Pharmacy Technician

Summary

The incumbent will prepare medications under the direction of a pharmacist. He/she should be able to measure, mix, and count out, label, and record amounts and dosages of medications according to prescription orders.

Responsibilities

• • Helps health care providers and patients by greeting them in person and by phone; answering questions and requests; referring inquiries to the pharmacist.
• • Maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed medications and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; removing outdated drugs.
• • Maintains a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• • Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• • Organizes medications for pharmacist to dispense by reading medication orders and prescriptions; preparing labels; calculating quantities; assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies.
• • Maintains records by recording and filing physicians’ orders and prescriptions.
• • Generates revenue by calculating, recording, and issuing charges.
• • Ensures medication availability by delivering medications to patients and departments.
• • Prepares reports by collecting and summarizing information.
• • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Required Skills

• • Effective written and oral communication
• • Professional and courteous
• • Able to handle stressful/busy situations
• • Problem solving skills
• • Effective time management skills
• • Basic computer skills (Office suite, etc)
• • Team player
• • Able to maintain confidentiality, both of pharmacy policies and client data
• • Able to stand for long periods of time and work flexible hours i.e. weekend and public holidays

Qualifications

• • Pharmacy Technician Certification
• • At least two (2) years experience as a pharmacy technician would be an asset

Additional Information and Instructions

Application letters along with resumes should be submitted through the online career portal by Thursday, May 22, 2025, addressed to: Human Resource Director Andrews Memorial Hospital Ltd. 27 Hope Road, Kingston 10 Click the 'Apply Now' button to go directly to the application page.

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