Pharmacy Technician - BC Cancer Prince George
Job Description
BC Cancer
Prince George, BC
Are you a Pharmacy Technician looking to make a difference in cancer care?
Work with BC Cancer’s pharmacy team and receive on-the-job training to specialize your skills. No previous oncology experience is needed. We provide inhouse training for areas such as sterile compounding, OPD and Chemo IV Clinical Trials, Drug Access Navigator – you’ll have opportunities for specialty pharmacy roles including Pharmacy Technician Supervisor, Clinical Trial Technician, and Omni Cell Technician.
You’ll work to your full scope of practice with a friendly group of professionals in a small-scale hospital setting. Additionally, the BC Cancer pharmacy environment provides direct patient contact through the outpatient dispensary, for a full continuity of care experience.
What you’ll do
Process clinically reviewed and approved medication orders for distribution to a patient.
Receive 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.
Prepare and process prescriptions by performing duties such as entering orders, counting, measuring, packaging or re-packaging medications and compounding various sterile pharmaceutical products, including hazardous drugs, according to established procedures. Pre-package oral, liquid and topical medications into unit-of-use format.
Ensure 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.
Enter and ensure the accuracy and completeness of drug and personal health information in the pharmacy information system.
Transfer prescriptions to and receives prescriptions from other pharmacies.
Process 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.
Maintain accurate records such as medication verification and the results of quality assurance checks.
Distribute medications and maintains relevant inventory, wardstock and narcotic records.
Maintain inventory and wardstock levels. Fill wardstock and narcotic requisitions.
Identify outdated drugs to be returned or destroyed by checking stock for lot expiry dates.
Maintain department work areas by ensuring tidiness and order. Stock pharmaceuticals, labels, containers and glassware. Ensure safe disposal of hazardous drugs and supplies in accordance with established procedures and standards.
Perform related clerical duties such as keyboarding, answering telephone, filing and maintaining medication and prescription records.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
What you bring
Qualifications:
Current registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia
Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the historic and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and systemic racism on Indigenous Peoples within social and health contexts. This includes understanding how these factors contribute to current health disparities and barriers to care. Show a clear commitment to identifying, challenging, and eradicating Indigenous-specific racism and all forms of discrimination impacting equity-deserving groups within health care settings. This involves familiarity and understanding Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility recognizing personal biases, institutional barriers, engaging in anti-racism education and training and advocating for systemic change.
Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of legislative obligations and provincial commitments within BC Cancer contexts found in the foundational documents including Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study - BC Human Rights Code, BC Anti-racism Act and how they intersect across the health care system.
Core Competencies
Brings an understanding of the Indigenous specific racism and the broader systemic racism that exists in the colonial health care structure, and has demonstrated initiatives in breaking down barriers and ensuring a safe environment ensuring a sense of belonging to all and informed by Indigenous Cultural Safety.
Awareness of social, economic, political and historical realities of settler colonialism on Indigenous Peoples and familiarity with addressing Indigenous-specific anti-racism, anti-racism and Indigenous Cultural Safety and foundational documents and legislative commitments (the Declaration Act, the Declaration Action Plan, TRC, IPS, Remembering Keegan, etc.).
You have:
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 keyboard.
Ability to organize work.
Ability to operate related equipment
Job Type: Regular, Full-Time
Wage: $36.26 per hour.
Location: 1215 Lethbridge Street, Prince George, BC V2M 7E9
Applications will be accepted until position is filled.
Hours of Work: Monday - Friday; 0700 - 1500, 0730 - 1530, 0800 - 1600, 0830 – 1630.
Requisition Number: 200691E
