Requirements

• Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology from a recognized institution
  
• Practicing License from the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
  
• 1 year working experience in a busy facility, preferably a hospital
  
• Computer literate
  
• Able to communicate with medical professionals
  
• Able to work with a team of people from various backgrounds and training
  
• Excellent customer service skills and empathetic to patients of all ages
  
• Good interpersonal skills
  
• Culturally sensitive
  
• Able to keep up with pharmaceutical developments and Continuous Medical Education programmes.
  

• Receive, verify prescriptions and dispense drugs in a timely manner within approved standards and procedures.
  
• Contact the physician immediately for inaccuracy and illegibility in a prescription order, document errors and communicate them to the nursing and pharmacy staff
  
• Verify expiry dates of drugs prior to dispensing medication to patients/customers.
  
• Check that every label placed on the medications contains the correct patient name, drug, quantity and directions.
  
• Compound extemporaneous preparations and mix certain intravenous medications as per laid down procedures.
  
• Counsel patients on drug administration and use of devices for optimum wellness and recovery.
  
• Receive, return and update drug credits on the system in a timely manner.
  
• Deliver drug discharges to patients in the ward where applicable
  
• Communicate out of stock and non-stock effectively and timely to prescriber and nurse and provide alternative choice or make arrangements to order promptly.
  
• Comply and observe the environmental health and safety measures and regulations by proper handling, storage and dispensation of medications
  
• Record, monitor and update the expiry list of medications in timely manner.
  
• Conduct nursing floor inspections once a month for all ward stock, solutions and patient medication left behind
  
• Complete documentation of Interventions, Medication errors and Near Miss, Adverse events, Medication queries, Patient complaints or any other incidents and forward to relevant office
  
• Perform random medication checks daily and Monitor variance levels in your respective satellites.
  
• Compile daily satellite reports.
  
• Carry out regular satellite stock-take exercise.
  
• Report any special indicators allocated.
  
• Maintain and update personal drug knowledge data base to ensure accurate provision of pharmaceutical care of general disease states as well as specialized knowledge in the assigned area of expertise