Pharmacy Technician

Alberta Health Services


Date: 8 hours ago
City: Fort McMurray, AB
Salary: CA$31.13 - CA$38.98 per hour
Contract type: Full time
Your Opportunity: Pharmacy Technicians will work with Pharmacy Assistants and Pharmacists working to their full scope of practice. Pharmacy Technicians work collaboratively within the health care team performing all aspects of drug distribution and inventory control to provide efficient daily operation of all departmental services leading to safe and quality patient care. Core duties may include, but are not limited, to distribution related tasks, repackaging, final product checking, handling and storage of controlled substances, and inventory control and management including receiving and purchasing of pharmaceuticals. Assisting with training of staff hires and precepting students. Clinically deployed technicians are involved in obtaining information to facilitate medication reconciliation activities and clarifying discrepancies to support the provision of direct patient care. The NLRH Pharmacy Technician schedule follows an alternate scheduling option per the HSAA Collective Agreement Letter of Understanding #31 (consecutive days of work). In addition to a competitive rate of pay, AHS currently has a Fort McMurray Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $12,480. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay Description: As a Pharmacy Technician I, you will be responsible for the preparation and distribution of pharmaceutical products. You will receive and triage medication orders, compound and repackage medication and prepare sterile and non-sterile pharmaceutical products
  • Classification: Pharmacy Technician
  • Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
  • Unit and Program: Pharmacy
  • Primary Location: Fort McMurray N Lts HC/Mnt Hlt
  • Location Details: As Per Location
  • Multi-Site: Not Applicable
  • FTE: 1.00
  • Posting End Date: 17-OCT-2025
  • Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
  • Date Available: 27-OCT-2025
  • Temporary End Date: 26-JUN-2026
  • Hours per Shift: 7.75
  • Length of Shift in weeks: 8
  • Shifts per cycle: 40
  • Shift Pattern: Days, Weekends, On Call
  • Days Off: As Per Rotation
  • Minimum Salary: $31.13
  • Maximum Salary: $38.98
  • Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications: Completion of a CCAPP-accredited Pharmacy Technician Training Program. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Pharmacy (ACP) as a Pharmacy Technician Additional Required Qualifications: As Required Preferred Qualifications: Sterile and non-sterile compounding including chemotherapy preparation. Connect Care & Inventory experience, compounding & repackaging, dispensing functionality. Experience with Automated Dispensing Cabinets. Precepting Pharmacy Technician Students.

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