Community Pharmacy Assistant

Obtain knowledge and skills in the delivery of pharmacy products and services in community pharmacy practice through hands-on experience and active participation in a real pharmacy setting.

What You’ll Learn

• Understand legislation and processes related to dispensing prescriptions, drug inventory controls and customer service.
• Identify the uses and classes of available prescription medications, non-prescription products and medical devices.
• Comply with all legislation governing pharmacy practice while adhering to established ethical standards and practices.
• Perform functional business skills such as cash handling and billing of third party plans, inventory control and purchasing using appropriate computer software applications.
• Perform pharmaceutical calculations related to processing and preparing prescriptions, monetary transactions, and basic inventory activities.
• Assist a Pharmacist and/or Pharmacy Technician in the dispensing and labelling of prescriptions and preparation of pharmaceutical products within established policies, procedures, legislation, and techniques.
• Communicate and collaborate using good oral, written and interpersonal skills across all mediums in order to provide excellent customer service and develop relationships with other health care professionals.
• Outline commonly encountered medical conditions and the basic pharmacological drug classes which pertain to those conditions using appropriate medical and pharmacological naming and terminology.