Pharmacy Technician

3 days ago

Kingston, Canada Costco Pharmacy Full time

Registered Pharmacy Technician
Assists Pharmacist to fill and dispense prescriptions for patients. Provides services to patients at counter, retrieves prescriptions, processes register transactions. Orders and stocks drugs, supplies, and over-the-counter merchandise. Updates patient records and inventory, processes invoices, and makes accounting entries using computerized system. Dispenses prescription medications utilizing pharmacy standards.

Daily tasks and responsibilities:

- Assists patients at counter, receives written prescriptions for Pharmacist, and retrieves filled prescriptions. Processes register transactions. Receives payment, makes change, processes checks, credit and debit charges. Provides prompt and courteous patient services. Answers phones, directs members to product location.
- Obtains patient medical history and maintains confidential computer record, and assists pharmacist in updating patient profile and entering prescription information into the pharmacy computer to extent permitted by provincial regulations. Preserves patient confidentiality.
- Fills prescriptions by bringing stock bottles, counting medication into appropriate container, labeling, and pricing prescriptions under Pharmacist’s supervision to the extent permitted by provincial regulations.
- Dispenses prescription medications, previously checked for therapeutic appropriateness by the pharmacist to the extent permitted by provincial regulations. Follows safety and security procedures.
- Counts, labels (including appropriate auxiliary labels), and packages prescriptions, through workflow and bin management.
- Alerts pharmacist to drug interactions in prescription and over the counter medications.
- Verifies prescriptions and refills with physicians by phone as needed and takes verbal prescriptions to the extent permitted by provincial regulations. Selects generic substitutions when necessary.
- Prepares third-party insurance claims, processes invoices, and makes accounting entries using computerized system.
- Orders, receives, tags, and stocks prescription drugs, supplies and over-the counter products. Follows product storage procedures, standards and merchandising plan. Performs department 93 stocking duties as well as OTC roaming. Creates product signs. Ensures department is clean at all times.

Licenses/Certification:
Licensed as a Pharmacy Technician in good standing in province of work.

Knowledge/Skills: Kroll Software, patient care and member service skills

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $23.00-$28.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

**Experience**:

- pharmacy: 1 year (required)

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