(CAN) Pharmacy Assistant

Walmart; Belleville; On-site; CAD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Walmart in Belleville, ON is seeking a Pharmacy Assistant to support the Pharmacist with prescription filling and administrative tasks, enabling more time for patient care. The role requires attention to detail, accuracy in data entry, and a commitment to providing excellent customer service.

You will assist with inventory management, OTC operations, and clerical duties while maintaining a clean, organized dispensary and adhering to regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Ability to perform data entry and pricing tasks accurately.
• Ability to follow provincial regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Receive prescriptions from patients and verify completeness (name, address, date of birth, allergies, third party info, special requests, prescriber, generic/brand).
• Enter data and manage patient information; perform price checks and generate reports.
• Fill prescriptions under supervision, count and label products, and obtain approvals for verbal refills.
• Maintain inventory, check for expired meds monthly, restock, and manage pharmacy orders and shelving.
• Keep the dispensary clean and organized; handle general housekeeping tasks.
• File prescriptions, invoices, and reports; support administrative functions such as journal entries and accounts receivable.
• Assist with OTC operations, ordering, stocking, and cashier duties as assigned.

Skills

Data entry

Price check

Patient information entry

Dosage calculations

Drug name recognition

Latin abbreviations

Inventory control

Tools

Telxon gun

Job description

Position Summary

The Pharmacy Assistant assists the Pharmacist in the technical aspects of prescription filling and administrative duties in order to increase the Pharmacist’s opportunity to provide patient care. The Pharmacy Assistant is expected to participate in all aspects of Pharmacy Operations required of a team player. They are a key member in the delivery of superior customer service.

What you’ll do

1. Receiving prescriptions from patients, following provincial legal/regulatory conditions and assessing the prescription for completeness i.e. Name; Address; DOB; Allergies; 3rd Party Information; Any Special Requests; Prescriber; Generic/Brand; Prioritizing Prescriptions with 21st Century Guidelines.
2. Performing Computer Functions as directed by the Pharmacist i.e. Data Entry; Price Check; Patient Information Entry/Update; Competent interpretation and processing of written prescriptions including Latin abbreviations, drug name recognition, dosage calculations; Refills; Report Generation; Patient Profile checks.
3. Filling prescriptions (always under the Pharmacist’s supervision), selecting appropriate products, performing the accuracy program, including 7 point, Visual and DIN checks, selecting and counting/ measuring & preparing appropriate products, labeling and organizing for pharmacist checking, gaining necessary approvals for verbal refills where authorized, employing ‘STOP’ forms if applicable and facilitating all aspects of Cognitive Services.
4. Maintaining Inventory Control, assisting Pharmacist in maintaining appropriate stock levels of drugs and supplies, checking for and pulling expired medications at least monthly, cleaning up Will Call Bin of ‘stale’ prescriptions on a regular basis, writing up returns, ordering of drugs and supplies, using preferred wholesaler for Pharmacy purchases as much as possible i.e. Kohl and Frisch, operating of the Telxon gun, checking off, pricing and putting away pharmacy orders, zoning the pharmacy shelves, ‘X- ing’ bottles when opened and interchangeable drug knowledge and appropriate maintenance/selection of key brands/preferred generics.
5. General Housekeeping, stocking Prescription filling supplies (Vials, labels, bags), keeping the dispensary clean, organized and neat, maintaining clean/safe work environment as part of the team approach (i.e. dishes, garbage) and maintaining & cleaning packaging & dispensing equipment, computer, fax machine, etc.
6. Clerical Organization, filing prescriptions, invoices, reports, correspondence and memos and completing any administrative support functions assigned (i.e. journals, accounts receivable, Aged Trial Balance).
7. Assisting with OTC Operations and ordering, stocking, cashier duties as assigned by OTC Manager and/or Pharmacist.

The pay range for this position is $17.60 - $23.10/hr. Rate of pay will be determined based on relevant experience.

L’échelle salariale pour ce poste est de 17.60 à 23.10 $/h. . La rémunération sera déterminée en fonction de l’expérience pertinente.

Minimum Qualifications

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Age – 16 or older

Preferred Qualifications

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.

Primary Location

274 MILLENNIUM PKY, BELLEVILLE, ON K8N 4Z5, Canada