Health care
Pharmacy assistant
$20.00 to $22.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
Pay is below the local median for this work ($23.21 an hour; Job Bank, 2024)
What the posting asks for
- 1 to 2 years' experience
- Other trades certificate or diploma
- English
From the posting's details in Job Bank's open data. The full ad is on Job Bank.
Hours and terms
- 40 hours a week
- Shifts: mornings, days, weekends, overtime
- Full time, Permanent employment
- In person
Usually needed for this kind of work
- Pharmacy technical assistants usually require completion of up to two-years of a Pharmacy Technical Assistance vocational program.
- Pharmacy assistants usually require completion of a Pharmacy Assistant college program, ranging from six to twelve months or completion of secondary school and several months of on-the-job training.
From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants (NOC 33103). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.
What this work usually involves
- Assess prescriptions for completeness
- Enter clients’ information and prescription details in databases
- Help pharmacists and other pharmacy staff with preparing, packaging and labelling of pharmaceutical products
- Assist in maintaining inventories of medications and pharmaceutical products
- Compound oral solutions, ointments and creams
- May process medical billing information
About the employer
- Industry: Health care and social assistance
- Region: Thompson–Okanagan Region
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