Pharmaceutical Technologist III - 5 Posts at Garissa County Public Service Board

REF: GCPSB/HEALTH/2024/10/02

TERMS OF SERVICE - CONTRACT TERMS OF THREE (3) YEARS

Duties and Responsibilities: -

• Responsible for formulation and execution of pharmaceutical policies and programmes in the provision of curative, promotive, palliative and preventive health care services
• Dispensing drugs/Compounding medicines;
• Receiving, interpreting, processing prescriptions and Recording prescriptions in a pharmacy unit;
• Pre-packing, repacking and writing instructions on labels;
• Counseling patients on usage of drugs in a pharmacy unit;
• Maintaining drugs registers/books and
• Stock-taking of drugs and medicinal devices on monthly basis.

Requirements for Appointment: -

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must: -

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Have Diploma in either Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Technology or equivalent qualification approved by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board from a recognized institution;
• Have Certificate of Enrolment as Pharmaceutical Technologist awarded by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB);
• Have Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution;
• Have a valid practicing Certificate and
• At least one-year experience in a busy hospital.