Manager - Drug Distribution
Requisition ID: 401183
Position Number: 20087868
Posting End Date: April 27, 2026
City: Winnipeg
Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Site: WRHA Corporate - WRHA Pharmacy
Department / Unit: Pharm Assistants/Technicians Grp 2 - HSC
Job Stream: Clinical Support
Union: Non Union
Anticipated Start Date: 06/01/2026
FTE: 1.00
Anticipated Shift: Days
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 7.75
Annual Base Hours: 2015
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Position Overview
Reporting to the Regional Pharmacy Manager - Drug Distribution Services, the Manager, Drug Distribution is responsible for the safe, effective and efficient provision of drug distribution services. The manager works collaboratively with other members of the WRHA Pharmacy Program’s Management Team to ensure that the compounding, preparation and delivery of medications to patient care units meets high-standards for quality and patient safety and is aligned with the strategic priorities of the Program.
The manager is responsible for the selection, training, discipline and evaluation of pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, pharmacy technicians in training, and support staff with respect to expected performance and competencies and supports the operational, fiscal and strategic objectives of the WRHA Pharmacy Program.
Experience
- Three (3) years’ experience as a Pharmacy Assistant or Pharmacy Technician is required.
- Experience in a hospital pharmacy is preferred.
- One (1) year related supervisory/management experience or equivalent education/training is preferred.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Recognized or eligible to be recognized as a Pharmacy Technician by the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba (CPhM) is required.
- Successful completion of a CCAPP Accredited Pharmacy Technician Certificate or completion of the program prescribed by the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba for candidates who successfully complete a non-CCAPP Accredited Pharmacy Technician Certificate.
- Completion of a management training program preferred.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
- Pharmacy Technician Certificate.
- Listed as a Pharmacy Technician with the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba.
- Successful completion of the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) entry-to-practice Pharmacy Technician certification examination (Part 1 – MCQ and Part II – OSPE).
- Completion or eligible to complete the CPhM Pharmacy Technician Structured Practical Training Program and CPhM Pharmacy Technician Jurisprudence Examination.
- Ability to pass and maintain Regional Pharmacy Program Pharmacy Technician competency assessments.
- Membership in the Canadian Association of Pharmacy Technicians or Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists, preferred.
Qualifications and Skills
- Evidence of strong organizational and time management skills in a multi-tasking environment.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated interpersonal communication, facilitation, negotiation and conflict management skills.
- Ability to interpret and apply collective agreements.
- Education in management or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated leadership abilities and human resources management.
- Demonstrated excellent written and oral communication abilities.
- Ability to utilize information technologies for communication, word processing, spreadsheet applications and other common needs.
- Project management skills to plan, organize and coordinate multiple activities.
- Knowledge of hospital pharmacy practice including computerized unit dose and cassette exchange systems, unit dose packaging equipment and intravenous admixture systems, and narcotic and controlled drug requirements.
- Knowledge of regulations and acts governing the profession of Pharmacy in Manitoba.
- Support the Philosophy/Mission/Goals and Objectives of the Pharmacy Program and the sites it services.
- Discretion and confidentiality in all hospital/patient/resident related matters is maintained.
- Fluency in the English language.
- Maintain current competencies that underlie the main duties of a pharmacy technician.
- Provide annually to their supervisor, a record of continuing education requirements to maintain their eligibility to be a pharmacy technician under the legislation of the Pharmaceutical Act and Regulations.
Physical Requirements
- Energy and stamina required including ability to manage stress and time pressures.
- Physical demand associated with using a computer and other office equipment; moderate walking and minimal lifting.
- May be required to travel to other sites.
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.
Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.
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