Registered Pharmacy Technician (Pharmacy Practice Assistant) - 2025-2026 Graduates

About the position

Nova Scotia Health is committed to Nurturing the Future of Healthcare by hiring Registered Pharmacy Technicians who will be completing studies in the next 12 months. Nova Scotia Health’s mission is to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together. NSH will provide you with the challenge and opportunity you are looking for by entering the Pharmacy field! A Registered Pharmacy Technician participates in the provision of safe, competent, patient or family centered ethical care, ensuring the goals and needs of the patient are prioritized and individualized; prepares, packages and dispenses medication under the direct supervision of a pharmacist. Responsibilities include compounding of sterile and non-sterile dosage forms, dispensing drugs to inpatients and outpatients in unit dose, physician order entry, working with automation, Inventory control, medication reconciliation, and CIVA systems. Preparation of chemotherapy doses, distributing narcotics and participating in quality programs and patient safety initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Participates in the provision of safe, competent, patient or family centered ethical care, ensuring the goals and needs of the patient are prioritized and individualized
  • Prepares, packages and dispenses medication under the direct supervision of a pharmacist
  • Compounding of sterile and non-sterile dosage forms
  • Dispensing drugs to inpatients and outpatients in unit dose
  • Physician order entry
  • Working with automation
  • Inventory control
  • Medication reconciliation
  • CIVA systems
  • Preparation of chemotherapy doses
  • Distributing narcotics
  • Participating in quality programs and patient safety initiatives

Requirements

  • Graduate of an accredited Pharmacy Technician Program
  • Eligible for Licensure and registration in Nova Scotia as a Registered Pharmacy Technician with Nova Scotia Pharmacy Regulator (NSPR) required
  • Candidates who meet the above qualifications and are actively pursuing Pharmacy Technician licensure within the province of Nova Scotia will be hired as a Pharmacy Practice Assistant until registration is achieved

Nice-to-haves

  • Competencies in other languages is an asset; French preferred

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Extensive health and dental benefits
  • Enrollment in the Provincial Pension Plan
  • Shift and weekend premiums
  • Variety of available shifts
  • Continuous clinical education and support
  • Opportunity for advancement within the organization
  • Signing bonus and/or relocation assistance with a defined return of service contract
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