• Work Term : Permanent
• Work Language : English
• Hours : 35 hours per week
• Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience : 1 to less than 7 months

Work setting

Pharmacy or drugstore

Tasks

• Ensure the information on prescriptions is accurate
• Enter client information in databases
• Help pharmacists
• Maintain inventories of medications and pharmaceutical products
• Maintain prescription records
• Position patients for treatments by chiropractor or machine
• Prepare medications for clients
• Set up and dismantle equipment
• Supervise and direct activities of other medical technologists or technicians
• Apply and adjust casts, splints and bandages
• Assemble or build prosthetic and orthotic appliances according to drawings, measurements and plaster casts
• Clean and maintain equipment
• Compound, package and label pharmaceutical products
• Design and fabricate ocular implants
• Help with scheduling and workflow
• Lay out surgical instruments
• Plan menus and diet for individuals or groups under direction of dietition or nutritionist
• Prepare and maintain equipment and supplies
• Reassemble equipment and assemble packs of sterile supplies and instruments for delivery to hospital departments
• Record information about donors
• Record vital signs
• Assist chiropractor with patient health education
• Assist in supervising personnel who prepare and serve food
• Clean and dress wounds
• Label and process donated blood
• Operate and maintain sterilization equipment and instrumentation for re-use according to standardized safety practices
• Prepare solutions for preservation of specimens
• Take body or limb measurements of patients
• Advise patients in the use and care of prostheses and orthoses
• Bill third party insurers
• Compound oral solutions, ointments and creams
• Help patients complete menus
• Maintain inventories of medications and prescription records of pharmaceutical products
• Process claims such as health insurance or workers compensation
• Provide post donation care and donor reaction care
• Remove casts, sutures and pins
• Assist dietitians with research in food, nutrition and food service systems
• Clean and sew up bodies for release to funeral homes
• Collect statistics
• Maintain supplies
• Interpret physician's specification
• Maintain inventory of equipment
• Monitor donors throughout procedure
• Advise patients on loss of depth perception
• Assist chiropractor with physical examinations
• Make and modify plaster casts
• Perform general clerical duties
• Prepare and maintain cleanliness of collection areas
• Advise patients on care and use of ocular prostheses
• Manage routine office functions including reception, telephone and booking appointments
• Repair and maintain fabrication and laboratory equipment
• Order supplies and equipment
• Organize and maintain inventory
• Schedule and confirm appointments

Supervision

1 to 2 people

Computer and technology knowledge

• MS Excel
• MS Office
• MS Outlook
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Windows
• MS Word

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Manual dexterity
• Work under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Physically demanding
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Walking

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Reliability
• Ability to multitask
• Creativity
• Dedication