Pharmacy Assistant III (Contract) up to October 2025
Requisition ID: 184448
Career Group: Pharmacy Careers
Job Category: Retail - Pharmacy
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: New Brunswick
City: Saint John
Location: 2748 McAllister Place Lawtons Pharm
Postal Code: E2J 3W9
Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada's Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.
Sobeys Inc. is a growing Canadian company. We are a market leader in grocery and pharmacy that operate under multiple banners spanning over 1,600 stores in communities across the country. Our family of over 128,000 teammates and franchise affiliates are on a mission to nurture the things that make life better - great experiences, families, communities, and our teammates.
Our national pharmacy team is proudly Canadian, with pharmacies from coast to coast in our various banners. Depending on your province you would recognize us as Sobeys, Safeway, Thrifty Foods, Foodland, Lawtons Drugs or FreshCo.
Ready to Make an impact?
The Pharmacy Assistant Supervisor is responsible for providing superior customer service in a friendly, knowledgeable and professional manner. The Supervisor is responsible to identify and schedule professional clinical services and plays a key role in the achievement of pharmacy excellence in the areas of customer service, workflow efficiencies, PROfile programs and inventory management. Actively contributes to a positive and productive working environment.
This is a term position of 12 months covering a maternity leave.
Here's where you'll be focusing:
- Schedule pharmacy assistant(s)
- Coordinate the pharmacy work flow
- Manage department personnel which includes scheduling, recruitment, performance management and training
- Coach pharmacy assistant team to deliver superior customer experience by actively contributing to a health & wellness environment
- Promote PROfile Programs and educate PA's
- Communicate operational requirements/changes to the pharmacy support staff
- Complete monthly reporting
- Supervise inventory management
- Process customer transactions
- Prescription assembly, refills, compounding
- Administrative duties, filing, supplies, cleaning and
- Receive in-person and telephone refill requests and record deliveries
- Data entry, Manual Third Parties, cycle counts, narcotic counts, TML's
- Product Order receiving, deliveries, drug order creation
- Pill pack assembly
- BTC Management and Return to Stock
- Rx Will Call/Release (guidelines)
- Responsible for ensuring that OH&S, and other regulatory requirements and procedures, are implemented and maintained
- Assist with other pharmacy operations as required
What you have to offer:
Technical Skills:
- Above average communication skills (both oral and written)
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
- Ability to work independently in a fast environment
- Ability to multi-task
Education and Experience:
Required:
- High School Diploma
- Minimum 2 years' experience as a PA or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge of MS Suite
Preferred:
- Undergraduate degree, Pharmacy Technician Certificate or equivalent recognized program
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better - physically, financially and emotionally.
Our Total Rewards programs goes well beyond your paycheque:
- Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, as well as life insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance*.
- Access to Virtual Health Care Platform* and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
- A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings*.
- A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable*.
- Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
- Paid Vacation
* Eligible only after working a set number of hours/days worked.
We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.