Lawton Drugs Looking for Pharmacy Assistant at Dartmouth, NS Full Time

Career Group: Pharmacy Careers

Job Category: Retail – Pharmacy

Travel Requirements: 0 – 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: Nova Scotia

City: Dartmouth

Location: 884 Westphal Lawtons Pharm

Postal Code: B2X 1R5

Our family of 134,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1500 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawton’s Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

All career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting.

Overview

The Pharmacy Assistant II is responsible for providing superior customer service in a friendly, knowledgeable and professional manner. The Assistant is responsible to identify and schedule professional clinical services as well as focus on the achievement of pharmacy excellence in the areas of customer service, workflow efficiencies, PROfile programs and inventory management. Actively contributes to a positive and productive working environment.

Job Description

Prescription assembly – data entry

Process customer transactions (receive and release prescriptions)

Receive in-person and telephone refill requests and record deliveries

Promote PROfile programs

Compounding

Pill Pack Assembly

Filing prescriptions, ordering and replenishing supplies, cleaning

Drug order creation and receiving

Schedule professional clinical services (i.e. medication reviews, health risk assessments, disease state managements etc.)

BTC management

Administrative Duties: cycle counts, narcotic counts, return to stocks, TML’s, manual third parties

Adhere to and implement all applicable company standards

Assist with other pharmacy operations as required

Job Requirements

Technical Skills:
Above average communication skills (both oral and written)

Strong organizational skills with attention to detail

Ability to work independently in a fast environment

Ability to multi-task

Education and Experience:
Preferred: Undergraduate degree, Pharmacy Technology Certificate or other Pharmacy recognized program

Previous pharmacy experience

Experience with Sobeys National Pharmacy Group Computer systems

We offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role and location. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by or monitored for accuracy by our organization. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Sobeys is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

While all responses are appreciated only those being considered for interviews will be acknowledged.

We appreciate the interest from the Staffing industry however respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies.