At Hamilton Health Sciences, the 400 members of our pharmacy team are drug and pharmaceutical care experts blending community pharmacy with cutting-edge research and specialized care. They are an integrated part of our care teams, playing a key role in ensuring safe and effective use of drug therapy.
Our Pharmacy Technicians work in a fast-paced environment supporting medication distribution and compounding activities across our multi-site system with diverse patient populations. They use a wide variety of automated and manual systems to compound, package and distribute medications to all care areas, and are the triage point for contact in our pharmacies. They also work directly with patients in our retail settings and in selected inpatient areas, assisting with completion of best practice medication histories.
Education requirements
Graduate of an approved Pharmacy Technician program
Registration requirements
Ontario College of Pharmacists as a Pharmacy Technician (RPhT)
Union group
Highlights
At HHS, you’ll find state-of-the-art robotic medication dispensing services. This technology, called a pill picker, fully automates the storage and retrieval of medication.
Pharmacy automation is supported by a small team of pharmacists and technicians, facilitating the use of technology to provide safer and more accurate medication packaging, compounding and distribution. The team supports robotics within the inpatient pharmacies, dispensing cabinet technology, compounding pumps in sterile compounding, and monitors the system for appropriate use and narcotic security. They also support pharmacy informatics in the hospital information system.
Our pharmacy team has the opportunity to contribute to the profession by participating in the ongoing improvement of care as HHS prides itself on its culture of continuous improvement and innovation. One way this can be done is by participating on committees such as Pharmacy & Therapeutics, Medication Safety Committee, Patient Safety Triad or task forces Narcotics Safety, Surgical Site Infection, Medication Reconciliation.