Pharmacy Technician - located in New Brunswick

Canada

Pharmacy Technicians - this is the life-changing opportunity you’ve been looking for. Join Horizon Health Network in beautiful New Brunswick, where you’ll find friendly communities and a relaxed, affordable and healthy lifestyle.

We have permanent, public-sector roles with guaranteed hours, comprehensive benefits and pension, excellent opportunities for professional growth and the following salary and recruitment incentives for Pharmacy Technicians:

$25.1308 to $26.9514 per hour
Up to $5,000 relocation assistance.

WHO WE ARE

Horizon is the largest regional health authority – and one of the largest employers – in New Brunswick. With 12 hospitals and more than 100 medical facilities, we focus on delivering quality and safe health care services, to half a million residents in New Brunswick, northern Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

JOB PURPOSE

The Pharmacy Technician is responsible to interact with patients to gather medication related information and to provide instruction, checking accuracy of medication preparation by others, supervising Pharmacy Technician students and acquiring, preparing, and distributing medications and pharmaceutical products.

QUALIFICATIONS

Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the New Brunswick College of Pharmacist and licensed to practice in New Brunswick.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Checking medication prepared by other Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy Assistants and Pharmacy Assistant - Delegated Checkers
Meeting with patients and gather medication related information to create best possible medication history
Assisting Pharmacists in the implementation and monitoring of the patient medication care plan
Providing instructions to patients on medication related tools and devices
Precepting Pharmacy Technician students and provide orientation to Pharmacy students
Preparing and labelling sterile products such as total parental nutrition, chemotherapy agents, intravenous mixtures and other sterile products that require specialized techniques
Preparing, labeling and distributing pharmaceutical products
Ordering and receiving pharmaceuticals including maintaining inventories

BENEFITS

Competitive salary
Comprehensive benefits package
Pension
Guaranteed hours
Relocation assistance: up to $5,000

Schedule:

Monday to Friday plus evenings, weekends and holidays

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary: $25.13-$26.95 per hour

Benefits:

Company pension
Relocation assistance

Work Location: On the road

Average base salary estimate

Estimate provided by employer

$26.04

/hr (est.)

The minimum salary range is

$25.13

The maximum salary range is

$26.95

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Company overview

Size

10000+ Employees

Founded

2008

Type

Government

Industry

Healthcare Services & Hospitals

Sector

Healthcare

Revenue

Unknown / Non-Applicable

Horizon Health Network Ratings

3.2

Recommend to a friend
Approve of CEO
Margaret Melanson
8 Ratings

Career Opportunities
Comp & Benefits
Culture and Values
Senior Management
Work/Life Balance

Horizon Health Network Reviews by pharmacy technician

Pros

"great staff, management, fun atmosphere" (in 11 reviews)
"Good coworkers" (in 12 reviews)
"Great benefits" (in 5 reviews)

Cons

"Management does little to improve situation" (in 11 reviews)
"Leadership is arrogant, ignorant and arbitrary." (in 3 reviews)
"Not great compensation, manager doesn’t value staff" (in 5 reviews)

Horizon Health Network – Why work with us

Horizon is the largest regional health authority – and one of the largest employers – in New Brunswick, and the second-largest health authority in Atlantic Canada.

Horizon Health Network (Horizon) operates 12 hospitals and more than 100 medical facilities, clinics and offices throughout New Brunswick, focused on delivering quality and safe health care services to patients, clients and their families. With a collaborative team approach to offering services in English and French, Horizon serves residents of New Brunswick, as well as northern Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

Horizon provides services ranging from acute and specialized care to community-based health services. At the foundation of this health system is a robust network of community-based primary care services offered in a variety of settings in communities throughout the province.

Horizon’s primary care system comprises a number of facilities and services, including community health centres, clinics, public health services, community hospitals, as well as addictions and mental health services.

Our leadership and health care providers are experts in diverse areas of health and community services and provide services to a half a million people.

Horizon Health Network Benefits

3.0

3 Ratings