District Relief Pharmacist (Eastern Ontario)

Position Title: District Relief Pharmacist (Eastern Ontario)

Position Type: Full time

Job Requisition ID: 48588

Banner: Metro

Employment Type: Permanent

The typical hourly salary range for this position is $56.00 to $66.00. The hourly salary offered will be determined based on the candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, education, experience, and internal equity considerations.

Location: Eastern Ontario (Ajax - 1 Food Basics / Belleville - 1 Metro & 1 Food Basics / Bowmanville - 1 Metro /Cobourg - 1 Metro /Kingston - 1 Food Basics /Lindsay - 1 Food Basics /Napanee - 1 Metro /Trenton - 1 Metro /Whitby - 2 Metro )

Shift: Days, Evenings & Weekends

This is a posting for an existing permanent full-time position

Exciting Opportunity for a District Relief Pharmacist!

Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in the world of pharmacy? Join our vibrant team and take your career to the next level!

Provide direct patient care, making a real difference in the lives of our customers. Supervise the dispensary and front shop, ensuring seamless and efficient operations. Contribute to the achievement of Company goals and objectives, including delivering exceptional customer-focused patient care, pharmacy services, store standards, sales profitability, and the management of inventory, shrink, expenses, and productivity. Adhere to Company operating standards and OCP standards of practice, ensuring excellence in every aspect of your work.

The pharmacy department is eagerly waiting for you to bring your expertise and passion. Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, excellence, and community care!

What You’ll Do:

• Perform all professional activities of dispensing, patient counseling and pharmacy services.
• Perform all tasks required to satisfy dispensary orders.
• Perform all acts under the expanded scope of pharmacy practice.
• Provide pharmacy services and Company initiatives.
• Collaborate with other health care professionals in the provision of patient care.
• Supervise the pharmacy department in the absence of the Pharmacy Manager.
• Ensure the pharmacy opens and closes according to hours of operation.
• Ensure compliance with the Company Recall Procedure.
• Ensure proper procedures are maintained to manage shrink.
• Address emergency staffing concerns while on duty.
• Assist Pharmacy Manager with dispensary paperwork as directed.
• Satisfy the Company's expectations on the delivery of consistent, exceptional customer service.
• Resolve any customer complaints or issues arising while on duty.
• Maintain store standards and conditions.
• Cash register operations.

Qualifications:

• Education – B.Sc. Phm. Degree (4-year University Pharmacy Program).
• Licensure – Registered Part A Pharmacist with the Ontario College of Pharmacists.
• Injection certified, Smoking Cessation certified and registered with the Ontario College of Pharmacists.
• Proficient with current PC systems, MS Office programs and pharmacy software (Kroll).
• Interpersonal skills to build strong working relationships and positive work environment.
• Language skills to communicate clearly and listen carefully in a respectful manner.
• Organizational skills to prioritize, plan, manage time and be punctual.
• Customer service skills to achieve customer satisfaction by recognizing customer needs/wants.
• Receptivity to accept constructive feedback for continuous improvement.
• Initiative to identify and complete tasks independently
  
  

Key Relationships:As a Support Pharmacist, you will receive direction from the Pharmacy Manager and Pharmacy Operations Manager and provide direction to Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacist Assistants, and Pharmacy Clerks. You will interact with internal contacts, including Pharmacy Operations, Pharmacy Services, Pharmacy Merchandising, Inventory Control and Audit, Store Services, McMahon, and Metro IT. Additionally, you will engage with external contacts, such as direct pharmacy vendors: McMahon and Kroll Canada.

The responsibilities and relationships assigned to this role may change as is necessary to achieve Metro's business objectives.

Disclosure on Use of Artifical Intelligence in Recruitment: At METRO, we are commited to transparency and fairness in our hiring practices. In compliance with Ontario's Employment Standards Act (Bill 149), we disclose that METRO and certain third-party job boards we use incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) technology to assist in screening, assessing, or selecting applicants for positions. The use of AI helps us efficiently review the large volume of applications we receive, ensuring that every candidate's profile is considered promptly and consistently. This technology supports our goal of providing an equitable and streamlined recruitment experience for all applicants. While AI tools support our recruitment procedures, all decisions throughout the process are made exclusively by METRO's Talent Acquisition team or METRO employees. At no stage does AI determine recruitment outcomes.

METRO is committed to providing an inclusive work environment that reflects the communities we serve. The company values, respects and relies on the diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and points of view because it allows us to innovate, make better decisions and better understand our customers. We will consider qualified applications from all walks of life to build the best team.

We encourage you to let us know if your current condition requires accommodation in the recruitment process so that we can accommodate you.

Please note that we will only contact those whose applications are selected.

We respectfully request that agencies do not contact us or send us unsolicited applications.