Graduate Pharmacy Technician 2024-2025

SuccessFactors
All Locations, NS, CA
Permanent

Req ID : 178118

Location : Various Sites and Community-based Locations Throughout Nova Scotia

Department : Services and Programs Throughout Nova Scotia Health

Type of Employment : Permanent, Assignments, and Casual Relief Opportunities Available

Union : Based on Bargaining Unit and Constituent Union / Non-Union Position

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada.

We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province.

Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions.

Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails.

The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle.

Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

Nova Scotia Health is committed to Nurturing the Future of Healthcare.

We will do this by hiring graduate Pharmacy Technicians who will be completing studies in the next 12 months. Nova Scotia Health’s mission is to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together.

NSH will provide you with the challenge and opportunity you are looking for by entering the Pharmacy field!

Registered Pharmacy Technician participates in the provision of safe, competent, patient or family centered ethical care, ensuring the goals and needs of the patient are prioritized and individualized;

prepares, packages and dispenses medication under the direct supervision of a pharmacist. Responsibilities include compounding of sterile and non-sterile dosage forms, dispensing drugs to inpatients and outpatients in unit dose, physician order entry, working with automation, Inventory control, medication reconciliation, and CIVA systems.

Preparation of chemotherapy doses, distributing narcotics and participating in quality programs and patient safety initiatives.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following :

  • Graduate of an accredited Pharmacy Technician Program
  • Eligible for Licensure and registration in Nova Scotia as a Pharmacy Technician (NSCP) required
  • Competencies in other languages is an asset; French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

What We Offer

  • Competitive compensation
  • Signing bonuses starting at $5000 for some programs / units with potential for up to $10,000 for rural placements
  • Up to $5000 in relocation expenses
  • Extensive health and dental benefits
  • Enrollment in the Provincial Pension Plan
  • Shift and weekend premiums
  • Variety of available shifts
  • Continuous clinical education and support
  • Opportunity for advancement within the organization

Hours

  • Various permanent and assignment (temporary) opportunities are available
  • Shifts may include days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays

Compensation and Benefits

  • Graduate Pharmacy Technician : $23.19 per hour
  • Registered Technician : $24.96 per hour after you provide proof of your registration with the Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. A Recruiter will reach out to you to explore whether your qualifications and skills match an opportunity.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve.

We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black / African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals / Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

If you have any questions or would like more information on our opportunities, programs, and communities, please contact us recruitment.

[email protected]

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