Pharmacy Technician - FNHA

Pharmacy Technician

The First Nations Health Authority is a diverse and transformational health organization of professional, innovative and dedicated team members and leaders. The first of its kind in Canada, FNHA works as a health-and-wellness partner with BC First Nations to support self-determination and decision-making to improve health outcomes. The FNHA and its employees are committed to a proactive holistic approach to health and wellness, and to the delivery of services which are sustainable and honour the customs and traditions of First Nations communities.

The Pharmacy Technician assists pharmacists in providing day to day pharmacy operations support to nurses for: practice standards and best practices for formularies, prescription drug records, monitors distribution, utilization, inventory management, recalls, shortages and audit of drugs and controlled substances.

Term position until March 31, 2020

Location: Vancouver BC

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Supports the Regional Controlled Substance Office (“RCSO”) work plan to meet requirements of the section 56 exemption to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) by monitoring distribution and utilization of controlled substances, completing on-site audits at each Nursing Station every six months, and following up on policy and procedure compliance issues.
2. Provides support to the collaboration of Pharmacist and FNIHB committees (i.e. FNIHB Join Practice Advisory Committee and FNIHB Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee), including updating related documentation and creating presentations and communication materials on decisions and changes.
3. Supports formulary management of the BC Nursing Station and Health Centre formularies and coordinates inter-professional processes for resolving formulary related issues.
4. Supports Nursing Professional Practice team on issues related to pharmacy practice standards, processes, and regulations by managing pharmacy-related documents, inventory management, managing notifications of recalls and drug shortages.
5. Supports medication management; including providing reporting on drug inventories, costs and trends, improving drug utilizations reporting, and ensuring inventories aligned with community programs and the Health Benefits program.
6. Supports accreditation requirements, where inter-professional collaboration is required.
7. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education

• Certificate or diploma from a post-secondary institute related to healthcare, pharmacy or nursing or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Experience

• Recent and relevant experience in the health services field, ideally having experience in pharmacy or nursing (usually acquired over a period of at least 2 years)

• Experience as a registered pharmacy technician

• Experience in working with First Nations would be an asset

What we offer

• ·Joining our family means joining an organization that supports personal growth, in-house training, a paid volunteer day and a unique full-day orientation program.
• ·Leading with culture, all FNHA employees complete San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training.  We support our family to be leaders in wellness and all staff members develop a yearly wellness plan as part of their performance partnership and goal-setting. 
• ·FNHA offers competitive salary, pension, extended health benefits and employee supports for mental wellness.

Apply online at: http://www.fnha.ca/about/work-with-us

The First Nations Health Authority is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce; preference will be given to individuals with First Nations, Inuit, Metis or Aboriginal ancestry.