Requirements

• Must have a Diploma in Pharmacy.
  
• Must be registered with Registration with the Uganda Allied Health Professionals Council.
  
• Must have atleast 2 years working experience in dispensing.
  

• Undertakes the preparation, packaging, labelling and dispensing of drugs against a validated prescription or

drugs/sundries order, working to national standards and in accordance with C-CARE procedures, in an accurate and timely manner

• Prepare documentation and labels for all products, in accordance with C-CARE standard operating procedures

• Receive and evaluate prescriptions / orders from patients and / or hospital staff, against agreed departmental protocols

• Ensure that relevant details recorded on prescriptions comply with all legal requirements and liaise with medical and nursing staff as necessary

• Ensure that all medicines dispensed are checked against the prescription and check with the prescribing doctor; whenever there is doubt about the appropriateness of the medication, or about the doze or labelling instructions

• Communicate to patients regarding treatments and to accurately pass on information to other members of the team, regarding patient treatments