Pharmacy Assistant at Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, CA

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Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in healthcare? As a Pharmacy Assistant in Alberta Children’s Hospital, you’ll play a key role in ensuring patients across Alberta receive safe, timely, and effective medication. This is a rewarding opportunity to support patient care while contributing to pharmacy operations in a fast paced, collaborative environment. Working under the supervision of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, you will assist with medication repackaging, distribution, delivery, and inventory management. Daily tasks include selecting and labeling medications, operating repackaging equipment, replenishing patient specific carts and ward stock, and performing ordering and receiving duties. You’ll use automated and computerized systems to support accuracy and efficiency. Strong verbal and written English communication skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to confidentiality and teamwork are essential. You will also mentor and train other Pharmacy Assistants, new staff, and students. The ideal candidate demonstrates accuracy, professionalism, reliability, and the ability to succeed in a dynamic and continually evolving environment. You must be able to follow instructions, work independently and collaboratively, and adapt to changing workflows and technologies. Physical demands include visual acuity, keyboarding, heavy lifting and grip strength, twisting, crouching, bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, kneeling, and extended periods of standing and walking. This role also involves handling hazardous medications with appropriate PPE. AHS offers opportunities for career growth, advancement, and continuing education. This is more than a job, it’s a chance to learn, lead, and make a meaningful difference every day.

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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: Alberta Children's Hospital
Location Details: As Per Location
Multi-Site: Multisite
FTE: 0.00
Posting End Date: 14-OCT-2026
Employee Class: Casual/Relief
Date Available: 02-NOV-2026
Hours per Shift: 7.75
Length of Shift in weeks: Varies
Shifts per cycle: Varies
Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call
Days Off: Other
Minimum Salary: $24.65
Maximum Salary: $28.30
Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent.

Additional Required Qualifications:

It is a requirement to be able to work all shifts including evenings, weekends and STAT holidays. Must be accurate, reliable, precise, cooperative, self-motivated and able to demonstrate effective customer service attitude. Must be able to work both independently and co-operatively in a team environment. Must be committed to continual personal quality improvement and lifelong learning. Preference also given to experience with compounding, repackaging, unit dose, wardstock, handling hazardous medications, wearing proper PPE where required, narcotics, inventory management, deliveries, and knowledge of pharmaceutical compounding equipment. Applications without the resume and cover letter attached may not be considered. To ensure your skills and qualifications are considered, please attach a resume and cover letter with your application. Physical requirements include lifting, up to 30 lbs. regularly and up to 50 lbs. occasionally, plus frequent pushing, pulling and reaching. Must be able to withstand extended long periods of sitting, standing and walking.

Preferred Qualifications:

Graduation from a recognized Canadian pharmacy assistant program, or at least 12 months of recent experience (within the past 2 years) that includes inventory control, unit-dose repackaging, and medication picking is preferred. Experience in a hospital pharmacy or similar setting, particularly with automated packaging equipment and Willow Pharmacy (Connect Care), is considered an asset. Familiarity with pharmaceutical or medical terminology is also advantageous.

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