Summary
Date Posted: Monday, November 28, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
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

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

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

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