STUDENT Applications - Student Pharmacist
CareRxCareRx is Canada’s leading provider of specialty pharmacy services to seniors. We serve more than 96,000 residents in over 1,600 seniors and other communities (long-term care homes, retirement homes, assisted living facilities, and group homes). We are a national organization with a large network of pharmacy fulfillment centres that allows us to deliver medications in a timely and cost-effective manner. We take an active role in working with our home operator partners to promote resident health, staff education, and medication system quality and efficiency.
Whether you do your best work in a dispensary, in a clinical setting, in an office, or on the road, we have a place for you.
Position Summary
CareRx is interested in hiring Student Pharmacists to join us at any of our Alberta pharmacies including Edmonton, Calgary, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge and Edmonton Compounding & Retail or our with our Clinical Consulting Pharmacist team. CareRx pharmacies provide non-client facing services, however, employees have the option to grow into Clinical Pharmacist roles to service our long-term care clients directly. Whether you are looking for something part time now, or potentially full time during your summer breaks, we would love to chat with you!
Working under the supervision of a Registered Pharmacist, the Student Pharmacist is to participate in the day-to-day dispensary operations of the pharmacy and ensure safe and effective patient care standards are met with all dispensed medications whilst maintaining adherence to operational processes to support the fulfillment of the teams goals — accuracy, efficiency, quality, organization — while maintaining regulatory compliance. We are responsible for the execution and distribution of medications for a mix of residential care, assisted living, and independent living facilities. The Student Pharmacist embodies and reinforces CareRx’s Mission-Vision-Values commitments to support a positive team culture.
Your Day to Day
- Activities include data entry, updating files, pharmacy management software data quality, or support for data entry process changes requiring updates to resident profiles.
- Complete new prescription, changes to medication entry, and continuation of therapy prescription entry.
- Prepare medication and associated paperwork for delivery to patients and/or program partners.
- Support with other activities as designated.
Qualifications/Requirements
- Current student pharmacist standing in the Province of Alberta
- Must be enrolled as a student with the Alberta College of Pharmacists
- Experience with Kroll pharmacy software is an asset.
Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge
- Demonstrates time management, organizational skills, a high degree of accuracy, and thoroughness
- Ability to work in a team as well as independently with minimal supervision
- Ability to manage priorities in a timely manner in a fast-paced environment
- Problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; good telephone manners, professionalism, and enunciation
Application Process
CareRx welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Interested, qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
All applicants must successfully pass satisfactory background screening (depending on the role - Criminal Record Check, Credit Check, Driver’s Abstract, Education Verification, Current Professional Registration) and referencing. Background screening will be completed after an offer of employment has been extended and accepted.