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Pharmacy technician

@ Fraser Health Authority

Coquitlam, British Columbia

$36.26/hr
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Overview

Fraser Health Authority is hiring a Pharmacy Technician to process and verify medication orders, prepare and compound prescriptions, and maintain pharmacy stock and records. The role requires a current BC Pharmacy Technician registration and pays $36.26 per hour.

Pay:

$36.26 an hour

Responsibilities:

  • Process and verify clinically approved medication orders
  • Prepare, compound and check prescriptions
  • Maintain pharmacy inventory, wardstock and narcotic records
  • Enter drug and patient information in the pharmacy system
  • Perform clerical duties

Requirements summary:

  • Grade 12 and accredited Pharmacy Technician program or equivalent
  • Current BC Pharmacy Technician registration
  • Effective verbal and written communication
  • Ability to keyboard and organize work
  • Physical ability to perform duties

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Employer posting date
2026-10-20
First seen by our source
2026-10-21
Source record updated
2026-10-29

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Job details

DepartmentPharmacy
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingHospital or clinic
PositionSitting and standing
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
LanguagesEnglish
Licences & certificationsPharmacy Technician registration (College of Pharmacists of British Columbia)
EducationHigh school (required), Trade certificate (required)
Fields of studyPharmacy Technician

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Fraser Health Authority

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Full company description

The ❤️ of health care from Burnaby to Boston Bar on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to 32 First Nations within the territories of the Fraser Salish region.

LinkedIn followers
92,159
People associated on LinkedIn
15,792
Reported office locations
  • 13450 102 Avenue, Surrey, BC V3T 0H1, CA
  • 32900 Marshall Road, Abbotsford, BC V2S 0C2, CA
  • 3935 Kindcaid Street, Burnaby, BC V5G 2X6, CA
  • 45600 Menholm Road, Chilliwack, BC V2P 1P7, CA
  • 5800 Mountain View Boulevard, Delta, BC V4K 3V6, CA
  • 475 Guildford Way, Port Moody, British Columbia V3H 3W9, CA
  • 1275 7th Ave, Hope, British Columbia V0X 1L4, CA
  • 9750 140th St, Surrey, British Columbia V3R 3G2, CA
  • 22051 Fraser Hwy, Langley, British Columbia V3A 4H4, CA
  • 11666 Laity St, Maple Ridge, British Columbia V2X 5A3, CA
  • 7324 Hurd St, Mission, British Columbia V2V 3H5, CA
  • 15521 Russell Ave, White Rock, British Columbia V4B 2R4, CA
  • 330 E Columbia St, New Westminster, British Columbia V3L 3W7, CA
  • 13750 96 Ave, Surrey, British Columbia V3V 1Z2, CA
Business categories
  • Health Diagnostics
  • Hospital
  • Health Care
  • Mental Health
Other recorded names
  • Fraser Health
  • Fraser Health Authority
Specialties
  • public health care
  • acute and community
  • mental health and substance use
  • home and community care
  • residential care
  • surgery
  • emergency care and trauma
  • labour and delivery
  • NICU
  • and environmental health
Profile identifies a recruitment agency
No
Reported total investment
24,030

Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.

The ❤️ of health care from Burnaby to Boston Bar on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to 32 First Nations within the territories of the Fraser Salish region.

FieldValue
IndustryHospitals and Health Care
Company size10,001+ employees
HeadquartersSurrey, BC
Organization typeGovernment Agency
Year founded2001
Specialtiespublic health careacute and communitymental health and substance usehome and community careresidential caresurgeryemergency care and traumalabour and deliveryNICUand environmental health
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Job description
Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $36.26 - $36.26 / hour
Detailed Overview

The Pharmacy Technician operates in accordance with the competency guidelines and scope/standards of practice for Pharmacy Technicians as outlined by the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia and according to organizational policies, procedures, standards and unit specific protocols.

Processes medication orders that are clinically reviewed for therapeutic appropriateness and approved by a Pharmacist; receives verbal and non-verbal prescriptions from practitioners and ensures that prescriptions are complete and authentic; prepares, processes and compounds prescriptions; ensures the accuracy and completeness of dispensed prescriptions prepared by self or others by verifying order entries and/or performing the final check of dispensed prescriptions; processes prescriptions for temporary inpatient leaves of absence; transfers prescriptions to and receives prescriptions from other pharmacies; enters and ensures the accuracy and completeness of drug and personal health information in the Pharmacy information system; maintains stock levels and performs clerical duties as assigned.


Responsibilities

  • Processes clinically reviewed and approved medication orders for distribution to a patient, client or resident.
  • Receives prescriptions (verbal and non verbal) from practitioners and ensures that prescriptions are complete and authentic by performing duties such as verifying allergy status and/or demographics.
  • Prepares and processes prescriptions by performing duties such as entering orders, counting, measuring, packaging or re-packaging medications and compounding various sterile pharmaceutical products according to established procedures. Pre-packages oral, liquid and topical medications into unit-of-use format.
  • Ensures the accuracy and completeness of dispensed prescriptions prepared by self or others by verifying order entries, and/or performing the final check of dispensed prescriptions.
  • Processes prescriptions for temporary inpatient leave of absence by methods such as reviewing, translating and converting existing inpatient medication orders previously reviewed and approved by a pharmacist.
  • Enters and ensures the accuracy and completeness of drug and personal health information in the pharmacy information system.
  • Transfers prescriptions to and receives prescriptions from other pharmacies.
  • Maintains accurate records such as medication verification and the results of quality assurance checks.
  • Distributes medications and maintains relevant inventory, wardstock and narcotic records.
  • Maintains inventory and wardstock levels. Fills wardstock and narcotic requisitions.
  • Identifies outdated drugs to be returned or destroyed by checking stock for lot expiry dates.
  • Maintains department work areas by ensuring tidiness and order. Stocks pharmaceuticals, labels, containers and glassware in accordance with established procedures and standards.
  • Performs related clerical duties such as keyboarding, answering telephone, filing and maintaining medication and prescription records.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

  • Qualifications

    Education and Experience

    Grade 12 and graduation from an accredited Pharmacy Technician program or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Current practicing registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.

    Skills and Abilities

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

    About Fraser Health

    Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

    People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

    We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

    Together, we are the heart of health care.

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