Pharmacy Assistant

Walmart Canada; Lethbridge; On-site; CAD 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Walmart Canada in Lethbridge, AB is seeking a Pharmacy Assistant to support the Pharmacist in dispensing prescriptions and handling administrative duties. You will participate in pharmacy operations, maintain inventory, and help ensure excellent customer service.

Responsibilities include processing prescriptions, performing data entry, price checks, and preparing labels under supervision. The role emphasizes accuracy, teamwork, and adherence to provincial regulations.

Qualifications

• Assists Pharmacist in technical aspects of prescription filling and admin duties.
• Follows provincial laws/regulations when handling prescriptions.
• Maintains inventory control and stock levels of drugs and supplies.
• Performs computer functions including data entry and price check.
• Gains necessary approvals for verbal refills and assists with cognitive services.

Responsibilities

• Receive prescriptions from patients and verify completeness per guidelines.
• Perform computer functions: data entry, price checks, patient data updates.
• Fill prescriptions under supervision, labeling and organizing for pharmacist check.
• Maintain inventory, remove expired meds, order drugs and supplies.
• Do clerical tasks: filing prescriptions, invoices, and reports.
• Assist OTC operations and cashier duties as directed.

Skills

Prescriptions processing

Data entry

Customer service

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...

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Clerical Organization, filing prescriptions, invoices, reports, correspondence and memos and completing any administrative support functions assigned (i.e. journals, accounts receivable, Aged Trial Balance).
• 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...

Age – 16 or older

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Primary Location…

3195 26TH AVE N, LETHBRIDGE, AB T1H 5P3, Canada

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