Pharmacist

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Skills and Abilities

Work setting
- Community or retail pharmacy
Tasks
- Advise customers on indications, contraindications, adverse effects, drug interactions and dosage
- Dispense prescribed pharmaceuticals to customers or to other health care professionals
- Order and maintain stock of pharmaceutical supplies
- 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
Supervision
- 5-10 people
Certificates, licences, memberships, and coursesﾠ
- Pharmacy Examining Boards of Canada Certification
- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
Computer and technology knowledge
- Kroll Software
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
- Bonus
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Other benefits