Description:

Pharmacy Technicians in Correctional Health work in a secure environment, collaborating with healthcare teams, correctional staff, and external partners to care for adults and youth in custody. They handle all aspects of drug distribution, including barcoding, preparing, and repackaging patient-specific and ward stock medications, as well as methadone. Additional duties include maintaining controlled substance records, managing inventory, performing final checks, supporting purchasing, training staff and students, assisting with medication reconciliation, and working with the healthcare team to resolve medication-related issues.

As a Pharmacy Technician I, you will be responsible for the preparation and distribution of pharmaceutical products. You will receive and triage medication orders, compound and repackage medication and prepare sterile and non-sterile pharmaceutical products.

• Classification: Pharmacy Technician
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: S4-PROV-Pharmacy Corrections
• Primary Location: Edmonton Remand Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 02-DEC-2025
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• Date Available: 15-DEC-2025
• Temporary End Date: 28-FEB-2027
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $31.13
• Maximum Salary: $38.98
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

• Completion of a CCAPP-accredited Pharmacy Technician Training Program
• Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Pharmacy (ACP) as a Pharmacy Technician
• Requirement of the position is you must be cleared by Correctional Service Canada
• Requires the ability to stand, walk, perform repetitive tasks, and lift up to 30 lbs. regularly (up to 50 lbs. occasionally), with the manual dexterity and visual acuity needed to prepare medications safely and accurately
• Recent experience in a correctional setting within the last 2 years
• Experience with Willow Inpatient

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active membership in a pharmacy professional organization