Pharmacist

Pattison Food Group Ltd.; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental plan

Disability benefits

Health care plan

Paramedical services coverage

Vision care benefits

Long-term care insurance

Maternity and parental benefits

Job summary

Pattison Food Group Ltd. in Kelowna, BC, is seeking a licensed Pharmacist to join our onsite pharmacy team. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Canadian licensure, and 1–2 years of practical experience.

You will provide patient counseling, verify prescriptions, and support stock management. You will supervise and train staff, maintain medication profiles, ensure quality control, and collaborate with health professionals to optimize outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy.
• Licensure by provincial authorities in Canada.
• Pharmacy Examining Boards of Canada Certification.
• 1–2 years of experience in pharmacy practice.

Responsibilities

• Advise customers on indications, interactions, and dosage.
• Dispense prescribed pharmaceuticals to customers or to other health care professionals.
• Order and maintain stock of pharmaceutical supplies.
• Advise customers on selection and use of non-prescription medications.
• Check prescriptions for proper dosage.
• Compound prescribed pharmaceutical products by calculating and mixing ingredients.
• Hire and train staff.
• Maintain medication profiles and ensure records for poisons and controlled drugs.
• Manage storage, packaging and distribution of medicinal products.
• Supervise pharmacists, assistants, technicians and staff.
• Ensure drug product quality meets potency, purity, and safety standards.
• Evaluate labeling, packaging and advertising of drug products.
• Lead and instruct team members.

Skills

Attention to detail

Client focus

Dependability

Oral communication

Written communication

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy

Job description

OVERVIEW

LANGUAGES: English

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree

EXPERIENCE: 1 year to less than 2 years

ON SITE: Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

RESPONSIBILITIES

TASKS

• Advise customers on indications, contraindications, adverse effects, drug interactions and dosage
• Dispense prescribed pharmaceuticals to customers or to other health care professionals
• Order and maintain stock of pharmaceutical supplies
• Advise customers on selection and use of non-prescription medication
• Check prescriptions for proper dosage
• Compound prescribed pharmaceutical products by calculating, measuring and mixing the right quantities of drugs and other ingredients
• Hire and train staff
• Maintain medication profiles of customers including registry of poisons and narcotic and controlled drugs
• Manage the storage, packaging and distribution of medicinal products
• Supervise and co-ordinate the activities of other pharmacists, pharmacy assistants, pharmacy technicians and other staff
• Control the quality of drug products during production to ensure that they meet standards of potency, purity, uniformity, stability and safety
• Evaluate labelling, packaging and advertising of drug products
• Leading/instructing individuals

SUPERVISION

• 1 to 2 people

CREDENTIALS

CERTIFICATES, LICENCES, MEMBERSHIPS, AND COURSES

• Pharmacy Examining Boards of Canada Certification
• Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

PERSONAL SUITABILITY

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player

BENEFITS

HEALTH BENEFITS

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage
• Vision care benefits

LONG TERM BENEFITS

• Long-term care insurance
• Maternity and parental benefits