If you’re an experienced Pharmacy Technician looking for a meaningful career move—and a change in lifestyle—Island Health welcomes you. As an essential member of the healthcare team, your expertise plays a critical role in preparing, packaging and distributing medications every day. Join a team that values your knowledge, recognizes the impact of your work, and invests in your professional growth.
What You’ll Do
At Island Health, Pharmacy Technicians work closely with interdisciplinary healthcare teams throughout Vancouver Island. In this position, you will process medication orders that are clinically reviewed for therapeutic appropriateness and approved by a pharmacist. You will receive verbal and non-verbal prescriptions from practitioners and ensure that prescriptions are complete and authentic. You will prepare, process and compound prescriptions as well as perform other duties.
What You’ll Need to Apply
- Graduation from an accredited Pharmacy Technician program.
- Current practicing registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.
What We Offer
At Island Health, pharmacy professionals can build long-term careers supported by competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, a strong pension plan, internal mobility, and opportunities across urban, community, and rural practice settings throughout Vancouver Island.
- Competitive salary: $36.26 per hour plus applicable shift differentials.
- Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision.
- Municipal Pension Plan with employer contributions.
- Sick leave accrual of 11.25 hours per month.
- 4 weeks paid vacation (prorated to FTE) plus 13 statutory holidays.
- Continuing education and professional development opportunities.
- Relocation assistance may be available for eligible candidates.
Join Island Health, and play an essential role in patient care every day. Apply now!
Island Health offers programs and services on the unceded and traditional territories of the Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth and Kwakwaka’wakw Peoples. As an organization, we are committed to cultural safety and humility and we demonstrate this through our actions to address Indigenous-specific racism, systemic racism and the ongoing impacts of colonialism.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From $36.26 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance
- Vision care
- Wellness program
Education:
Licence/Certification:
- registration with the College of Pharmacists of BC (required)
Work Location: In person
