pharmacist

Additional Information

• Education: Bachelor's degree
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work setting

• Relocation costs covered by employer

Tasks

• 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 quantities of drugs and other ingredients required and filling appropriate containers with correct quantity
• Dispense prescribed pharmaceuticals to customers or to other health care professionals and advise them on indications, contra-indications, adverse effects, drug interactions and dosage
• Ensure proper preparation, packaging, distribution and storage of vaccines, serums, biologicals and other drugs and pharmaceuticals
• Maintain medication profiles of customers including registry of poisons and narcotic and controlled drugs
• 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

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage

Financial benefits

• Bonus
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week