{"id":3464,"date":"2019-12-11T17:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T22:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/?p=3464"},"modified":"2020-01-09T08:55:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T13:55:51","slug":"what-does-closing-the-store-involve-as-a-pharmacist-and-other-related-responsibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/blog\/what-does-closing-the-store-involve-as-a-pharmacist-and-other-related-responsibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does &#8220;Closing the Store&#8221; Involve as a Pharmacist? (and Other Related Responsibilities)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"did-you-know-that-if-you-are-placed-in-a-certain-pharmacy-locations-as-a-pharmacist-you-may-have-to-close-the-store\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Did you know that if you are placed in a certain pharmacy locations as a pharmacist, you may have to close the store?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3483\" src=\"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/key-3348307_1280-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/key-3348307_1280-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/key-3348307_1280-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/key-3348307_1280-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/key-3348307_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"broader-responsibilities\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Broader Responsibilities<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Working as a pharmacist is a position of great responsibility, as you probably already know well if you&#8217;ve ever worked as a pharmacist. The obvious responsibility involves procuring and checking prescriptions for patients. But depending on which pharmacy you are placed in to work, you may be expected to take on additional tasks related to the function of the pharmacy, including the opening and closing of pharmacy premises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you are closing a pharmacy, you may be expected to secure the cash from the register, set store alarms, and lock up the outside of the store. Conversely, if your shift is at the beginning of a pharmacy&#8217;s opening hours, you may have to open the store with a physical key or entry code, open up doors, turn off alarms, and reinstate cash in the register. Cash handling could involve working with armoured guards\/drivers who transport money between the pharmacy&#8217;s bank and the pharmacy premises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It&#8217;s very important that you take these responsibilities seriously, as the client is depending on you to secure the store and ensure that no money is lost.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-embed cs-embed-responsive\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Q4eaoG8YGg\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/blog\/take-these-precautions-if-you-supply-a-locum-pharmacist-to-work-on-your-behalf\/\">Take These Precautions If You Supply a Locum Pharmacist to Work on Your Behalf<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Take These Precautions If You Supply a Locum Pharmacist to Work on Your Behalf&#8221; &#8212; RPI Consulting Group Inc.\" src=\"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/blog\/take-these-precautions-if-you-supply-a-locum-pharmacist-to-work-on-your-behalf\/embed\/#?secret=Q4eaoG8YGg\" data-secret=\"Q4eaoG8YGg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4 id=\"working-with-on-site-colleagues\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Working With On-Site Colleagues<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sometimes you will be assisted as a pharmacist by other pharmacy personnel. Perhaps the most ideal situation would be that you start working with team of many licensed pharmacists. This kind of setup would ease the load of incoming scripts from patients of course. But you cannot expect this with every pharmacist position you work at! You may have one or more regulated pharmacy technicians (RPhTs) assisting you with the checking and procuring of maintenance drugs, which would mean you could focus on checking more specialized prescriptions. You could be assisted by pharmacy assistants, who would be able to manage the cashing out of customers at the point of sale area of the pharmacy. But there are occasions when you will have none of the assistance listed above. In these cases, you will have to manage every aspect of the pharmacy&#8217;s operations: inventory, cashing out patients, drug procurement, bagging, labelling, checking for drug incompatibilities, and working with the pharmacy&#8217;s software system. Above all, we recommend that you do your research and prepare yourself for the responsibilities of every shift.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"you-can-learn-more-about-whats-expected-with-any-client-you-are-about-to-work-for-by-contacting-us-at-416-850-9809-or-toll-free-at-1-866-505-3383-our-email-contact-address-for-these-matters-i\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can learn more about what&#8217;s expected with any client you are about to work for by contacting us at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">416-850-9809<\/span>, or toll-free at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1-866-505-3383<\/span>. Our email contact address for these matters is: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">info@rpigroup.ca<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 id=\"written-by-maria-abatayo\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Written by Maria Abatayo<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"recruiter\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Recruiter<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"rpi-consulting-group-inc\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">RPI Consulting Group Inc.<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Did you know that if you are placed in a certain pharmacy locations as a pharmacist, you may&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3464"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3507,"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3464\/revisions\/3507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}