Pharmacy Labeler

Job Overview

Under the supervision of the Pharmacy Operations Manager or team lead, the Pharmacy Labeler is responsible for accurately and efficiently affixing labels to medication packages.

Key Responsibilities

• Print labels for medications.
• Ensure labels are correctly placed on the appropriate medication promptly.
• Assemble, label, and provide supplies as required by specific contracts.
• Take part in quality assurance activities as assigned.
• Maintain cleanliness in the department daily through general housekeeping duties.
• File documents correctly following policies and procedures.
• Communicate effectively with all healthcare team members.
• Engage in performance improvement, quality assurance programs, education, and departmental meetings.
• Carry out additional duties as delegated.

Qualifications

• Completion of high school diploma or an equivalent certification.
• Experience in a fast-paced setting demanding a high degree of accuracy.

Skills and Knowledge Requirements

• Ability to read and interpret safety guidelines and procedural manuals.
• Basic understanding of medical terminology.
• Competency in arithmetic operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division involving whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
• Capability to compute rates, ratios, percentages, and perform simple algebraic calculations.
• Apply common sense to follow written, spoken, or diagrammatic instructions.
• Problem-solving skills for handling situations with multiple variables in standardized contexts.
• Organized, disciplined, with basic computer proficiency.

Physical and Environmental Conditions

• Regular verbal communication and hearing required.
• Frequent standing, walking, sitting, manual preparation of packages, computer and equipment use, and reaching motions.
• Vision requirements cover close, color, night, peripheral vision, depth perception, and focusing abilities.
• Lifting tasks as per individual capacity with supervisor notified of any health issues affecting lifting ability.
• Potential exposure to fumes, airborne particles, occasional toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Work near moving parts occasionally, with typical moderate noise levels.

Work Location

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada