Pharmacist

Role Summary

Responsible for monitoring the supply of all medicines used in the hospital and are in charge of purchasing, manufacturing, dispensing, and quality testing their medication stock along with help from pharmacy assistants and pharmacy technicians.

Duties and Responsibilities

Make sure medicines are stored appropriately and securely.

Follow guidelines for drug use within the hospital and implement hospital regulations

Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly

Prepare and quality-check sterile medications, for example, intravenous medications

Set up and supervise clinical trials

Document errors and communicate them to the nursing and pharmacy staff

Verify expiry dates of drugs prior to dispensing medication to patients/customers.

Receive, return and update drug credits on the system in a timely manner.

Comply and observe the environmental health and safety measures and regulations by proper handling, storage and dispensing of medications

Record, monitor and update the expiry list of medications in timely manner

Conduct Floor inspections once a month for all ward stock, solutions and patient medication left behind

Perform random medication checks daily and monitor variance levels in your respective satellites.

Reporting of any breakages and any observance that needs attention by management.

Maintenance of client’s and institution’s data records as private and confidential.

Be keen and pay attention to the doctors’ needs and preferences to medications to ensure the pharmacy is well stocked at all times.

Strictly monitor the use of DDA drugs & limit their use to prescription only. Maintain a strict stock control on DDA medication & verify stock of DDA medications on a daily basis, reporting any mishaps to the relevant authorities.

Perform any other duties as may be assigned as per hospital demands, from time to time

Required Qualifications

A Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from a recognized university

Registered with the Pharmaceutical and Poisons Board of Kenya.

Valid Practicing License from the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.

Minimum of 2 years of hospital or clinical pharmacy preferred

Industries:Human Resources

Function: Others