Pharmacy Assistant

Alberta Health Services (AHS) is hiring a Pharmacy Assistant like you for a Casual/Relief position within the Calgary Zone. If you take pride in your attention to detail, accuracy, efficiency, and excellent customer care, we invite you to apply. Your careful and systematic approach to medication dispensing, inventory management and repackaging provides critical support to the pharmacy team to ensure operations run smoothly. Casual positions can be a great way to start your career and offer a degree of flexibility to allow for your work-life balance. There are many opportunities to grow within the Pharmacy Assistant role as you’ll have access to numerous internal training and learning supports for your career development. Calgary and its surrounding communities are ranked among the world’s most livable, offering a great lifestyle. From bedroom and commuting communities to villages with a view, Calgary Zone offers easy access to diverse landscapes of fields, forests, and the magnificent Rocky Mountains. In addition to its proximity to the mountains and world-renown national parks, Calgary is unique due to its low sales taxes, warm chinooks during the winters, and being rated one of the cleanest cities in the world. It is an exciting time to join AHS, as we re-imagine and re-organize healthcare administration and delivery to deliver on our mission of an accessible, sustainable health system for all Albertans. In addition to being a supportive employer, we offer competitive pay and comprehensive benefits for you and your family. AHS is proud to be part of Canada’s first and largest fully integrated provincial healthcare system, serving over 4.4 million Albertans. Since 2017, we have been recognized as a top employer for our efforts to create an innovative and diverse workplace that values the contributions of our employees.

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.

Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent.

As Required.

Graduate of a recognized pharmacy assistant program. Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacist student. One (1) year retail pharmacy experience. One (1) year inpatient or outpatient hospital pharmacy experience. Six (6) months automated dispensing cabinet experience. Experience with Windows-based computer applications.