Pharmacy Intern, Hourly Part Time Flexible Shifts

Shoppers Drug Mart Inc.; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. is offering an internship in a community pharmacy setting in Mississauga. You will gain practical experience working with pharmacists and customers, focusing on health, beauty, and convenience services.

Interns will learn about OTC products, patient counseling, and the expanding roles of the community pharmacist within a retail environment, with structured training and real-world exposure.

Qualifications

• Exposure to community pharmacy operations and patient interactions.
• Understanding of privacy and consent requirements in a pharmacy setting.
• Develop communication and counseling skills with patients and staff.

Responsibilities

• Acknowledge customers in the Pharmacy area.
• Ensure privacy requirements are followed and confidentiality is maintained.
• Provide a friendly, professional image to the public.

Skills

Customer service

Privacy compliance

Communication

Education

Pharmacy student

Job description

Join a locally owned and operated store to help deliver health, beauty and convenience services in your community, and keep the customer at the centre of everything you do.

Why this role is important?

SUMMARY: Join a locally owned and operated store to help deliver health, beauty and convenience services in your community, and keep the customer at the centre of everything you do.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Pharmacy and Customer Service

• Acknowledge all customers approaching the Pharmacy
• Ensure all privacy requirements are met, including, customer confidentiality and consent management
• Be clearly identifiable to the public

Why this role is important? Here at Shoppers Drug Mart, we take pride and ownership in helping Canadians live life well. We're looking for talented individuals who are passionate about providing an exceptional shopping experience for our Pharmacy customers and delighting them every step of the way!

We can offer progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility and a great benefits package! Come share our vision and passion in delivering a superior customer experience. Be a part of our growing Health & Wellness philosophy! We're looking to provide practical experience for future pharmacists in a community pharmacy. Our retail / community environment will provide real world training to enhance academic experience. Interns will learn about the expanding roles of the community pharmacist.

What we offer:

• Expose Interns to the practice of pharmacy in a community setting
• Enhance communication skills with patients, employees, and other health care workers
• Knowledge of OTC products, disease state management, drug therapy, and patient counseling skills
• Teach skills necessary to manage a retail pharmacy
• Prepare future pharmacists to be successful in a community setting.

If you want to join a fast-paced winning team and believe you can have an immediate impact, then we want to hear from you.

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Why work in a Shoppers Drug Mart store?

Each store has an Associate-Owner, so you will work for a local business owner while having the support of a national brand. Benefit from a purchase discount program, flexible and varied schedules, competitive pay and online learning through Academy.

Take ownership of your work and find more ways to care about your patients, co-workers, customers and community.

Associate Owners in the Shoppers Drug Mart network recognize Canada's diversity as an opportunity to better serve their communities, and strive to reflect the nation’s evolving diversity in the products they sell, the people they hire, and the culture they create in their stores. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants and colleagues with disabilities.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct - it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

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