Pharmacist (FT)

Requisition ID: 174054

Career Group: Pharmacy Careers

Job Category: Retail - Pharmacy

Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: Nova Scotia

City: Sydney

Location: 0150 Sydney Lawtons Pharm

Postal Code: B1P 1K7

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.

All career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting.

Overview

The Pharmacist is responsible for providing pharmacy services to customers and medical practitioners. The Pharmacist will play a key role in achieving departmental excellence in the areas of patient focused care, customer service, workflow efficiencies, and PROfile programs. The Pharmacist will also provide guidance and supervision to Pharmacy students and Pharmacy Assistants and will ensure that all patients are offered and receive professional clinical services. Actively contributes to an environment of employee and customer engagement.

Job Description

• Patient Focused Care
  Focus is on clinical services (i.e; disease state mgmt., medication reviews, health risk assessments)
  Prescription safety prioritizing technical functions to Pharmacy Assistants when available.
  Initiate care plans, follow up, and document
  Collect relevant patient, drug and disease information
  Identification of actual and potential drug related problems
  Monitor medication adherence
  Provide patient counselling for new therapy and determine patients understanding as to why they are taking the medication.
  Tailor counselling to the needs and concerns of the patient i.e. literacy, hearing loss, privacy, etc.
• Customer Service
  Exceeds customer expectations through ROLES efficiencies
  Acknowledge customers promptly and professionally
  Demonstrate warmth, empathy, and compassion towards the customer
  Provide superior customer service to every customer
• PROfile Programs
  Responsible for understanding all PROfile offerings and providing each customer with the program that meets their health needs including but not limited to:
  
  • Pill Pack Plus
  • Diabetes Care in Action
  • Autofill Plus
  • Health Inform
  • Kids Club
  • Flavorx
  • Clinics
• Other
  Adhere to and implement all applicable company standards
  Other duties as required

Job Requirements

• Technical Skills
  Above average communication skills (both oral and written)
  Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
  Self-directed and able to work independently to meet strict deadlines
  Ability to be a team player in a fast paced environment
• Education And Experience
  Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from a recognized institution.
  Must be a Licensed Pharmacist in the province of responsibility
  Injection Certification
  Previous experience in a retail and/or retail pharmacy setting preferred

We offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role and location. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by or monitored for accuracy by our organization. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

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.