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Community Pharmacist

Employer

HWP Rx Health-Med Pharmacy

Date Posted

February 21, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $47.00 to $55.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 32 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Mar 23, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

HWP Rx Health-Med Pharmacy

Languages

English

Education

Bachelor's degree

Work setting

Community or retail pharmacy

Tasks

  • Advise customers on selection and use of non-prescription medication
  • Check prescriptions for proper dosage
  • Compound prescribed pharmaceutical products by calculating, measuring and mixing the right quantities of drugs and other ingredients
  • Maintain medication profiles of customers including registry of poisons and narcotic and controlled drugs
  • Manage the storage, packaging and distribution of medicinal products
  • Supervise and co-ordinate the activities of other pharmacists, pharmacy assistants, pharmacy technicians and other staff

Supervision

3-4 people

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Certification for drug administration by injection and intranasal route
  • Pharmacy Examining Boards of Canada Certification
  • Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities

Security and safety

  • Basic security clearance
  • Criminal record check
  • Eligible for professional liability insurance

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Work under pressure

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?

Experience

Experience an asset

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Team building opportunities

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Community Pharmacist is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Community Pharmacists and Hospital Pharmacists
METHODICAL

Interest in precision working to dispense prescribed pharmaceuticals to customers and other health care professionals, and to ensure proper preparation, packaging, distribution and storage of vaccines, serums, biological and other drugs and pharmaceuticals; and in ordering and maintaining stock of pharmaceutical supplies

INNOVATIVE

Interest in synthesizing pharmaceutical products; and in advising customers and health care professionals on indications, contra-indications, adverse effects, drugs interactions and dosage

DIRECTIVE

Interest in instructing and advising customers on the selection and use of non-prescription medications; may supervise and co-ordinate the activities of other pharmacists, pharmacy assistants, pharmacy technicians and other staff

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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