Your Opportunity:Are you ready to make a real impact in healthcare? We're hiring a Pharmacy Assistant to support our Central Production Pharmacy operations. Under the guidance of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, you will play a key role in preparing medications and supporting pharmacy operations to ensure patients receive safe, timely care. This position may require occasional travel between sites. As the successful candidate, you will be familiar with pharmacy office equipment, utilize your strong verbal and written communications skills, be detailed orientated with great organizational and problem-solving skills. Be part of a team where your professionalism and respectful nature who values confidentiality and accuracy. You will also have the ability to lift (up to 30lbs regularly, 50lbs occasionally), bend, and stand/sit for extended periods during your shift. In this role you will have the opportunity to package, label, and transport medications between departments, manage wardstock - fill, order, and receive inventory per guidelines, assist with non-sterile prep for sterile products, monitor inventory and remove expired products, handle clerical tasks like processing reports, charging/crediting medications, and filing. Additional duties include supporting unit-based tasks like labeling and communicating with care teams, keeping equipment clean and maintained, and participating in quality assurance activities. You'll also help train new team members and pharmacy students while maintaining internal certifications and performance standards.Description: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.
Classification: Pharmacy Assistant
Union: AUPE GSS
Unit and Program: Pharmacy
Primary Location: Pharmacy Central Production
Location Details: As Per Location
Multi-Site: Not Applicable
FTE: 1.00
Posting End Date: 23-APR-2026
Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
Date Available: 01-JUN-2026
Temporary End Date: 06-JUN-2027
Hours per Shift: 7.75
Length of Shift in weeks: 4
Shifts per cycle: 20
Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
Days Off: As Per Rotation
Minimum Salary: $24.65
Maximum Salary: $28.30
Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent. Additional Required Qualifications:Graduate of recognized pharmacy assistant program. A minimum of 1 year of recent retail or hospital pharmacy experience (within the last 2 years). Preferred Qualifications:Connect care (Willow application) experience is preferred. Knowledge of automated pharmaceutical packaging machines (PacMed, PacVision, Pentapack).
