Pharmacy Assistant: Precise Dispensing & Patient Care

Avanti Software Inc.; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Drugs in Mississauga is seeking a Pharmacy Assistant to support medication dispensing, refill scheduling, and patient communications. You will work under the Pharmacy Manager and coordinate with doctors, nurses, and homecare teams to ensure timely delivery and accurate billing.

This full-time, permanent role requires a Pharmacy Assistant Certificate and relevant pharmacy experience; an OCP Pharmacy Technician credential is an asset.

Qualifications

• Pharmacy Assistant Certificate and relevant pharmacy experience.
• Pharmacy Technician from OCP an asset.

Responsibilities

• Enters all prescription orders into the pharmacy systems and generates all worksheets and labels to ensure that the production schedule is optimized according to SOPs.
• Enters and prints production in advance.
• Ensures 100% accurate collation of production documents according to SOPs.
• Responsible for dispensing all non-compounded medications.
• Responsible for calling patients to set up medication delivery times.
• Responsible for making all calls to doctors to acquire reorders on medications (sterile compounded and non-compounded).
• Responsible for logging into the pharmacy phone queue and answering all pharmacy telephone calls.
• Responsible for receiving and signing out narcotic drugs with the pharmacists.
• Schedules production for all sterile compounded medication.
• Responsible for ensuring all valid documentation for billing requirements are received.
• Responsible for coordinating payment options for medications not covered by ODB.
• Responsible for programming CADD pumps.
• Ensure orders are prioritized throughout the day and monitors the DOP and fax for receipt of priority orders as required.
• Monitors relevant screens in Monarch and Pronto to confirm the status of progress of orders in the pharmacy department.
• Investigates and intervenes in situations that may lead to potential late deliveries.
• Liaise with Operations to expedite high priority deliveries.
• Responsible for scanning and filing prescriptions and worksheets.
• Perform ODB billings and reconciliations to ensure proper payment is obtained for medication orders.

Skills

Excellent communication

Self-motivated

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Time management

Customer service

MS Office

Team collaboration

Education

Pharmacy Assistant Certificate

Pharmacy Technician from OCP asset

Job description

Royal Drugs in Mississauga is seeking a Pharmacy Assistant to support medication dispensing, refill scheduling, and patient communications. You will work under the Pharmacy Manager and coordinate with doctors, nurses, and homecare teams to ensure timely delivery and accurate billing.

This full-time, permanent role requires a Pharmacy Assistant Certificate and relevant pharmacy experience; an OCP Pharmacy Technician credential is an asset.