Job Description

Your Opportunity:

Pharmacy Technicians who work in Correctional Health collaborate with other healthcare professionals, correctional centre authorities, and other external stakeholders in a secure setting to provide care to adults and youth in custody. Practicing within their full scope, the Pharmacy Technician performs all aspects of drug distribution including medication order entry, preparation and repackaging of patient specific and ward stock medications. Other duties include keeping records of controlled drugs and assisting in inventory control and purchasing. This position is responsible for final product checking and providing clinical support for the provision of patient care.

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.

• Classification: Pharmacy Technician
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Corrections Pharmacy
• Primary Location: Calgary Corrections Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Multisite
• FTE: 0.80
• Posting End Date: 06-JUN-2023
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits
• Date Available: 26-JUN-2023
• Temporary End Date: 28-JAN-2024
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 12
• Shifts per cycle: 48
• Shift Pattern: days
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• 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:

The ability to follow oral and written instructions accurately and be able to distinguish routine functions with those requiring professional judgment is essential. Computer and keyboarding skills are necessary. Candidates must be able to sit, stand, and walk for extended periods of time. Some lifting is required. Manual dexterity and visual acuity to accurately prepare pharmaceuticals is required. Successful candidate must maintain security clearance for duration of position. Preference given to candidates who are fully registered with ACP as a pharmacy technician. Preferred Qualifications:

Minimum 2 years\' experience practicing as a pharmacy technician in a community or institutional pharmacy, with preference given to individuals with a minimum of 1 year of experience in Corrections Pharmacy. Recent/current volunteer experience related to pharmacy, such as with a pharmacy technician professional organization (e.g. PTSA, CAPT) or with a regulatory or certification body (e.g. ACP, NAPRA, PEBC). Membership with a pharmacy professional organization, like PTSA, is an asset.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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