The employees of Pharmacie Des Sablas appreciate being able to consult their schedules remotely.

Can you introduce yourself? What is your job at Pharmacie des Sablas?

My name is Frédérique Salque, I joined the Pharmacie Des Sablas team 10 years ago as a dietitian and then I passed the preparatory diploma. Over the years, I have had more and more responsibilities, including planning. Today, I have been managing them for about 6 years, while we have gone from 4 employees to 16 employees (not including the bosses).

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What is the biggest challenge you have encountered in terms of staff organization?

At some point, the Excel file was becoming more and more unmanageable. So I looked for solutions, and I came across Skello.

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How do you organize work between the different jobs?

A traditional pharmacy includes pharmacists and dispensers. Eventually, there may be a point of view in the event that the preparers are no longer numerous enough to manage the back office. At Pharmacie Des Sablas, we have a back office of 2 people, 3 beauticians for our parapharmacy, and preparers with different functions. There is also a naturopath and specialized cosmetic trainers. We have several specialties within the team: unlike that of a small structure, our team organization is already varied.

As for the hours, they vary a little depending on the profession. The preparers are spread out over the longest time slot with the pharmacists. Beauticians have a slightly shorter time frame, since very late in the morning or evening, we rarely give advice for a day cream 😊! Finally, the back office works from Monday to Friday on a shorter day.

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What would you tell other pharmacists about Skello? What do you think are the main strengths of the tool?

It is a tool that has the merit of existing. There is still a lot of us getting by on Excel spreadsheets in pharmacies, and it is an alternative that is both fun and useful. Everyone on the team got started easily and the fact that they could consult their schedule remotely is appreciated by the employees.

Also, you seem to be quite on the move so we have no doubt that Skello will soon focus 100% on our specific needs for us pharmacists.

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How was Skello useful to you during the Covid-19 crisis?

The Skello schedules were a certain time-saver: we had a lot of schedule changes at short notice. For example, when someone was sick, it was unpredictable and we had to change all the schedules at the last minute. This ability to move shifts is quick and easy to read right away!