Pharmacy Technician - Odette Cancer Centre Pharmacy - Temporary Full-Time 2025-13656

Department PHARMACY-OCC Date Posted 6/9/2025

Position Type Temporary full-time Reference No. 2025-13656

LocationToronto, ON, Canada

Cost Centre / Internal Order719204100


Summary of Duties

Pharmacy technicians play a key role in providing personalized pharmaceutical care to cancer patients. The Odette Cancer Centre pharmacy technicians are involved in specialized medication dispensing of take-home medications and interact directly with patients going through an often stressful journey. They routinely solve many logistical problems for our patients and work closely with pharmacists, drug access navigators, nurses and physicians to ensure patients receive their prescriptions accurately and on time. As a specialty pharmacy, a majority of our prescriptions involve complicated adjudication and patient support programs. Clinical trial medications are also processed on a regular basis. Several different software programs are used in these dispensing functions, and technicians must be competent in mathematical calculations and be able to efficiently prioritize multiple demands. Technician duties also include inventory management, ordering and receiving of drugs and supplies.

 

Qualifications/Skills

  • Current licensure by the Ontario College of Pharmacists
  • Retail pharmacy experience preferred, including experience with Point of Sale systems
  • Knowledge of retail pharmacy computer systems such as Kroll an asset
  • Able to work in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment
  • Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment
  • Self-motivated and able to take initiative
  • Demonstrated problem solving and critical thinking skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Reliable and punctual
  • Customer service skills and empathetic manner
  • Knowledge of hospital-based oncology computer systems an asset
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