Job Description

Your Opportunity:
Are you ready to make a real impact in healthcare? We're hiring 10 Pharmacy Assistants to support our Central Production Pharmacy operations. Under the guidance of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, you will play a key role in preparing medications and supporting pharmacy operations to ensure patients receive safe, timely care. This position may require occasional travel between sites. As the successful candidate, you will be familiar with pharmacy office equipment, utilize your strong verbal and written communications skills, be detailed orientated with great organizational and problem-solving skills. Be part of a team where your professionalism and respectful nature who values confidentiality and accuracy. You will also have the ability to lift (up to 30 lbs regularly, 50 lbs occasionally), bend, and stand/sit for extended periods during your shift. In this role you will have the opportunity to package, label, and transport medications between departments, manage wardstock - fill, order, and receive inventory per guidelines, assist with non-sterile prep for sterile products, monitor inventory and remove expired products, handle clerical tasks like processing reports, charging/crediting medications, and filing. Additional duties include supporting unit-based tasks like labeling and communicating with care teams, keeping equipment clean and maintained, and participating in quality assurance activities. You'll also help train new team members and pharmacy students while maintaining internal certifications and performance standards.
Description:
As a Pharmacy Assistant, you will be responsible for the packaging, distributing, shipping medications and the management and replenishment of medication inventory levels under the general supervision of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians.

Classification:

Pharmacy Assistant

Union:

AUPE GSS

Unit and Program:

Pharmacy

Primary Location:

Pharmacy Central Production

Location Details:

As Per Location

Multi-Site:

Not Applicable

FTE:

1.00

Posting End Date:

11-AUG-2025

Temporary Employee Class:

Temp F/T Benefits

Date Available:

25-AUG-2025

Temporary End Date:

06-SEP-2026

Hours per Shift:

7.75

Length of Shift in weeks:

4

Shifts per cycle:

20

Shift Pattern:

Days, Evenings, Weekends

Days Off:

As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary:

$22.55

Maximum Salary:

$25.90

Vehicle Requirement:

Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Graduate of recognized pharmacy assistant program and/or 1-year recent retail or hospital pharmacy experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Connect care experience is preferred.