Job Description

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Location: 40 Camelot Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2G 5X8

At MediSystem Pharmacy, you can use your skills to do meaningful work that has a real impact, in an environment that promotes learning, growth and opportunity. Whether it's your first job or you're ready for a new challenge, MediSystem Pharmacy can turn your potential into performance that is recognized and rewarded. We offer competitive pay, full benefits, and a work-life balance.

Why this role is important?

At MediSystem Pharmacy, you can use your skills to do meaningful work that has a real impact, in an environment that promotes learning, growth and opportunity. Whether it's your first job or you're ready for a new challenge, MediSystem Pharmacy can turn your potential into performance that is recognized and rewarded. We offer competitive pay, full benefits, and a work-life balance.

Why this role is important?

As a Pharmacy Assistant - Prescription Entry, you will use your expertise within the pharmacy industry to specialize in the inputting of prescriptions into MediSystem Pharmacy's pharmacy computer system.

Along with the accurate processing of the patient/resident prescriptions, changes, and refills, you will also be responsible for entering and updating patient/resident electronic records.

You will use your strong communication skills to discuss important information between colleagues and external partners (physicians/nurses located at the long-term care facility), as it relates to the patient/resident prescriptions and their profiles.

What You'll Do:

• Retrieve faxed or electronic physician orders, prescriptions or requests for prescription refills
• Leverage your pharmacy and customer service expertise to accurately input patient prescriptions into our pharmacy computer systems
• Accurately process patient and resident prescriptions, and any changes, and refills
• Create new patient profiles and maintain existing records housed in our internal patient database
• Input and update patient and resident electronic records in Kroll
• Prepare and review prescription labels for printout
• Demonstrate superior customer service when discussing important information between colleagues and external partners (physicians and nurses in the facilities we service), as required
• Perform other duties as assigned

This role requires employees to be flexible to work a variety of shifts during the business' hours of operations, which include evening and weekend shifts, and statutory holidays.

What You'll Need:

• Minimum 1 year working experience in a pharmacy
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Self-motivated with a passion for providing superior customer service
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships internally and externally
• Strong computer skills, with the ability to navigate through a variety of computer systems quickly
• Accurate and efficient data entry skills and attention to detail

Preferred:

• Completion of a post-secondary program, focused on Pharmacy or health sciences; or previous experience as a Pharmacy Data Technician (2-3 years)
• Previous work experience using Kroll
• Previous experience in a long-term care pharmacy
• Previous work experience with dispensing multi-dose packaging or compliance packaging

Employment Type:

Full time

Type of Role:

Regular

Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation's evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct - it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

Employment Type: Full time

Type of Role: Regular

Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation's evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct - it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

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