Pharmacy Technical Assistant

Canada Job Bank; Two Hills; On-site; CAD 61,992,000 - 77,146,000; Full time

Job summary

Two Hills Pharmacy, operated by 1120504 Alberta Ltd O/A Two Hills Pharmacy, in Two Hills, AB, invites applications for a Pharmacy Technical Assistant. The role is full-time/permanent with varying shifts.

Responsibilities include inventory control, compounding, billing, data entry, and assisting pharmacists to ensure efficient pharmacy operations. The successful candidate should have a college degree or CEGEP, be fluent in English, and possess strong organizational and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• College degree or CEGEP required.
• Fluent in English.
• Excellent supply and inventory management skills.
• Exemplary customer service skills.
• Accurate, organized, and detail-oriented.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Thorough criminal record check.
• Familiar with pharmacy information systems.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and stand long hours.
• Able to operate cash registers and prescription labeling tasks.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Knowledge of pharmacy practise settings, legal requirements and drug handling.

Responsibilities

• Maintain inventories of medications and prescription records.
• Prepare compounded oral solutions, ointments, and creams.
• Bill third party insurers.
• Enter client information in databases and prepare medications.
• Perform clerical duties to ensure pharmacy efficiency.
• Answer calls, manage cash register, restock shelves.
• Direct prescription and medication questions to the pharmacist.
• Restock medications and supplies on shelves.
• Apply labels to medications and assist with receipt of goods.
• Respond to emails and faxes; print prescription labels.
• Keep work areas organized and clean.
• Support pharmacological services by assembling, sorting, stocking, labelling and distributing medications.
• Undertake administrative tasks as assigned by a Physician or facility manager.
• Maintain a safe and clean pharmacy by following regulations.
• Deliver medications to patients and departments to ensure availability.
• Count and pour medications accurately from stock.
• Communicate with healthcare providers to ensure prescription accuracy.
• Collect payments for prescriptions; maintain inventory levels.

Skills

Fluent English

Inventory management

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Detail-oriented

Organized

Punctual

Accountable

Reliable

Team player

Education

College degree or CEGEP

Tools

Cash register

Computers

Scan guns

Tablet counters

Pharmacy software

Job description

1120504 Alberta Ltd O/A Two Hills Pharmacy based in Two Hills, AB is inviting applications from suitable applicants for the position of Pharmacy Technical Assistant who are self-motivated and have good interpersonal skills. The candidate who got selected will be required to start work as soon as possible. The vacancies refer to full time or permanent employment. The selected candidates have to work on different shift timings.

Employer Name: 1120504 Alberta Ltd O/A Two Hills Pharmacy
Position: Pharmacy Technical Assistant
No. of vacancies: 2
Salary: $27.80 hourly for 35 hours per week
Employment type: Permanent employment, Full time
Location: Two Hills, AB

• The candidate will be required to maintain inventories of medications and prescription records of pharmaceutical products
• The candidate would be in charge of compounding oral solutions, ointments, and creams.
• The candidate will be required to bill third party insurers.
• The candidate must ensure that the information on prescriptions is accurate, enter client information in databases and prepare medications for clients
• The candidate will be required to assist pharmacists by performing all clerical duties necessary to ensure that a pharmacy is running efficiently.
• The candidate would be responsible for answering telephone calls, manage the cash register, and restock shelves with medication and other pharmaceutical supplies.
• The candidate would be responsible for directing all prescription, health, and medication-related questions to the pharmacist.
• The candidate would be in charge of restocking medication and other pharmaceutical supplies on shelves.
• The candidate would be in charge of applying labels to medications and assisting with the receipt of goods.
• The candidate would be in charge of responding to emails and faxes.
• The candidate would be responsible for accurately typing and printing out prescription labels.
• The candidate must ensure that work areas are organized and clean.
• The candidate would be responsible for supporting pharmacological services by assembling, sorting, stocking, labelling and distributing medications
• The candidate would be responsible for undertaking administrative tasks such as record-keeping as assigned by a Physician or facility manager from time to time
• The candidate will be required to maintain a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• The candidate must ensures medication availability by delivering medications to patients and departments.
• The candidate will be required to accurately count and pour medications from stock containers
• The candidate will be expected to communicate with healthcare providers in order to ensure the accuracy of prescription information.
• The candidate would be responsible for collecting payments for prescriptions from clients.
• The candidate will be required to maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed medications and supplies, placing and expediting orders, verifying receipt, and removing outdated drugs.
• The candidate will be required tocontact doctor’s offices or hospitals to clarify prescription information

Job Requirements

• The candidate should be fluent in English
• The candidate should have minimum qualification of College degree or CEGEP.
• Previous experience is not mandatory.
• The candidate should have excellent supply and inventory management skills
• The candidate should have exemplary customer service skills
• The candidate must be able to create a safe and productive environment
• The candidate should be accurate.
• The candidate should have a thorough Criminal record check.
• The candidate should have excellent oral and written communication skills.
• The candidate should have effective interpersonal skills.
• The candidate should have good judgemental skills
• The candidate should be a team player.
• The candidate should be organized and flexible in nature.
• The candidate should be dependable.
• The candidate should be reliable.
• The candidate should give importance to values and ethics.
• The candidate should be punctual.
• The candidate have good time-management skills
• The candidate should be accountable.
• The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented and precise.
• The candidate should be familiar with pharmacy information systems.
• The candidate should have strong prioritization skills and an ability to make decisions independently and effectively.
• The candidate must able to operate equipment such as computers, scan guns, tablet counters, and cash registers
• The candidate should be knowledgeable about pharmacy practise settings, legal requirements and limitations, prescription information and calculations, drug identification and generic equivalents, drug manufacturing, packaging, and labelling information, and proper drug handling and storage practises.

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• This is a fast-paced environment.
• The candidate should be willing to work under pressure.
• The candidate should be willing to work for long hours in standing positions.
• The candidate should have an eye for details.
• The candidate should be required to perform repetitive tasks on frequent basis.
• The candidate should ready to work overtime if needed.