Registered Compounding Pharmacy Technician – Non-Sterile Compounding
Company: Mint Health + Drugs
Employment Type: Full-Time
Site: Blue Bottle Pharmacy, Calgary, Alberta
Build Something Meaningful With Us
At Mint Health + Drugs, we believe pharmacy should be personal.
Not every patient fits into a standard medication or dosage form. Our compounding program allows us to work alongside patients, prescribers and healthcare professionals to create individualized medication solutions when commercially available options don't meet a patient's needs.
We're looking for an experienced Registered Pharmacy Technician with a passion for non-sterile compounding to join our specialized team at Blue Bottle Pharmacy.
This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys the technical side of pharmacy: precision, calculations, formulation preparation, quality control and creating customized medications. You'll work closely with our Compounding Pharmacist and pharmacy team to deliver high-quality preparations while helping us continuously improve the efficiency and capacity of our compounding program.
What You'll Do
Prepare Customized Compounded Medications
You'll play an important hands-on role in the preparation of non-sterile compounded medications.
Your work may include:
- Preparing customized compounds according to prescriptions,
- Accurately weighing, measuring, mixing and preparing ingredients
- Performing pharmaceutical calculations within your scope of practice
- Supervising pharmacy assistants in preparing capsules, creams, ointments, gels, liquids and other customized dosage forms
- Selecting and preparing appropriate equipment, ingredients and packaging
- Completing accurate compounding records and required documentation
- Performing final checks for completed preparations
- Identifying discrepancies or potential quality concerns and escalating them appropriately
Our compounding services may include:
- Customized capsules and oral preparations
- Dermatological creams, ointments, lotions and gels
- Pain-management preparations
- Bio-identical hormone preparations
- Pediatric formulations
- Customized strengths and dosage forms
- Preservative-free, dye-free, alcohol-free or other patient-specific formulations where appropriate
- Medications that are commercially unavailable or discontinued
Quality & Patient Safety
Compounding requires an exceptional level of precision and attention to detail.
You'll help maintain strong standards for:
- Master Formulation Records and Compounding Records
- Ingredient lot numbers and traceability
- Beyond-use dates and storage requirements
- Accurate weighing, measuring and pharmaceutical calculations
- Equipment cleaning, maintenance and calibration
- Compounding area cleanliness and organization
- Quality control procedures
- Ingredient and supply inventory
- Monitoring ingredient expiry dates and stock rotation
- Reducing ingredient and preparation waste
- Documentation and record keeping
- Medication incident and near-miss reporting
- Compliance with applicable Mint policies, procedures and compounding standards
You'll be expected to consistently follow established procedures while speaking up when something doesn't look right.
Help Us Improve How We Compound
We're looking for more than someone who simply completes the day's production.
As part of our specialized compounding team, you'll be encouraged to identify opportunities to make our processes safer, faster and more consistent.
This could include:
- Improving prescription entry and preparation workflows
- Helping streamline pharmaceutical calculations and commonly used formulations
- Identifying unnecessary or duplicated steps
- Organizing ingredients and equipment to improve workflow
- Helping maintain and improve compounding templates and practice tools
- Supporting inventory management and reducing unnecessary waste
- Identifying recurring workflow issues and recommending solutions
- Helping develop efficient processes as our compounding volume grows
We want someone who takes pride in their workspace and sees opportunities to make a good process even better.
What We're Looking For
Required
- Completion of an accredited Pharmacy Technician program
- Current registration and practice permit as a Pharmacy Technician with the Alberta College of Pharmacy
- Strong mathematical and pharmaceutical calculation skills
- Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
- Ability to follow detailed procedures consistently
- Strong documentation skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain accuracy
- Ability to work independently while collaborating with pharmacists and the broader pharmacy team
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Commitment to patient safety, confidentiality and quality
Compounding Experience
Previous non-sterile compounding experience is strongly preferred.
Experience with one or more of the following would be considered an asset:
- Complex non-sterile compounding
- Customized capsules
- Creams, ointments, lotions and gels
- Bio-identical hormone preparations
- Pediatric preparations
- Pain-management compounds
- Pharmaceutical calculations
- Master Formulation Records and Compounding Records
- Ingredient inventory and traceability
- Compounding equipment and calibration
- Kroll pharmacy software
Who Will Thrive in This Role
You'll likely be a great fit if you:
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- Enjoy detailed, hands-on technical work
- Take pride in accuracy and consistency
- Like understanding why a process works, not simply following instructions
- Notice inefficiencies and look for ways to improve them
- Are comfortable working independently and taking ownership of your responsibilities
- Enjoy learning new formulations and developing specialized pharmacy skills
- Work well in a collaborative environment
- Understand that quality and patient safety come before speed
- Want to become an important part of a growing specialized pharmacy service
Why Join Mint Health + Drugs?
We offer:
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- Competitive compensation based on experience
- Health and dental benefits
- Life insurance, long-term disability and AD&D
- Health spending account
- Education allowance
- Paid vacation and personal days
- RRSP matching
- Employee discounts
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- Free on-site parking
Apply today and help us continue building a high-quality compounding program at Mint Health + Drugs.