,000 teammates and franchise affiliates are on a mission to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our teammates.

Our national pharmacy team is proudly Canadian, with pharmacies from coast to coast in our various banners. Depending on your province you would recognize us as Sobeys, Safeway, Thrifty Foods, Foodland, Lawtons Drugs or FreshCo.

Ready to Make an impact?

We are passionate about taking care of the health and well-being of individuals and families our communities.

As a regulated professional licenced with the provincial college of pharmacy you’ll be an essential part of our pharmacy team that’s committed to providing exceptional patient-centered care and exceeding patients' expectations. We are looking for friendly, knowledgeable, and professional individual to conduct the authorized duties of the technician as imposed by individual Provincial Pharmacy Regulatory Bodies.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

RPT’s will have independent authority, responsibility, and liability to prepare, process and compound prescriptions including:

• Receiving and transcribing verbal prescriptions from practitioners
• Ensuring prescriptions are complete and authentic
• Providing injections/vaccinations as applicable by regulations in certainjurisdictions
• Transferring prescriptions to and receiving prescriptions from other pharmacies
• Ensuring the accuracy of prepared prescriptions
• Conducting the final check of prepared prescriptions
• Confirming the accuracy of drug and personal health information in patient records

What you have to offer:

• Completion of the Pharmacy Technician Certification
• Excellent attention to detail, ability to multi-task and work independently in a fast-paced environment

What we have to offer:

• A competitive total compensation package that will vary by role and location
• Flexible work life arrangements to meet your lifestyle needs

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.

Our Total Rewards programs goes well beyond your paycheque:

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, as well as life insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance*.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform* and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings*.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable*.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Paid Vacation

* Eligible only after working a set number of hours/days worked.

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.