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POSITION
(Title):
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Casual Pharmacy Assistant
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DEPARTMENT/SERVICE
AREA:
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Pharmacy Services
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SITE:
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La Verendrye General Hospital
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REPORTS
TO:
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Director, Therapeutic Services
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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