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Pharmacy Aide
Employer
Fisher’s pharmasaveDate Posted
September 03, 2026Languages
English-
Location Lacombe, AB
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Earnings $22.50 hourly
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Work Hours 32 to 35 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Sep 24, 2026
Employer
Fisher’s pharmasave
Languages
English
Education
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
- or equivalent experience
Work setting
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
- Willing to relocate
Tasks
- Ensure the information on prescriptions is accurate
- Help pharmacists
- Maintain prescription records
- Prepare medications for clients
- Repair, build and modify prosthetic or orthotic appliances or footwear
- Set up and dismantle equipment
- Supervise and direct activities of other medical technologists or technicians
- Apply and adjust casts, splints and bandages
- Assemble or build prosthetic and orthotic appliances according to drawings, measurements and plaster casts
- Design and fabricate ocular implants
- Record information about donors
- Bill third party insurers
- Remove organs and tissue specimens from bodies in morgue as directed by pathologist
- Connect treatment machines to patients, as directed by chiropractor
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Manual dexterity
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Physically demanding
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Sound discrimination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Reliability
- Ability to multitask
- Creativity
- Dedication
Screening questions
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Employment terms options
- Flexible hours
- Morning
- Night
- Day
- Weekend
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Interest Codes
- METHODICAL
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Interest in copying information to assist patients as directed by health care professionals
- SOCIAL
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Interest in assisting patients by helping elderly and incapacitated patients to dress and undress, by accompanying patients to treatment rooms and by supporting them in other activities
- objective
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Interest in handling to prepare and maintain work materials and supplies; and in assisting patients in the use of therapeutic equipment
Abilities
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Mental Abilities
General Learning Ability
Verbal Ability
Numerical Ability
Visual Abilities
Spatial Perception
Form Perception
Clerical Perception
Physical Abilities
Motor Coordination
Finger Dexterity
Manual Dexterity
Interest Codes
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in precision working to operate laboratory equipment; and in maintaining and repairing optical laboratory equipment or machinery
- METHODICAL
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Interest in copying established procedures to assemble eyeglasses according to precise specifications; and in fitting lenses into frames
- innovative
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Interest in assisting clients by suggesting improvements and recommending minor repairs to eyeglasses
Abilities
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Mental Abilities
General Learning Ability
Verbal Ability
Numerical Ability
Visual Abilities
Spatial Perception
Form Perception
Clerical Perception
Physical Abilities
Motor Coordination
Finger Dexterity
Manual Dexterity
Interest Codes
- METHODICAL
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Interest in assisting pharmacists by labelling drugs, chemicals and other pharmaceutical preparations, and by unpacking and storing supplies and verifying items received against invoices
- INNOVATIVE
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Interest in compiling information to compound, mix and formulate ointments, solutions, lotions, mouthwashes and other medications under the supervision of pharmacists
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in handling scales, weights and measures to ensure correct amounts of ingredients are present in formulas and prescriptions
Abilities
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Mental Abilities
General Learning Ability
Verbal Ability
Numerical Ability
Visual Abilities
Spatial Perception
Form Perception
Clerical Perception
Physical Abilities
Motor Coordination
Finger Dexterity
Manual Dexterity
Interest Codes
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in operating machines such as instrument washers, sonic sinks, cart washers and steam autoclaves to clean, reprocess and sterilize supplies for reuse
- METHODICAL
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Interest in copying information to assemble packs of sterile supplies and instruments for delivery to hospital departments
- innovative
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Interest in assisting health care staff by collecting and sorting soiled supplies and instruments from hospital departments, and by delivering sterile supplies to departments as required
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