Pharmacy Support Specialist: Precision & Patient Service

Walmart Canada; London; On-site; CAD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Walmart Canada in London, Ontario is seeking a Pharmacy Assistant to support the Pharmacist in prescription filling and administrative duties, helping to maximize patient care and service quality. As a key team member, you will participate in all aspects of Pharmacy Operations and deliver superior customer service.

Your responsibilities include receiving prescriptions, data entry, price checks, inventory control, and clerical tasks.

Qualifications

• Age – 16 or older

Responsibilities

• 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.

Tools

Telxon gun

Job description

Walmart Canada in London, Ontario is seeking a Pharmacy Assistant to support the Pharmacist in prescription filling and administrative duties, helping to maximize patient care and service quality. As a key team member, you will participate in all aspects of Pharmacy Operations and deliver superior customer service.

Your responsibilities include receiving prescriptions, data entry, price checks, inventory control, and clerical tasks.