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About the Role
As an integral member of the Pharmacy Services Outpatient Pharmacy Operations team, the Pharmacy Technician is responsible for assisting pharmacists in prescription dispensing, preparing extemporaneous products, managing inventory, and operating blister packaging automation.
Responsibilities
- Working in conjunction with pharmacists in maintaining high standards of client relations
- Assisting pharmacists in accurately and efficiently performing all technical aspects relating to prescription dispensing responsibilities
- Preparing or compounding extemporaneous products using appropriate techniques under supervision of a pharmacist
- Performing activities relating to the maintenance and operation of Outpatient Pharmacy services
- Handling inventory and supplies and managing operations of blister packaging automation
- Performing other duties consistent with the job classification, as required
Requirements
- Completion of a Pharmacy Technician Program at an accredited college or recognized equivalent required
- Registration as a Pharmacy Technician (Part A) in good standing with the Ontario College of Pharmacists required
- Ability to work under minimal supervision and to manage competing priorities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to work under minimal supervision and to manage competing priorities/deadlines
- Two years practical and related experience preferred
- Previous hospital experience with unit dose system and intravenous admixture service, preferred
- Ability to learn and troubleshoot changing technologies/machinery (e.g. automated blister packaging machine)
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Ability to work variable shifts
- Certificate of competency from the Pharmacy Examination Board of Canada, preferred
- Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team preferred
- Manual billings, out of province billings and specialty medications related billing preferred
- Experience/working knowledge of Delta (Health Watch), Kroll and Point of Sales System preferred
- IV Compounding experience an asset
- Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period, have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHN's attendance management program, to be eligible for consideration.
- A Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate.
- Any information provided by a candidate be misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application.
Skills
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Organizational skills
- Time management skills
- Troubleshooting technology
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Manual billings
- Out of province billings
- Specialty medications related billing
- Delta (Health Watch)
- Kroll
- Point of Sales System
- IV Compounding
Location
- Toronto Western Hospital
- Shoppers Drug Mart
- Toronto General Hospital
- Princess Margaret Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy
Work Type
- Casual
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Two years practical and related experience preferred
- Previous hospital experience preferred
Education Level
- Pharmacy Technician Program at an accredited college or recognized equivalent
- Registration as a Pharmacy Technician (Part A) with the Ontario College of Pharmacists
- Certificate of competency from the Pharmacy Examination Board of Canada, preferred
Salary/Compensations
- CAD 32.32 - CAD 37.26 hourly
Benefits
- Competitive offer packages
- Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
- Close access to Transit
- UHN shuttle service
- Flexible work environment
- Opportunities for development and promotions
- Multiple corporate discounts (travel, restaurants, parking, phone plans, auto insurance)
- On-site gyms
About the Company
- UHN is Canada’s #1 hospital and the world’s #1 publicly funded hospital.
- With 10 sites and more than 44,000 TeamUHN members, UHN consists of Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, The Michener Institute of Education and West Park Healthcare Centre.
- As Canada's top research hospital, the scope of biomedical research and complexity of cases at UHN have made it a national and international source for discovery, education and patient care.
- UHN has the largest hospital-based research program in Canada, with major research in neurosciences, cardiology, transplantation, oncology, surgical innovation, infectious diseases, genomic medicine and rehabilitation medicine.
- UHN is a research hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.
- UHN’s vision is to build A Healthier World and it’s only because of the talented and dedicated people who work here that we are continually bringing that vision closer to reality.
Equal Opportunity
- UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace.
- Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process.
- Applicants need to make their requirements known.