Pharmacy Assistant
Requisition ID: 385214
Position Number: 20022359
Posting End Date: July 29, 2025
City: Churchill
Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Site: Churchill Health Centre
Department / Unit: Pharmacy - CR
Job Stream: Clinical
Union: MAHCP
Anticipated Start Date: 07/28/2025
FTE: Casual
Anticipated Shift: Days
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 7.50
Annual Base Hours: 1950
Salary: $32.493, $33.472, $34.473, $35.507, $36.579, $37.675
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Position Overview
Under the direction of the Pharmacist, the Pharmacy Assistant is responsible for supportive duties related to the daily operations of the Pharmacy Department.
Experience
- Previous experience as a Pharmacy Assistant (clinical and retail) required.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
Not Applicable
Qualifications and Skills
- Computer knowledge required.
- Knowledge of Word/Excel and KROLL software programs an asset.
- Familiar with cash registers and interact.
- Familiar with office systems, computers, photocopiers, facsimiles, and complex telephone systems.
- Demonstrates the ability to work cooperatively with the public and staff as a team member.
- Displays a polite, helpful and courteous manner when communicating with patients/residents, families, the general public and other staff members/consultants.
- Demonstrates a calm and confident manner during emergency and/or difficult situations.
- Displays good interpersonal and telephone relations with Pharmacists, Physicians, Administrative Staff, Nursing Staff, other facility departments, patients, families and the general public.
- Maintains confidentiality with all information entrusted to the position.
- Represents the Churchill Regional Health Authority in a professional and positive manner.
Physical Requirements
- Possible heavy lifting at times.
- Possible eye strain.
- Possible posture and muscle problems.
- Other demands as it pertains to the position.
This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.
Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.
Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
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