Pharmacy Clerk- year Contract

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.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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
• Communicates with patients via email
• Documents appropriately according to P&Ps, all activities using required paperwork (logs)
• Preparing medication strips using PACMED machine
• Preparing blister packs
• Counting and packaging of medications/ devices as allowed by law
• Checking expiry dates and removing expired medications
• Scanning pharmacy records and collecting payments
• Following up with Doctor’s offices
• Performs other duties as assigned

Job Qualification

Education and/or experience

• With a high school diploma or GED

Other Skills and Abilities

• Organized and disciplined
• Strong computer skills

Physical Demands

• The employee is regularly required to talk or hear
• Use computer and other equipment and reach with hands and arms
• Vision requirements include close vision, color vision, night vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
• Lifting required as per employee capacity, employee must notify Supervisor regarding any health issues that may affect ability to lift