Pharmacy Aide

Interest in copying established procedures for cleaning and dressing wounds

Interest in operating equipment to construct splints and trim and remove casts; and in applying and adjusting casts, splints, bandages and other orthopedic devices, and in removing sutures and pins

Interest in assisting in the application, maintenance and adjustment of traction equipment; and in repairing orthopedic equipment

Interest in copying information to assist patients as directed by health care professionals

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

Interest in handling to prepare and maintain work materials and supplies; and in assisting patients in the use of therapeutic equipment

Interest in precision working to operate laboratory equipment; and in maintaining and repairing optical laboratory equipment or machinery

Interest in copying established procedures to assemble eyeglasses according to precise specifications; and in fitting lenses into frames

Interest in assisting clients by suggesting improvements and recommending minor repairs to eyeglasses

Interest in assisting pharmacists by labelling drugs, chemicals and other pharmaceutical preparations, and by unpacking and storing supplies and verifying items received against invoices

Interest in compiling information to compound, mix and formulate ointments, solutions, lotions, mouthwashes and other medications under the supervision of pharmacists

Interest in handling scales, weights and measures to ensure correct amounts of ingredients are present in formulas and prescriptions

Interest in operating machines such as instrument washers, sonic sinks, cart washers and steam autoclaves to clean, reprocess and sterilize supplies for reuse

Interest in copying information to assemble packs of sterile supplies and instruments for delivery to hospital departments

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

Interest in handling to set up and dismantle equipment and process donated blood

Interest in copying information to monitor donors throughout procedure and assist with post-donation care and donor reaction care as assigned under the supervision of registered nurses; and in maintaining supplies

Interest in assisting other health care staff to perform a variety of support functions as members of blood donor clinic teams

Interest in assisting pathologists by preparing examination rooms, transferring bodies from morgues to examining tables, and cleaning and sewing up bodies for release to funeral homes

Interest in copying procedures for removing organs and tissue specimens as instructed by pathologists; and in preparing solutions for preservation of specimens

Interest in manipulating surgical instruments and equipment to make incisions and remove organs and tissue specimens, as instructed by attending pathologist; and in placing specimens in preservative solutions