pharmacy aide

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

• Pharmacy or drugstore

Tasks

• Ensure the information on prescriptions is accurate
• Enter client information in databases
• Help pharmacists
• Maintain inventories of medications and pharmaceutical products
• Maintain prescription records
• Prepare medications for clients
• Set up and dismantle equipment
• Supervise and direct activities of other medical technologists or technicians
• Apply and adjust casts, splints and bandages
• Clean and maintain equipment
• Compound, package and label pharmaceutical products
• Design and fabricate ocular implants
• Help with scheduling and workflow
• Lay out surgical instruments
• Prepare and maintain equipment and supplies
• Reassemble equipment and assemble packs of sterile supplies and instruments for delivery to hospital departments
• Record information about donors
• Assist chiropractor with patient health education
• Assist in supervising personnel who prepare and serve food
• Clean and dress wounds
• Operate and maintain sterilization equipment and instrumentation for re-use according to standardized safety practices
• Take body or limb measurements of patients
• Bill third party insurers
• Compound oral solutions, ointments and creams
• Help patients complete menus
• Maintain inventories of medications and prescription records of pharmaceutical products
• Process claims such as health insurance or workers compensation
• Collect statistics
• Maintain supplies
• Clean and restore ocular prostheses
• Interpret physician's specification
• Maintain inventory of equipment
• Advise patients on loss of depth perception
• Perform general clerical duties
• Manage routine office functions including reception, telephone and booking appointments
• Repair and maintain fabrication and laboratory equipment
• Order supplies and equipment
• Schedule and confirm appointments

Computer and technology knowledge

• MS Excel
• MS Office
• MS Outlook
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Word

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Work under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Standing for extended periods
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Walking

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player
• Initiative
• Reliability
• Dedication

Experience

• 1 to less than 7 months