Pharmacist - Main Pharmacy

Requirements

• Review and verify written prescriptions for authenticity, validity, indication, dose, strength route, form, duration, drug interactions and assure that drugs are dispensed in proper manner.
  
• Verify expiry dates of drugs prior to dispensing to prevent anomalies in service delivery.
  
• Prepare, compound and dispense drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies.
  
• Maintain prescription record, for proper maintenance of records, and retrieval
  
• Compute and record prescription charges
  
• Perform a thorough clinical check on all treatment sheets and discharge prescriptions
  
• Identify, resolve and prevent potential and actual drug –related problems and reviews patient profiles for drug interactions, allergies, contraindications and adverse drug reactions to determine and implement optimal drug therapy.
  
• Communicate directly with physicians, nurses and other health care providers to relate information regarding patient drug therapy.
  
• Conduct patient counselling on medicines, devices and adherence to therapy.
  
• Ensure proper inventory management of drugs and supplies, their storage and handling and updating of the inventory records on a regular basis, to ensure product conformity.
  
• Monitor drug consumption and prepare reports regarding drug usage in the hospital and utilize reports to determine levels to be set on the IT System.