Pharmacy Assistant (Ft)

**Requisition ID**:
179664
**Career Group**:
Pharmacy Careers
**Job Category**:
Retail - Pharmacy
**Travel Requirements**:
0 - 10%
**Job Type**:
Full-Time
**Country**:
Canada (CA)
**Province**:
Saskatchewan
**City**:
Saskatoon
**Location**:
4283 Confederation &
Laurier FreshCo Pha
**Postal Code**:
S7L 4R6
Our family of 134,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better - great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.
A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1500 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.
**A**ll **career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting.
**Ready to Make an impact?**:
We are passionate about taking care of the health and well-being of individuals and families our communities.
You’ll be part of our pharmacy team that’s committed to providing exceptional patient-centered care and exceeding patients' expectations. We are looking for friendly, knowledgeable, and professional individuals to join our team who will make meeting the health needs of our patients their top priority
**Here’s where you’ll be focusing**:
**Prescription assembly and data entry**:
- Processing customer transactions (receive and release prescription requests)
- Receiving in-person and telephone refill requests and record deliveries
- Understanding and promoting pharmacy programs
- Filing prescriptions, ordering, and replenishing supplies, and cleaning
- Drug order creation and receiving, compounding and pill pack assembly
- Scheduling professional clinical services
- Behind the counter management, cycle counts, narcotic counts, stock returns, tallman lettering, manual third parties
- Assisting the pharmacist with dispensary tasks as permitted by scope
**What you have to offer**:
- Preferred:
Pharmacy Assistant Diploma from a recognized post-secondary Institute
- Will consider applicants with 2 years retail Canadian Pharmacy Experience in lieu of certificate in some Provinces
- Previous pharmacy experience is an asset
- Excellent attention to detail, ability to multi-task and work independently in a fast-paced environment
- Adhere to and implement all applicable company standards
**What we have to offer**:
- A competitive total compensation package that will vary by role and location
- Flexible work life arrangements to meet your lifestyle needs
Sobeys is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.
While all responses are appreciated only those being considered for interviews will be acknowledged.
**We appreciate the interest from the Staffing industry however respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies.