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What this job is
A Community Pharmacy Sales Assistant works in a retail community pharmacy setting, assisting customers to locate and purchase over-the-counter medications, health supplements, and pharmacy-related products. Under the supervision of a registered pharmacist, they process sales transactions, manage stock, and provide basic health product information to customers while adhering to therapeutic goods and pharmacy legislation.
Pay
A$1,112 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Active Listeningcore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Carry out active sellingcore
- Carry out order intakecore
- Characteristics of productscore
- Characteristics of servicescore
- Communicate with customerscore
- Complaint Handlingcore
- Confidentiality and Privacy Compliancecore
- Customer Needs Assessmentcore
- Data Entry and Accuracycore
- Demonstrate products' featurescore
- Empathy and Emotional Intelligencecore
- Ensure compliance with legal requirementscore
- Examine merchandisecore
- Guarantee customer satisfactioncore
- Health Terminology Literacycore
- HICAPS and Medicare Claiming Systemscore
- Identify customer's needscore
- Inventory Trackingcore
- Multitaskingcore
- Organise storage facilitiescore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Process paymentscore
- Regulatory and Legislative Awarenesscore
- Upselling and Cross-Sellingcore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Apply numeracy skills
- Basic Arithmetic and Numerical Accuracy
- Continuous Learning and Upskilling
- Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity
- Have computer literacy
- Provide customer follow-up services
- Service Navigation and Referral
- Stock Counting and Stocktake
- Team Collaboration
- Teamwork principles
- Telephone Etiquette
- Use different communication channels