Position: Pharmacy Student
Location: Meridian - Suite 2, Street
City: Stony Plain, AB - Other Mint locations in Alberta may be available, apply today!
Job Type: Part-Time (Additional hours during the summer)
Requirements: 2nd and 3rd year students enrolled in a pharmacy program.
Wage Range: $20 - $25 depending on student year in the program.
Meridian was started by a group of pharmacists committed to creating a pharmacy focused on putting people first. We have grown into a vibrant team and are proud to serve Stony Plain, Spruce Grove and surrounding areas. Our goal is to ensure each person who comes through our door receives the best possible medication therapy for their individual needs. We are proud to have been featured as an innovative practice in Pharmacy Business Magazine and to be known across the country for our unique approach to caring for those in our community.
Purpose of the position:
The Pharmacy Student assists the pharmacist in ensuring the dispensary area is functional, clean, and operational to ensure the highest quality customer service to patients and clients. The Pharmacy Student will help the pharmacist prepare drug orders and maintain proper inventory.
Reports to: Pharmacist
Responsibilities:
Medication Management and Assistance Dispensing
Accept a new written prescription or a request for a prescription refill from the patient or patient's agent.
Create and maintain computerized patient record.
Gather and document information required to provide pharmacy related services.
Assist the pharmacist in identifying the patient's health needs and expectations.
Enter prescription order into dispensing system to generate a label and (if necessary) a receipt.
Retrieve, count, pour, weigh, measure, mix, reconstitute, compound medications.
Select appropriate prescription container.
Affix prescription label and appropriate auxiliary labels to prescription container.
Perform a final check of new or refill prescription to ensure that each step in the
Document activities completed in the dispensing process to create a clear audit trail.
Create a written transaction record for each drug dispensed.
File filled prescriptions for pickup under appropriate storage conditions.
Verify that each patient receives the correct prescription.
Ensure that each patient has been assessed by the pharmacist, and any prescriptions or sale of Schedule 2 products has been assessed.
Repackage and label medications.
Ensure packaging/dispensing/compounding equipment and facilities are kept both functional and clean.
Refer to the pharmacist where appropriate.
Prepare narcotic reports.
Prepare third party reports and bill accordingly.
Accept new prescriptions and gather the required customer information.
Submit claims to third party insurer, prepare labels and receipts.
Prepare all prescriptions including selecting the product form inventory, obtaining the correct amount of product, selecting an appropriate container and labeling the product.
File all prescriptions. Look up previous prescriptions when needed.
Customer Service and Service Excellence
Greet patients at the dispensary counter and address and assist all customers near the dispensary.
Communicate clearly with patients, peers, management, and other health care professionals through a variety of media using effective and appropriate communication skills.
Advise the pharmacist of all vital information/alerts encountered during the prescription filling process.
Refer any questions requiring the clinical knowledge, skills and judgment of a pharmacist to the pharmacist.
Answer telephones to screen calls for the pharmacist and respond to requests where appropriate.
Maintain confidentiality of patient information.
Act as a witness when a pharmacist destroys narcotic or controlled drugs based on authorization from Health Canada.
Provide patient with filled prescriptions when they arrive for pick up.
Accept requests for refills in person and via telephone
Maintain the cleanliness of the pharmacy counter, shelves and dispensing equipment.
Refer all health, prescription and OTC drug questions and any other questions to which an answer is not known, to the pharmacist.
Accept requests for refills in person or via telephone.
Maintain the cleanliness of the pharmacy counter, shelves and dispensing equipment.
Inventory Management
Monitor stock and supply levels to ensure sufficient quantities for optimal operation.
Receive and verify stock and supplies purchased and follow up with discrepancies.
Restock dispensary shelves ensuring stock is rotated as per expiry dates.
Routinely monitor expiry dates of medications and segregate expired products for disposal, destruction, or return.
Issue supplies from the storeroom.
Prepackage medications (including unit dose packaging).
Ensure that the dispensary is always stocked with adequate supplies including prescription containers, bags, and other supplies.
Education and Experience:
Currently enrolled in a pharmacy program
• 2nd and 3rd year students
Qualifications and Skills:
Computer proficiency with Word, Excel spreadsheets, Kroll, Netcare, and other database programs
Very strong interpersonal, communication and customer service skills
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Communicates effectively at all levels
Takes initiative
Excellent phone manner, speaks clearly and professionally
Very strong attention to details