Pharmacy Technician Supervisor - Peace Arch Hospital

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Salary: CAD $35.58 - $35.58 per hour

Are you motivated to join a dedicated team of health care providers in this dynamic and rewarding role? Are you interested in a career where you can make an impact on the well‑being of others?

We currently have an exciting Relief Full Time opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician Supervisor I to join our team at Peace Arch Hospital and Delta Hospital located in White Rock / Delta, Vancouver, BC
. This relief role is available until April 2027 or until the return of the incumbent. Please note site Management is responsible for both hospitals, however, this position is primarily located at PAH.

• Career growth in a fast‑growing organization with professionals who are eminent in their respective fields.
• Competitive salary package, including comprehensive health benefits coverage.

• Supervises Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy Assistants and other designated staff by performing duties such as scheduling and coordinating work assignments, evaluating employee performance and determining related training and orientation requirements.
• In collaboration with the Professional Practice Leader or designate, implements and maintains practice standards, policies and procedures; ensures safety practices are adhered to.
• Participates in the quality assurance program within the assigned area.
• Processes clinically reviewed and approved medication orders for distribution to a patient, client, or resident.
• Receives prescriptions (verbal and non‑verbal) from practitioners and ensures that prescriptions are complete and authentic by performing duties such as verifying allergy status and/or demographics.
• Prepares and processes prescriptions by performing duties such as entering orders, counting, measuring, packaging or re‑packaging medications and compounding various sterile pharmaceutical products according to established procedures. Pre‑packages oral, liquid and topical medications into unit‑of‑use format.
• Ensures 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.
• Processes 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.
• Enters and ensures the accuracy and completeness of drug and personal health information in the pharmacy information system.
• Transfers prescriptions to and receives prescriptions from other pharmacies.
• Maintains accurate records such as medication verification and the results of quality assurance checks.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

Grade 12, graduation from an accredited Pharmacy Technician program and two (2) years’ recent, related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Current practicing registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.

• Ability to supervise.
• 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 use a keyboard.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment.

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region. People – those we care for and those who care for them – are at the heart of everything we do.

Our hospital and community‑based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers. We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the workforce. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

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