Job Summary

The Pharmacy Technician Supervisor supervises Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Assistants, performs administrative duties and performs Pharmacy Technician duties.

Duties/Accountabilities:

1. Supervises Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Assistants by performing duties such as scheduling and coordinating work assignments, evaluating employee performance and determining related training and orientation requirements.

2. Coordinates the work flow of distribution areas by performing such duties as assigning tasks to Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Assistants, establishing priorities, and ensuring completion of tasks.

3. Provides work direction to assistant by performing duties such as checking, verifying, reviewing, adjusting, correcting, coordinating and/or assigning work to others.

4. Provides orientation and training to new Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Assistants in areas such as safe handling of cytotoxic drugs, aseptic preparation of intravenous medications, the safe handling of chemotherapy medications, dispensary functions, and all aspects of assistant rotations to ensure standardization of procedures.

5. Uses established criteria and in accordance with departmental policy, performs chemotherapy certification testing and evaluation by performing duties such as observing assistants in the day-to-day chemotherapy preparation and administering the written examination(s).

6. Collates and prepares statistical workload reports using database and spreadsheet programs using Pharmacy computer systems.

7. Oversees and monitors the quality assurance program for the Pharmacy, including distribution, purchasing and receiving areas.

8. Performs Pharmacy Technician duties such as independently preparing, processing, or compounding prescriptions, and ensuring prescriptions are accurate, complete, and authentic; compounding parenteral solutions such as chemotherapy and other medications; performing the final check of a dispensed prescription; and transferring prescriptions to, and receiving prescriptions from, other pharmacies.

9. Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications

Education, Training and Experience

• Grade 12, and graduation from an accredited Pharmacy Technician course plus three (3) year’s recent related experience, including one (1) year in a supervisory capacity or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Currently a registered Pharmacy Technician with the College of Pharmacists of BC

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to supervise.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to deal with others effectively.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to keyboard.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.