Pharmacy technical assistant
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English or French
- Hours: 35 to 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
Work setting
- Pharmacy or drugstore
Tasks
- Enter client information in databases
- Help pharmacists
- Maintain inventories of medications and pharmaceutical products
- Maintain prescription records
- Position patients for treatments by chiropractor or machine
- Prepare medications for clients
- Repair, build and modify prosthetic or orthotic appliances or footwear
- Supervise and direct activities of other medical technologists or technicians
- Clean and maintain equipment
- Compound, package and label pharmaceutical products
- Prepare and maintain equipment and supplies
- Record information about donors
- Operate and maintain sterilization equipment and instrumentation for re-use according to standardized safety practices
- Take body or limb measurements of patients
- Help patients complete menus
- Process claims such as health insurance or workers compensation
- Maintain supplies
- Connect treatment machines to patients, as directed by chiropractor
- Maintain inventory of equipment
- Monitor donors throughout procedure
- Perform general clerical duties
- Prepare and maintain cleanliness of collection areas
- Advise patients on care and use of ocular prostheses
- Manage routine office functions including reception, telephone and booking appointments
- Repair and maintain fabrication and laboratory equipment
- Order supplies and equipment
- Organize and maintain inventory
- Schedule and confirm appointments
Supervision
- 1 to 2 people
- 3-4 people
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Manual dexterity
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Interpersonal awareness
- Organized
- Team player
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Reliability
Employment terms options
- Early morning
Employment terms options
- Evening
- Shift
- Morning
- Night
- To be determined
- Day
- Weekend
Support for persons with disabilities
- Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
Support for youths
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment
Support for Veterans
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Veterans
Support for Indigenous people
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
Support for mature workers
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities