Pharmacy Assistant

Walmart Canada Corp; Burlington; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A major retail company in Burlington is looking for a Pharmacy Assistant to support the Pharmacist in prescription filling and administrative duties. Key responsibilities include receiving and assessing prescriptions, maintaining inventory, and performing clerical tasks to ensure superior customer service. The pay range is $17.60 to $23.10/hr, based on relevant experience. This role is crucial to supporting patient care in a collaborative pharmacy environment.

Qualifications

• Assists in prescription filling and adheres to legal/regulatory standards.
• Maintains inventory and assists with OTC operations.
• Performs clerical tasks and ensures cleanliness in the pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Receive and assess prescriptions for completeness.
• Fill prescriptions under Pharmacist supervision and maintain inventory.
• Perform general housekeeping and clerical organization in the dispensary.

Skills

Prescription filling

Customer service

Inventory control

Data entry

Attention to detail

Job description

Position Summary

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

What you’ll do

• Receiving prescriptions from patients, following provincial legal/regulatory conditions and assessing the prescription for completeness (Name, Address, DOB, Allergies, 3rd Party Information, Special Requests, Prescriber, Generic/Brand).
• Performing computer functions as directed by the Pharmacist, including data entry, price check, patient information entry/update, interpreting and processing written prescriptions (Latin abbreviations, drug name recognition, dosage calculations), refills, report generation, and patient profile checks.
• Filling prescriptions under the Pharmacist’s supervision, selecting appropriate products, performing the accuracy program (7‑point, visual and DIN checks), counting/measuring, labeling and organizing for pharmacist checking, obtaining necessary approvals for verbal refills, employing ‘STOP’ forms, and facilitating all aspects of Cognitive Services.
• Maintaining inventory control, assisting the Pharmacist in maintaining appropriate stock levels of drugs and supplies, checking for and pulling expired medications monthly, cleaning the Will Call Bin of stale prescriptions, writing up returns, ordering drugs and supplies, using preferred wholesalers, operating the Telxon gun, pricing and putting away pharmacy orders, zoning the pharmacy shelves, ‘X‑ing’ bottles when opened, and maintaining key brand/preferred generic knowledge.
• General housekeeping: stocking prescription filling supplies (vials, labels, bags), keeping the dispensary clean, organized, and neat, maintaining a safe work environment, and cleaning packaging and dispensing equipment, computer, fax machine, etc.
• Clerical organization: filing prescriptions, invoices, reports, correspondence and memos, and completing administrative support functions such as journals, accounts receivable, and aged trial balance.
• Assisting with OTC operations and ordering, stocking, cashier duties as assigned by the 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.

Primary Location

2065 Fairview St, Burlington, ON L7R 0B4, Canada

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