[Hiring] Pharmacy Technician @Iec Corp Group

Role Description

Are you a Pharmacy Technician looking to make a difference in cancer care? Join us on Thursday, November 12 at 5:30 p.m. (PST) for an exclusive virtual recruitment open house! Dive into the world of pharmacy opportunities across British Columbia and uncover the fulfilling roles and career growth that await you.

Work with BC Cancer’s pharmacy team and receive on-the-job training to specialize your skills. No previous oncology experience is needed. We provide in-house training for areas such as:

• Sterile compounding
• OPD and Chemo IV Clinical Trials
• Drug Access Navigator

You’ll work to your full scope of practice with a friendly group of professionals in a small-scale hospital setting. Additionally, the BC Cancer pharmacy environment provides direct patient contact through the outpatient dispensary, for a full continuity of care experience.

What you’ll do

• Process clinically reviewed and approved medication orders for distribution to a patient.
• Receive prescriptions (verbal and non-verbal) from practitioners and ensure that 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, including hazardous drugs, according to established procedures.
• Pre-package oral, liquid and topical medications into unit-of-use format.
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of dispensed prescriptions prepared by self or others by verifying order entries, and/or performing the final check of dispensed prescriptions.
• Enter and ensure the accuracy and completeness of drug and personal health information in the pharmacy information system.
• Transfer prescriptions to and receive prescriptions from other pharmacies.
• Process prescriptions for temporary inpatient leave of absence by methods such as reviewing, translating and converting existing inpatient medication orders previously reviewed and approved by a pharmacist.
• Maintain accurate records such as medication verification and the results of quality assurance checks.
• Distribute medications and maintain relevant inventory, wardstock and narcotic records.
• Maintain inventory and wardstock levels. Fill wardstock and narcotic requisitions.
• Identify outdated drugs to be returned or destroyed by checking stock for lot expiry dates.
• Maintain department work areas by ensuring tidiness and order. Stock pharmaceuticals, labels, containers and glassware. Ensure safe disposal of hazardous drugs and supplies in accordance with established procedures and standards.
• Perform related clerical duties such as keyboarding, answering telephone, filing and maintaining medication and prescription records.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.
• Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the historic and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and systemic racism on Indigenous Peoples within social and health contexts.
• Knowledge and understanding of legislative obligations and provincial commitments within BC Cancer contexts found in foundational documents.
• Brings an understanding of Indigenous-specific racism and the broader systemic racism that exists in the colonial health care structure.
• Knowledge of social, economic, political and historical realities of settler colonialism on Indigenous Peoples.

Requirements

• 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.
• Demonstrates a commitment to beginning and/or continuing their personal learning journey related to Indigenous-specific racism.
• Demonstrates foundational knowledge of the social, economic, and political realities of settler-colonialism and its impacts on Indigenous peoples.

Benefits

• Access to professional development opportunities through our 2,000+ in-house courses.
• Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including municipal pension plan, and psychological health & safety programs.
• Annual statutory holidays (13) with generous vacation entitlement and accruement.
• PHSA is a remote work friendly employer, welcoming flexible work options.
• Access to WorkPerks, a premium discount program offering a wide range of local and national discounts.