pharmacy aide

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
• or equivalent experience

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work setting

• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Ensure the information on prescriptions is accurate
• Help pharmacists
• Maintain prescription records
• Prepare medications for clients
• Repair, build and modify prosthetic or orthotic appliances or footwear
• Set up and dismantle equipment
• Supervise and direct activities of other medical technologists or technicians
• Apply and adjust casts, splints and bandages
• Assemble or build prosthetic and orthotic appliances according to drawings, measurements and plaster casts
• Design and fabricate ocular implants
• Record information about donors
• Bill third party insurers
• Remove organs and tissue specimens from bodies in morgue as directed by pathologist
• Connect treatment machines to patients, as directed by chiropractor

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Reliability
• Ability to multitask
• Creativity
• Dedication