Pharmacist – Costco – Vaughan, ON

Costco lists a Pharmacist position at its Central Fill site on Hanlan Road in Vaughan, Ontario. The position centres on direct patient care: dispensing prescription medication, educating patients, and practising to the fullest extent of the expanded scope of pharmacy practice permitted by provincial regulations.

Alongside dispensing, the role involves checking prescriptions for therapeutic appropriateness, collaborating with other health care professionals, and working with a Registered Technician to allocate tasks.

About the Role: Pharmacist

As a Pharmacist, you dispense prescription medications and apply appropriate auxiliary labels. You check prescriptions and over-the-counter medications for therapeutic appropriateness, including but not limited to drug interactions, allergies, contraindications, dose, frequency and dosage form. You also verify prescriptions and refills with physicians by phone as needed, take verbal prescriptions, and select therapeutic substitutions when appropriate.

The role carries clear responsibilities for patient safety and compliance. You participate in a culture of patient safety by focusing on practices that reduce and eliminate prescription incidents, and by reporting and properly managing those incidents that do occur. You preserve patient confidentiality, follow Costco Pharmacy’s policies, systems and procedure standards, follow safety and security procedures, and act as Pharmacist-In-Charge in the absence of the pharmacy manager, supervising pharmacy interns and students.

Benefits and Salary

Pay for this position is listed at $60.89 on an hourly rate. No benefits are described in the posting.

Responsibilities

The daily work blends dispensing accuracy with patient education. Several duties apply only where, or to the extent that, provincial regulations permit them; those conditions are kept below as stated.

• Dispense prescription medications and apply appropriate auxiliary labels
• Check prescriptions and over-the-counter medications for therapeutic appropriateness, including but not limited to drug interactions, allergies, contraindications, dose, frequency, and dosage form
• Verify prescriptions and refills with physicians by phone as needed, take verbal prescriptions, and select therapeutic substitutions when appropriate
• Oversee the collection of patient medical history and maintenance of the confidential computer record
• Collaborate with other health care professionals as necessary to identify and resolve drug therapy problems, and educate patients on proper medication usage
• Provide prompt and courteous patient care, answer patient questions about over-the-counter medication and product location, and preserve patient confidentiality
• Work collaboratively with the Registered Technician to ensure appropriate allocation of work tasks
• Recruit patients for and conduct health and wellness clinics and document interventions where permitted by provincial regulations
• Adapt, extend, and modify prescriptions, and perform specific acts under the delegation or collaboration of a prescriber, to the extent permitted by provincial regulations
• Administer medications to patients by injection where permitted by provincial regulations
• Conduct full medication reviews, including but not limited to best possible medication histories and medication reconciliation, participate in medication therapy management and do patient follow-up, to the extent permitted by provincial regulations
• Order and communicate laboratory tests to the extent permitted by provincial regulations
• Maintain professional competence through participation in a variety of continuing education initiatives, and maintain required certifications in good standing
• Act as Pharmacist-In-Charge in the absence of the pharmacy manager, ensuring smooth operation in the dispensary, and supervise pharmacy interns and students
• Assist with other assigned duties as necessary (listed as a non-essential function)

Requirements / Skills

This is a licensed professional role. A Bachelor of Science or Doctorate of Pharmacy is required, as is being a Licensed Pharmacist in good standing in the province of work, together with computer, math, patient care and member service skills. Previous experience is not asked for.

• Education/Training: Bachelor of Science or Doctorate of Pharmacy required.
• Licences/Certifications: Licensed Pharmacist in good standing in the province of work.
• Experience: None. Previous experience is not asked for.
• Knowledge/Skills: Computer, math, patient care and member service skills required.
• Quebec locations: For postings in Quebec locations, candidates must be able to communicate in French (oral and written).

How to Apply

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