Pharmacy Technician

Assists the Pharmacy in filling and dispensing prescriptions for patients. Provides services to patients at counter, retrieves prescriptions, processes register transactions. Orders and stocks drugs, supplies, and over-the-counter merchandise. Updates patient records and inventory. Dispenses prescription medications utilizing pharmacy standards. Receives verbal orders for prescriptions.

Daily tasks and responsibilities:

• Completes data entry verification and packaging verification for prescriptions to the extent permitted by provincial regulations. Follows safety and security procedures.
• Verify prescriptions and refills with physicians by phone as needed and takes verbal prescriptions to the extent permitted by provincial regulations. Selects generic substitutions when necessary.
• Obtains patient medical history and maintains confidential computer record, and assists in updating patient profile and entering prescription information into the pharmacy computer.
• Assists patients at the counter and window by gathering information and alerts pharmacist to requests for recommendations or potential drug interactions in prescription and over the counter medications.
• Helps with order entry at the drop off window.
• Assists patients at counter and retrieves filled prescriptions. Processes register transactions. Receives payment, makes change, processes checks, credit and debit charges. Provides prompt and courteous patient services. Answers phones, directs members to product location.
• Fills prescriptions by bringing stock bottles, counting medication into appropriate container, labeling, and pricing prescriptions under Pharmacist’s supervision to the extent permitted by provincial regulations.
• Counts, labels (including appropriate auxiliary labels), and packages prescriptions, through workflow and bin management.
• Processing third-party insurance claims and processing invoices
• Orders, receives, tags, and stocks prescription drugs, supplies and over-the counter products. Follows product storage procedures, standards and merchandising plan.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $25.00-$39.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Dental care
• Employee assistance program
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Extended health care
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Vision care

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday
• Morning shift
• Overtime
• Weekends as needed

Supplemental Pay:

• Overtime pay

Experience:

• pharmacy: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• OCP License (required)

Work Location: In person