Overview

Languages

English

Education

- Bachelor's degree

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work setting

- Community or retail pharmacy

Responsibilities

Tasks

- Advise customers on indications, contraindications, adverse effects, drug interactions and dosage
- Dispense prescribed pharmaceuticals to customers or to other health care professionals
- Order and maintain stock of pharmaceutical supplies
- Check prescriptions for proper dosage
- Compound prescribed pharmaceutical products by calculating, measuring and mixing the right quantities of drugs and other ingredients
- Maintain medication profiles of customers including registry of poisons and narcotic and controlled drugs
- Manage the storage, packaging and distribution of medicinal products




- Supervise and co-ordinate the activities of other pharmacists, pharmacy assistants, pharmacy technicians and other staff
- Control the quality of drug products during production to ensure that they meet standards of potency, purity, uniformity, stability and safety
- Evaluate labelling, packaging and advertising of drug products

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

- Pharmacy Examining Boards of Canada Certification
- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities

Additional information

Personal suitability

- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Productive interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Judgement
- Reliability

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