Pharmacy Leader/Trainer

Unit Summary

Hamilton Health Sciences Pharmacy Services is embarking on an exciting, transformational journey of redefining patient care as we leverage the most advanced technologies to enhance all aspects of delivering highly reliable, safe and quality care. We are a multi-site department offering a wide range of services within inpatient, ambulatory and retail pharmacy services. We have pharmacy facilities at the Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre, Hamilton General, McMaster University Medical Centre, St. Peter’s, West Lincoln and other sites as required including Alternate Health Facilities. The scope of Pharmacy services also includes three retail pharmacies (Cancer Centre Pharmacy, McMaster Drugstore and General Drugstore). We are a tertiary care center offering a wide range of specialty patient services ranging from neonatal, pediatric, adult, geriatric and palliative care and are collaborators for clinical trials and research. Our services are offered with recently renovated state-of-the-art cleanroom facilities for sterile and non-sterile compounding.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Corporate and Quality Pharmacy Manager, the pharmacy trainer is responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating required technical training for Pharmacy Technicians. This includes all technical orientation training, mandatory annual training and skills updates required to perform tasks safely and effectively. The Pharmacy Trainer will support the Corporate and Quality Pharmacy Manager to ensure effective oversight of the HHS wide Sterile Compounding Training program and Non Sterile and Sterile Compounding activities occurring at HHS.

Schedule Work Hours

Days, Evenings, Weekends, Holidays

This position is temporary until July 2027.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with the Ontario College of Pharmacists
• Graduate of an approved Pharmacy Technician Program
• Annual Third Party Sterile Compounding Certification
• Five years’ experience working in Non Hazardous and Hazardous Sterile Compounding
• Two years’ experience working in a preceptor role preferred
• Excellent knowledge of pharmacy roles and ability to teach skills to adult learners
• Knowledge of OCP and NAPRA standards
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Comprehensive knowledge of regulatory requirements related to pharmacy roles (eg OCP, NAPRA, NIOSH, OH&S Act, WHMIS, AODA etc)
• Competency in office skills: Outlook, Simplifi, EPIC (as of go-live), Meditech, MS Word/Excel/Powerpoint
• Ability to maintain accurate and up to date records

Hamilton Health Sciences fosters a culture of patient and staff safety, whereby all employees are guided by our Mission, Vision, Values, and Values Based Code of Conduct. Hamilton Health Sciences is a teaching hospital and all staff and physicians are expected to support students and other learners.

To be considered for this opportunity applicants must apply during the posting period. All internal and external applicants may ONLY apply via the Careers website. This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

Hamilton Health Sciences is an equal opportunity employer and we will accommodate any needs under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Hiring processes will be modified to remove barriers to accommodate those with disabilities, if requested. Should any applicant require accommodation through the application processes, please contact Human Resources at 905-521-2100, Ext. 46947 for assistance. If the applicant requires a specific accommodation because of a disability during an interview, the applicant will need to advise the hiring manager when scheduling the interview and the appropriate accommodations can be made.

This competition is open to all qualified applicants, however, qualified internal applicants will be considered first. Past performance will be considered as part of the selection process. If you are a previous employee of Hamilton Health Sciences, please note: the circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment. Proficiency in both Official Languages, French and English, is considered an asset.