Pharmacist

Save-On-Foods; Victoria; On-site; CAD 79,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Save-On-Foods is seeking a full-time pharmacist for our location at 1950 Foul Bay Road, Victoria, British Columbia. The role is 32 to 40 hours per week, with an hourly wage of $57.00 - $60.00.

The successful candidate must be a licensed Pharmacist in Canada. Your duties will include checking prescriptions, vaccine and pharmaceutical distribution, dispensing, patient counseling on medications, maintaining patient medication profiles, and compounding as needed.

Qualifications

• Licensed Pharmacist in Canada with active registration.

Responsibilities

• Check prescriptions for proper dosage.
• Ensure proper preparation, packaging, distribution and storage of vaccines, serums, biologicals and other drugs and pharmaceuticals.
• Dispense prescribed pharmaceuticals to customers or to other health care professionals and advise them on indications, contraindications, adverse effects, drug interactions and dosage.
• Advise customers on selection and use of non-prescription medication.
• Maintain medication profiles of customers including registry of poisons and narcotic and controlled drugs.
• Compound prescribed pharmaceutical products by calculating, measuring and mixing the quantities of drugs and other ingredients required and filling appropriate containers with correct quantity.

Education

Licensed Pharmacist in Canada

Job description

Advance your pharmacy career with Save-On-Foods – A Great Place to Work!

We operate over 135 pharmacies in 55+ communities across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the Yukon under the following banners: Save-On-Foods, PriceSmart Foods and Urban Fare.

Our pharmacy team members are made up of hardworking people who thrive in a changing environment and share a passion for quality patient-centered care. They are individuals who deliver Always Customer First Service while demonstrating our culture of Care, Commitment and Passion.

We have a full-time pharmacist position (32 to 40 hours per week) available in our location at 1950 Foul Bay Road, Victoria, British Columbia. The hourly wage is $57.00 - $60.00.

Your duties will include:

• Check prescriptions for proper dosage
• Ensure proper preparation, packaging, distribution and storage of vaccines, serums, biologicals and other drugs and pharmaceuticals
• Dispense prescribed pharmaceuticals to customers or to other health care professionals and advise them on indications, contraindications, adverse effects, drug interactions and dosage
• Advise customers on selection and use of non-prescription medication
• Maintain medication profiles of customers including registry of poisons and narcotic and controlled drugs
• Compound prescribed pharmaceutical products by calculating, measuring and mixing the quantities of drugs and other ingredients required and filling appropriate containers with correct quantity

The successful candidate must be a licensed Pharmacist in Canada.

We sincerely thank all applicants; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.