Casual Pharmacy Assistant

Site:

La Verendrye General Hospital

Department:

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services

Status:

Casual/Part-time

Salary Scale:

$31.04/hr to $35.34/hr

POSITION (Title):

Casual Pharmacy Assistant

DEPARTMENT/SERVICE AREA:

Pharmacy Services

SITE:

La Verendrye General Hospital

REPORTS TO:

Director, Therapeutic Services

The Pharmacy Department has an opening for a Pharmacy Assistant at La Verendrye General Hospital. The successful candidate must be able to meet the normal requirements of the job and possess the following qualifications:

QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY:

• Education equivalent to the former designation of Certified Pharmacy

Technician, or a combination of education and pharmacy assistant experience relevant to the responsibilities and duties of this position.

• Possess Delegation of Dispensing and Compounding status, or successful in achieving

delegation status prior to completion of probationary period

• Experience in computer processing, MS Office experience an asset

• Efficient keyboarding skills

• General office skills, and pharmacy related procedures

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including telephone etiquette

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team

• Effective interpersonal skills

• Responsible, co-operative, versatile and takes initiative

• Dependable with an excellent attendance record

• Competent and continued ability to carry out responsibilities

• Physically capable of performing the essential duties of the job.

• Familiar with Occupational Health & Safety Workers’ rights and responsibilities

BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Under the general direction and guidance of the Pharmacist fills prescriptions and wards stock medications and prepares sterile and non-sterile prefabricated medications, IV additives such as oncology medications and total parenteral nutrition preparations.
• In the absence of the Pharmacist, have responsibility for the operation of the Pharmacy Department as outlined in the policies relating to “Delegation of Dispensing and Compounding”.

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

• Dispense individual patient prescriptions and ward stock medications.
• Manufacture and package antiseptic solutions and other external use preparations as required by the wards including calculation of ingredients when required.
• Receive and record messages when the pharmacist is out of the department and accurately relay message information to the pharmacist on his/her return.
• Order and receive pharmaceuticals and other supplies and maintain a computerized inventory.
• Preparation of IV’s such as TPN and oncology medications.
• Process and file all invoices and packing slips having entered all necessary data into the computer inventory.
• Fill pharmacy shelves, being careful to rotate stock and check expiry dates.
• Process expired pharmaceuticals, packaging all returnable items for shipping.
• Process returns from the wards by entering data into the computer inventory and returning usable drugs to the pharmacy inventory under the supervision of the Pharmacist.
• Update the Disaster Plan supplies which are kept in the IV room and in Materials Management Department.
• Update night cupboard supplies to ensure these are complete and contain no expired drugs.
• Under the direction of the Pharmacist, assist in the issuing and the review of narcotic and controlled drug preparation and maintenance of a perpetual inventory record of these medications.
• Update order sheets for the wards where appropriate.
• Maintain dispensing records for statistical and quality control programs
• Assist in maintaining the department in a neat orderly condition.
• Compounding of topical mixtures, injectable and oral mixtures, including calculations of ingredients when required.
• Responsible for opening and closing the pharmacy department and operation of the alarm system.
• Performs all other clerical duties necessary to organize and manage office procedures. (Photocopying, errands, ordering and maintaining supplies, sorting of mail etc.)
• Answer the telephones and takes messages, ensures efficient distribution of such
• Maintains filing for these services as well as purging of files and documentation required for shredding schedule.
• Design and produce pamphlets, posters, displays and ads for promotional purposes for the above services.
• Minute taking for meetings in departments as assigned
• Such other duties as may be designated from time to time by the Director, Therapeutic Services

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT / RISK MANAGEMENT

• Participate in the department's quality improvement activities.
• Maintain workload measurements records in compliance with MIS guidelines.
• Carry out all work assignments safely and be knowledgeable of and in compliance with relevant regulations, policies and procedures. (ie. Occupational Health and Safety Act)

CURRENT ASSIGNMENT:

This position may be required to work days, nights, evenings and weekends.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• Human Resource Policies
• Department Policies
• Corporation Policies
• Union Contract

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