Pharmacy Assistant

Canadian Health Solutions•City of Moncton, NB

About The Position

Phoenix Recovery Center is seeking a dependable Pharmacy Assistant that will aide pharmacy staff. This position will require you to also undertake tasks under the direct supervision of the pharmacist to provide excellent customer service and ensure the pharmacy runs smoothly. As our Pharmacy Assistant you must be detail orientated and reliable since this position has a great deal of responsibility. Excellent communication skills and a strong work ethic are necessary to succeed in this position.

Requirements

Previous experience in a pharmacy, medical or customer service setting.
Excellent computer skills, Proficiency in Microsoft Office – Outlook, Excel & Word.
Good organizational and time management skills. Ability to multi-task is critical.
Ability to coordinate and manage multiple conflicting priorities often under pressure.
Exceptional interpersonal skills and strong leadership ability.
Strong and effective verbal and written communication skills.
Be able to maintain confidentiality and client discretion at all times.
Must be detailed oriented to ensure accurate deliverables with ability to take initiative to meet deadlines.
High level of motivation, maturity & dependability.
Must be a fast learner and open to constructive feedback.
High level of business maturity in a fast paced, high output practice.
Team player and an ability to collaborate.
Positive attitude and the ability to reflect a professional company image.

Responsibilities

Receive and interact with external clients, customers, vendors, consultants, suppliers, guests and visitors to our clinic as required.
Supports pharmacological services by stocking, assembling, and distributing medications.
Helps health care providers and patients by greeting them in person and by phone, answering questions and requests, and referring inquiries to the pharmacist.
Maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed medications and supplies, placing and expediting orders, verifying receipt, and removing outdated drugs.
Maintains a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
Organizes medications for pharmacist to dispense by reading medication orders and prescriptions, preparing labels, calculating quantities, and other pharmaceutical therapies.
Maintains up to date records by recording and filing physicians’ orders and prescriptions daily.
Generates revenues by calculating, recording and issuing charges.
Open and close client paper and electronic files, prepare medical charts, scan documents, index medical records, filing and tracking all correspondence relating to these files.
Use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat, and other medical related computer software as required.
Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related work as assigned.