Community pharmacist

  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Pharmacy (PharmD, BS, BSc, BPharm)
  • or equivalent experience

Work setting

  • Community or retail pharmacy

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
  • Advise customers on selection and use of non-prescription medication
  • Check prescriptions for proper dosage
  • Compound prescribed pharmaceutical products by calculating, measuring and mixing the right quantities of drugs and other ingredients
  • Hire and train staff
  • 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

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Attention to detail
  • Work under pressure

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Initiative
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you live near the job location?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting?

Experience

  • 7 months to less than 1 year

Employment terms options

  • Day

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan

Financial benefits

  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
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