Pharmacy Technician

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week
- Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- or equivalent experience
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
- Willing to relocate
- Pharmacy or drugstore
**Tasks**:

- Assist dietitians or nutritionists plan and supervise food service operations
- Supervise and direct activities of other medical technologists or technicians
- Help with scheduling and workflow
- Examine and measure patients to develop working sketches of appliances
- Take body or limb measurements of patients
- Advise patients in the use and care of prostheses and orthoses
- Bill third party insurers
- Compound oral solutions, ointments and creams
- Ensure the information on prescriptions is accurate, enter client information in databases and prepare medications for clients
- Help patients complete menus
- Maintain inventories of medications and prescription records of pharmaceutical products
- Assist dietitians with research in food, nutrition and food service systems
- Interpret physician's specification
**Supervision**:

- 1 to 2 people
- 3-4 people
**Security and safety**:

- Basic security clearance
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

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

- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player