Registered Pharmacy Technician CC - FT
Requisition ID: 195915
Career Group: Pharmacy Careers
Job Category: Retail - Pharmacy
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Nova Scotia
City: Dartmouth
Location: 2348 Central Fill Pharmacy
Postal Code: B3B 0M6
Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.
Sobeys Inc. is a growing Canadian company. We are a market leader in grocery and pharmacy that operate under multiple banners spanning over 1,600 stores in communities across the country. Our family of over 128,000 teammates and franchise affiliates are on a mission to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our teammates.
Our national pharmacy team is proudly Canadian, with pharmacies from coast to coast in our various banners. Depending on your province you would recognize us as Sobeys, Safeway, Thrifty Foods, Foodland, Lawtons Drugs or FreshCo.
Ready to Make an impact?
We are passionate about taking care of the health and well-being of individuals and families our communities.
As a regulated professional licenced with the provincial college of pharmacy you’ll be an essential part of our pharmacy team that’s committed to providing exceptional patient-centered care and exceeding patients' expectations. We are looking for friendly, knowledgeable, and professional individual to conduct the authorized duties of the technician as imposed by individual Provincial Pharmacy Regulatory Bodies.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
Some duties of a Regulated Pharmacy Technician include:
- This posting it for a Registered Pharmacy Technician in our Long Term Care Operation
- Receive, transcribe and record verbal orders as legislated by the applicable provincial regulatory body
- Receive and initiate pharmacy prescription transfers as legislated by the applicable provincial regulatory body
- Check prescriptions for technical accuracy and compliance with laws and regulations as legislated by the applicable provincial regulatory body
- Coordinate the pharmacy work flow
- Communicate operational requirements/changes to the pharmacy support staff
- Supervise inventory management
- Prescription assembly, refills, compounding
- Administrative Duties: cycle counts, narcotic counts, return to stocks
- Receiving telephone refill requests and questions from nursing home staff
- Prescription data entry, assembly, and preparation for delivery to nursing homes
- Working with various electronic medication administration software, including Catalyst and Point Click Care
- Working with pharmacy automation including PacMed, PacVision and PacRoll software
- Learning and being familiar with the necessary process needed for accurate automation
- Drug order creation and receiving
- Adhere to and implement all applicable company policies and standards
- Assist with other pharmacy operations as required
What you have to offer:
- Completion of the Pharmacy Technician Certification
- Excellent attention to detail, ability to multi-task and work independently in a fast-paced environment
What we have to offer:
- A competitive total compensation package that will vary by role and location
- Flexible work life arrangements to meet your lifestyle needs
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.
Our Total Rewards programs goes well beyond your paycheque:
- Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, as well as life insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance*.
- Access to Virtual Health Care Platform* and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
- A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings*.
- A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable*.
- Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
- Paid Vacation
* Eligible only after working a set number of hours/days worked.
We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to support efficiencies in the candidate screening, assessment, and recruitment processes. These AI tools do not make hiring decisions on behalf of the Company, these decisions are made by our Hiring Teams.
Please note: successful candidates will be required to provide documentation to prove their legal ability to work in the position during the onboarding process. Documentation will be assessed by the employer prior to commencement of work.