Pharmaceutical Technologist

nairobi cityKE

full-time

bachelor

5 months ago11/11/202312/11/2023

- closed

Responsibilities

  • Reviewing and executing doctor’s prescriptions checking their appropriateness and legality
  • Organizing the pharmacy in an efficient manner to make the identification of products easier and faster
  • Maintaining full control over delivering, stocking, and labeling medication.
  • Proper inventory management.
  • Prepare medicine when appropriate using the correct dosages and material for each individual patient
  • Keep records of patient history and of all activities regarding refilling medication
  • Keep abreast of advancements in medicine by attending conferences and seminars and collaborating with other healthcare professionals
  • Comply with all applicable legal rules, regulations, and procedures
  • Ensure that treatments are compatible with the medication issued
  • Check dosage and ensure that medicines are correctly and safely supplied and labeled
  • Supervise the preparation of any medicines (not all are supplied ready made-up by the manufacturer)
  • Keep a register of controlled drugs for legal and stock control purposes
  • Liaise with doctors about prescriptions
  • Sell over-the-counter medicines
  • Advise patients of any adverse side effects of medicines or potential interactions with other medicines/treatments
  • Prepare dosette boxes, usually for the elderly, but also for those with memory/learning difficulties or those who have several combinations of tablets to take, where tablets are placed in compartments for specified days of the week
  • Undertake Medicine Use Reviews (MUR), an advanced service to help patients understand how their medicines work and why they have to take them
  • Arrange the delivery of prescription medicines to patients
  • Manage, supervise and train pharmacy support staff
  • Manage finance and budgets for the pharmacy
  • Sourcing
  • Invoicing
  • Claims management
  • keep up to date with current pharmacy practice, new drugs, and their

Qualifications

  • Proven experience as a pharmaceutical technologist.
  • Thorough understanding of dosage administration and measurement, chemical compounds, medical brands, etc.
  • Outstanding knowledge of MS Office and Pharmacy information systems
  • Good organization skills
  • Excellent communication skills with a customer-oriented approach
  • Integrity and compassion
  • Degree/ Diploma in Pharmacy/Pharmacology
  • Valid license to practice the profession

Interested and qualified? Go to SASAdoctor on www.linkedin.com to apply

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