Deon Sopko
Pharmacist
Porters Lake,NS
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Lead Clinical Pharmacist
Shoppers Drug Mart #127
09.2024 - Current
Relief Pharmacist
Self-Employed
06.2024 - 09.2024
Pharmacy Operations Specialist
Shoppers Drug Mart
6 2021 - 06.2024
- Liaising closely with Associate Owners, pharmacy teams and District Managers to ensure consistency of operational standards, pharmacy services, execution of Pharmacy programs, achieve goals and foster environment of continuous improvement.
- Accountable for success of Pharmacy Operations and Pharmacy profitability of all stores in North/Central Alberta.
- Analyze pharmacy count, sales, margins and expenses to monitor financial success of each location, highlight potential growth areas, and ensure Associates are on target to meet common year plan goals.
- Understand each pharmacy’s potential growth and financial achievement within its given marketplace, identifying levers requiring activation to reach that potential, and developing, in partnership with Associate, store specific strategy to ensure each store is successfully profitable relative to its capabilities.
- Liaising with stores and corporate stakeholders on issues relating to pharmacy practice.
- Prepare and present information at district and regional meetings as required to relate performance on pharmacy measurables.
Director, Pharmacy Professional Services Enablement Specialist
Shoppers Drug Mart
12.2020 - 06.2021
- Work closely with regional operations field resource team to support Associate Owners in strategic growth of pharmacy professional services.
- Educating, liaising, and supporting Associate Owners and their pharmacy teams to enable them to deliver best-in-class health care services to Albertans.
- Assessing KPI's, such as wage cost per script and scripts per hour.
- Formulate short and long term goals for Associate Owners and their team, and follow up as required to ensure sustainable changes around patient care services delivery at store level.
- Assist stores in adapting to new and changing opportunities for patient care services, and ensure that they are meeting college and ethical requirements.
Pharmacy Manager
Shoppers Drug Mart 2374
06.2020 - 12.2020
Pharmacist
Shoppers Drug Mart 2388 and 2443
08.2019 - 06.2020
Pharmacy Manager
Shoppers Drug Mart 2312
03.2018 - 07.2019
Pharmacist
Shoppers Drug Mart 2312
07.2016 - 07.2019
Education
University of Alberta Faculty of Pharmacy, Bsc. Pharm.
01.2012 - 01.2016
Certification
Certificate of Completion- Shoppers Drug Mart Associate LEAD Program
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Lead Clinical Pharmacist
Shoppers Drug Mart #127
09.2024 - Current
Relief Pharmacist
Self-Employed
06.2024 - 09.2024
Director, Pharmacy Professional Services Enablement Specialist
Shoppers Drug Mart
12.2020 - 06.2021
Pharmacy Manager
Shoppers Drug Mart 2374
06.2020 - 12.2020
Certificate of Completion- Shoppers Drug Mart AFSM LEAD Program
01-2020
Pharmacist
Shoppers Drug Mart 2388 and 2443
08.2019 - 06.2020
Certificate of Completion- Shoppers Drug Mart Associate LEAD Program
06-2018
Pharmacy Manager
Shoppers Drug Mart 2312
03.2018 - 07.2019
Pharmacist
Shoppers Drug Mart 2312
07.2016 - 07.2019
University of Alberta Faculty of Pharmacy, Bsc. Pharm.
01.2012 - 01.2016
Pharmacy Operations Specialist
Shoppers Drug Mart
6 2021 - 06.2024
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