Your Opportunity:
Under the general supervision of a Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician, the Pharmacy Assistant performs various medication preparations and moderately complex clerical duties in accordance with standard procedures.
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: Cent. Ctr for MH and Brain Inj
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 15-AUG-2025
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
- Date Available: 01-OCT-2025
- Temporary End Date: 30-JUN-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $22.55
- Maximum Salary: $25.90
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Graduate of recognized pharmacy assistant program and/or recent retail or hospital pharmacy experience acceptable to the employer required. Experience with Windows-based computer application required. Fluency in the English Language (written and verbal). Typing Skills required. Excellent communication, interpersonal and time management skills. Good Organizational, problem-solving and decision- making ability. Displays professionalism, tact, courtesy, discretion, and respects confidentiality. Must be accurate, reliable, precise, cooperative, self-motivated, and able to demonstrate effective service attitude. Must be able to work both independently and cooperatively in a team environment. Excellent attendance record. Reliability and personal suitability must be demonstrated through your employment references.
Preferred Qualifications:
Recent Knowledge of various office equipment, unit dose packaging equipment, and pharmaceutical compounding equipment preferred. Word processing and pharmacy computer software preferred. Knowledge of Pharmacy Drug Formulary preferred.