pharmacist

Additional Information

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 38.75 hours per week
• Education: Bachelor's degree
• Experience: Will train

Work setting

• Relocation costs covered by employer
• Willing to relocate
• Hospital or clinical pharmacy

Tasks

• Order and maintain stock of pharmaceutical supplies
• Check prescriptions for proper dosage
• 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 

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

Security and safety

• Immunization records
• Criminal record check
• Child Abuse Registry check
• Eligible for professional liability insurance

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Manual dexterity
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Repetitive tasks
• Fast-paced environment
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Attention to detail
• Tight deadlines

Personal suitability

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

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• As per collective agreement
• Bonus

Long term benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Pension plan

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Parking available
• Wellness program