community pharmacist
Education:
Bachelor's degree.
Work setting:
Community or retail pharmacy.
Tasks:
- 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.
- 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 :
- Pharmacy Examining Boards of Canada Certification.
- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
Attention to detail.
Personal suitability:
- Accurate.
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Initiative.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
Experience:
Experience an asset.
Health benefits:
- Dental plan.
- Disability benefits.
- Health care plan.
- Vision care benefits.
Financial benefits:
- Bonus.
- Life insurance.
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP).
Long term benefits:
Maternity and parental benefits.
Other benefits:
Free parking available.