Pharmacist

Job summary

Prepare, verify, and dispense prescriptions; counsel patients on medications; review patient profiles; and collaborate with prescribers to optimize safe and appropriate therapy. Oversee pharmacy workflow and team support while managing inventory, maintaining records, ensuring regulatory compliance, and contributing to quality assurance.

Job details

Role Description This full-time, on-site Pharmacist role at Jean Coutu in Shediac, NB focuses on delivering safe, accurate, and patient-centered pharmacy services. The Pharmacist prepares, verifies, and dispenses prescriptions, provides medication counseling, and answers patient questions on treatment, dosage, side effects, and drug interactions. Responsibilities include reviewing patient profiles, monitoring for therapeutic appropriateness, and collaborating with prescribers to optimize medication therapy. The Pharmacist oversees pharmacy workflow, supports pharmacy assistants and technicians, and ensures compliance with provincial regulations, company policies, and standards of practice. Additional duties include managing inventory, maintaining accurate records and documentation, participating in quality assurance activities, and contributing to a welcoming, professional environment for patients and colleagues. Qualifications Licensure and education: Licensed or eligible for licensure as a Pharmacist in New Brunswick; Bachelor of Pharmacy or PharmD (or equivalent) from an accredited institution. Clinical and professional skills: Strong knowledge of pharmacology, therapeutics, and drug interactions; ability to assess prescriptions for clinical appropriateness and patient safety. Patient care and communication: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to provide clear medication counseling, build patient trust, and work effectively with prescribers and team members. Regulatory and compliance skills: Familiarity with provincial pharmacy regulations, privacy legislation, and professional standards; commitment to ethical practice and continuous quality improvement. Technical and operational skills: Proficiency with pharmacy management systems, dispensing technologies, and basic computer applications; strong attention to detail and accuracy in documentation. Organizational and teamwork abilities: Ability to prioritize tasks, manage workflow in a busy retail environment, and collaborate in a multidisciplinary team. Additional assets: Experience in community pharmacy, bilingual proficiency (English and French) considered an asset, and willingness to participate in ongoing professional development.

What you’ll do

Prepare, verify, and dispense prescriptions; counsel patients on medications; review patient profiles; and collaborate with prescribers to optimize safe and appropriate therapy. Oversee pharmacy workflow and team support while managing inventory, maintaining records, ensuring regulatory compliance, and contributing to quality assurance.

Requirements

Applicants must be licensed or eligible for licensure as a pharmacist in New Brunswick and hold a Bachelor of Pharmacy, PharmD, or equivalent from an accredited institution. They should have strong clinical, communication, organizational, and technical skills, with community pharmacy experience and English-French bilingual proficiency considered assets.

Listed skills

• Quality assurance · Preferred
• Regulatory Compliance · Preferred
• Inventory management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Prescription Preparation and Dispensing
• Prescription Verification
• Medication Counseling
• Pharmacology
• Therapeutics
• Drug Interaction Assessment
• Clinical Appropriateness Assessment
• Patient Safety
• Patient Profile Review
• Medication Therapy Optimization
• Pharmacy Workflow Management
• Regulatory Compliance
• Inventory Management
• Documentation and Recordkeeping
• Quality Assurance
• Teamwork and Communication

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Retail

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