Job Summary

The Pharmacist will provide quality pharmaceutical services that are efficacious, safe and cost effective and that meet or exceed the expectation of the patients.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Monitor ad hoc drug requests, out of stock drugs and non-stock drug orders
• Maintain strict control over usage of controlled drugs such as narcotics, for compliance with policy on dangerous drugs, and avoid misuse.
• Facilitate nursing floor Inspections on a monthly basis and satellite inspections daily.
• Participate in quarterly stock takes and prepare variance reports within stated times.
• Maintain accurate documentation of all interventions and recommendations regards drug therapy and rational use of drugs, and their outcomes.
• Provide drug and poison information to medical personnel on availability and usage of drugs, drug to drug interactions and adverse effects of these drugs, and appropriately document the same.
• Monitor and record adverse drug reactions and medication incidents.
• Schedule and conduct operational and quality indicator audits.
• Provide training to other healthcare professionals.
• Proactively participate in departmental continuous medical education.

Requirements

• B.Sc. in Pharmacy
• Certificate and Practicing License from Pharmacy and Poisons Board
• Registered with Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya
• Heart Saver Certification
• Demonstrable supervisory skills and ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Remarkable ability to follow through on tasks assigned.
• Sound knowledge of teaching and the methods involved in learning and instruction.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Sound time-management skills.