Pharmacy Clerk Certified – Costco – Calgary, AB
Location: Calgary, AB | Company: Costco Wholesale
Pharmacy Clerk Certified at Costco in Calgary, AB (11588 Sarcee Trail NW) involves supporting the pharmacist and serving patients at the pharmacy counter. This is a hands-on role covering prescription filling, patient records, inventory, and register transactions.
Day to day, you’ll assist patients at the counter, retrieve filled prescriptions, process payments, and answer phones. You’ll also help fill prescriptions under direct pharmacist supervision and handle third-party insurance claims using the pharmacy’s computerized system.
About the Role: Pharmacy Clerk Certified
Counter service is a central part of this position. You’ll receive written prescriptions for the pharmacist, retrieve filled prescriptions for patients, and process register transactions including cash, cheques, credit, and debit. Directing members to product locations and answering phones are part of the daily routine.
On the dispensary side, you’ll assist with counting, pouring, labelling and pricing prescriptions under direct pharmacist supervision, to the extent permitted by Alberta regulations. You’ll also help update patient profiles and enter prescription information into the pharmacy computer, while preserving patient confidentiality throughout.
Inventory and merchandising duties include ordering, receiving, tagging and stocking both prescription drugs and over-the-counter products. You’ll follow product storage procedures, create product signs, and do over-the-counter roaming in line with the department’s merchandising plan. Department cleaning, including sweeping, mopping, wiping and emptying trash, is also part of the role.
Benefits and Salary
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Job Details
🏢 Company: Costco
📍 Location: 11588 Sarcee Trail NW, Calgary, AB
🆔 Requisition ID: 55661475109
Responsibilities
This role covers patient-facing counter service, prescription support, inventory, and department upkeep. The duties below reflect the full scope of the position as described in the posting, including tasks carried out under direct pharmacist supervision.
- Assist patients at the counter: receive written prescriptions for the pharmacist, retrieve filled prescriptions, and direct members to product locations
- Process register transactions including cash, cheques, credit and debit payments, and provide courteous patient service
- Answer phones and respond to patient inquiries
- Fill prescriptions by bringing stock bottles, counting, pouring, restocking, labelling and pricing, under direct pharmacist supervision and to the extent permitted by provincial regulations
- Update patient profiles and enter prescription information into the pharmacy computer, in accordance with provincial regulations, while preserving patient confidentiality
- Prepare third-party insurance claims, process invoices and make accounting entries using the computerized system
- Order, receive, tag and stock prescription drugs, supplies and over-the-counter products; follow product storage procedures and standards
- Create product signs and carry out over-the-counter roaming in accordance with the department merchandising plan
- Clean the department by sweeping, mopping, spraying, wiping and dusting; empty trash and operate the trash compactor and cardboard bailer
- Assist in other areas of the warehouse as necessary
Requirements / Skills
A completed pharmacy diploma or Costco Pharmacy Clerk certification is required, along with any provincial certification where applicable. Candidates with current pharmacy experience will be given preference. Computer, math and member service skills are preferred.
- Pharmacy diploma from a Community College, or Costco Pharmacy Clerk certification (required)
- Provincial certification as a pharmacy clerk, where required by the province (required where applicable)
- Pharmacy experience: candidates with current pharmacy experience will be given preference over other candidates
- Computer skills (preferred)
- Math skills (preferred)
- Member service skills (preferred)
How to Apply
To apply, use the official link below to submit your application through Costco’s online portal. Have your resume and proof of your pharmacy diploma or certification ready before you begin.
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Job Summary & Tips for Applying
Quick Summary & What to Highlight: The Pharmacy Clerk Certified position at Costco in Calgary combines patient counter service with prescription support, inventory management and department upkeep. A candidate’s strongest assets for this role are their pharmacy diploma or Costco Pharmacy Clerk certification, their provincial certification where required, and any current pharmacy experience, since the posting states that experienced candidates will be given preference.
Resume & Application Tips: Lead with your pharmacy diploma or certification and any provincial credentials near the top of your resume, since these are listed as required. If you have current pharmacy experience, describe it in specific terms: the types of prescriptions you handled, the software or computerized dispensing systems you used, and whether you processed third-party insurance claims. A line such as “Processed an average of 80 third-party insurance claims per week with a less than 1% error rate” gives a concrete sense of the work. Include any cash-handling or patient service experience as well.
Interview Preparation: Prepare a specific example of a time you maintained patient confidentiality under pressure, since the posting names this explicitly. Be ready to describe your experience with prescription filling tasks such as counting, labelling and restocking under supervision, and how you have followed safety and security procedures in a pharmacy setting. The posting does not state the schedule or hours for this position, so it is worth asking about the expected shifts and whether weekend or evening availability is needed.
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