Druggist

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: French
- Hours: 35 to 45 hours per week
- Education: Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
- Experience: Will train
- or equivalent experience
**Tasks**:

- 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 quantities of drugs and other ingredients required and filling appropriate containers with correct quantity
- Dispense prescribed pharmaceuticals to customers or to other health care professionals and advise them on indications, contra-indications, adverse effects, drug interactions and dosage
- Ensure proper preparation, packaging, distribution and storage of vaccines, serums, biologicals and other drugs and pharmaceuticals
- Hire and train staff
- Supervise and co-ordinate the activities of other pharmacists, pharmacy assistants, pharmacy technicians and other staff
- Control the quality of drug products during production to ensure that they meet standards of potency, purity, uniformity, stability and safety
- Evaluate labelling, packaging and advertising of drug products
- Participate in research for the development of new drugs
- Test new drug products for stability and to determine absorption and elimination patterns
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Manual dexterity
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Fast-paced environment
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Attention to detail
- Large workload
**Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
**Health benefits**:

- Health care plan
**Long term benefits**:

- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)