pharmacy technician - Thorsby, Canada - IDA Royal Care Pharmacy

Description

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week
• Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
• or equivalent experience

Work setting

• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Willing to relocate
• Pharmacy or drugstore

Tasks

• Assist dietitians or nutritionists plan and supervise food service operations
• Supervise and direct activities of other medical technologists or technicians
• Help with scheduling and workflow
• Bill third party insurers
• Compound oral solutions, ointments and creams
• Ensure the information on prescriptions is accurate, enter client information in databases and prepare medications for clients
• Help patients complete menus
• Maintain inventories of medications and prescription records of pharmaceutical products
• Assist dietitians with research in food, nutrition and food service systems
• Clean and restore ocular prostheses
• Interpret physician's specification
• Advise patients on loss of depth perception
• Make and modify plaster casts
• Repair and maintain fabrication and laboratory equipment

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people
• 3-4 people

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player