To ensure accurate dispensing, patient counselling and proper handling of pharmaceutical supplies for allorders and provide effective pharmaceutical services to meet client needs.
4.1 Education (academic and professional)• Preferred Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) or a minimum of Diploma in pharmaceutical technology
from a recognized institution.
• Duly registered with the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
• Must have a valid current practicing license.
• Minimum 3 years work experience.
4.2 Experience and knowledge
• At least 3 years working experience
• Experience in handling multiple tasks and working independently and in multidisciplinary and
multicultural environment.
4.3 Skills
• Team player,
• Excellent communication and planning skills.
• Problem solving skills
• Listening skills
4.4 Competences
• Integrity and honesty
• Mature
• Ethical work practices
• Confidentiality
• Respect for diversity
Responsibilities
Strategy and
implementation
• Develop project activity strategy with timely and regularly reviewed
implementation work plans.
• Support the facility’s growth strategy by staying up to date in their profession
through attendance to educational workshops and maintaining annual CME
requirements as per the requirements of the professional’s board.
• Ensure the reference documents at the pharmacy are up to date
Dispensing • Receive written prescription or refill requests and verifying that information
is complete and accurate- Ensuring proper dispensing in the facility.
• Pre-packing of medicines for dispensing.
KEY AREA Activities
• Enhancing rational drug use within the facility.
• Timely and accurate dispensing to patients’ drugs.
• Advise clinicians on drug interactions and advising on alternatives where
applicable.
• Provide pharmacological information by responding to questions and
requests from the health professional counselling patients on drug
therapies.
Procurement • Coordinating, ordering of pharmaceutical purchase.
• Ensure rationale procurement of medicines and supplies
• Ensuring cost effective selection of commodities for purchase.
• Order, label and count stock of medication and chemical supplies.
Drug Store
management
• Maintain proper storage, security conditions and records of pharmaceutical
stocks.
• Ensuring timely requisition and inventory management.
• Tallying medicines received from supplies against invoices and checked for
correctness of quantity, price, batch numbers and expiry date.
• Maintain cleanliness of shelves and medicines
• Maintain purchase records and invoice
• Ensure cold chain is observed as per medicines specifications.
• Receive and store incoming supplies verify quantities against invoices and
inform supervisors of stock needs.
Drug fore-casting • Forecasting drug needs for the health centre and satellite facilities.
• Monitoring stock and informing supervisors of stock needs.
Record keeping • Establish and maintain patient’s profiles, including list of medication
taken by individual patients.
• Documenting reports done.
• Streamlining data entered in computer for ensuring accurate data quality.
• Ensuring records of medicines with restricted use are
Reporting
&documentation
• Preparing monthly, quarterly and annual reports relating to movement of
medicines and relevant supplies from the pharmacy.
Job Requirements
Required education
: Diploma, Associate's degree
Required relevant work experience
: 3 years
Required languages:
English (Spoken: fluent | Written: fluent)
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