Pharmacy Clerk

Under the direct supervision of a licensed Pharmacist, the assistant works under the guidance of the Pharmacist. It's possible to begin a career as a pharmacy clerk. Pharmacy clerks perform basic administrative and organizational tasks in a pharmaceutical setting. They create and maintain patient files, but they are not permitted to fill prescriptions.

**A DAY IN THE LIFE**
- Assist the pharmacist in maintaining federal, provincial, and local laws, accrediting body standards, and Policies and Procedures (P&Ps).
- Answer telephones, forward calls, take messages and assist customers
- Might work directly with patient data and complete tasks such as preparing insurance forms and maintaining patient profiles.
- Perform prescription data entry to track drug lot numbers as required
- Assists the pharmacists in the preparation and labeling of medications as allowed by law.
- Appropriate assembly of drugs and supplies by matching codes and quantities from the compounding document,
- Correct labeling of product,
- Ensuring compounding product gets matched to the right delivery just prior to shipping
- Assists the pharmacist in maintaining appropriate inventory levels.
- Orders, receives and stores medications and supplies in appropriate environment
- Performs physical inventories according to (P&Ps)
- Maintains pharmacy records including filing and documenting required information on dispensing records.
- Communicates appropriately with all members of the healthcare team.
- Documents appropriately according to P&Ps, all activities using required paperwork (logs)
- Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Qualification

**WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TEAM**

**Education and Experience**:
With a high school diploma or GED

**Other Skills and Abilities**:
Organized and disciplined; strong computer skills