Pharmacy Clerk - Markham, Canada - Bayshore HealthCare

Bayshore HealthCare

Verified Company

Markham, Canada

5 days ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

ABOUT THE ROLE
Under the direct supervision of a licensed Pharmacist, the assistant works under the guidance of the Pharmacist. It's possible to begin a career as a pharmacy clerk. Pharmacy clerks perform basic administrative and organizational tasks in a pharmaceutical setting. They create and maintain patient files, but they are not permitted to fill prescriptions.

A DAY IN THE LIFE

Assist the pharmacist in maintaining federal, provincial, and local laws, accrediting body standards, and Policies and Procedures (P&Ps).
Answer telephones, forward calls, take messages and assist customers
Might work directly with patient data and complete tasks such as preparing insurance forms and maintaining patient profiles.
Perform prescription data entry to track drug lot numbers as required
Assists the pharmacists in the preparation and labeling of medications as allowed by law.
Appropriate assembly of drugs and supplies by matching codes and quantities from the compounding document,
Correct labeling of product,
Ensuring compounding product gets matched to the right delivery just prior to shipping
Assists the pharmacist in maintaining appropriate inventory levels.
Orders, receives and stores medications and supplies in appropriate environment
Performs physical inventories according to (P&Ps)
Maintains pharmacy records including filing and documenting required information on dispensing records.
Communicates appropriately with all members of the healthcare team.
Documents appropriately according to P&Ps, all activities using required paperwork (logs)
Performs other duties as assigned.