Pharmaceutical Technologist at M.P. Shah Hospital

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Review and dispense prescriptions as per the treatment sheet of medications by compounding, packaging, and labelling pharmaceuticals to patients.
• Maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed medications and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; removing outdated drugs & preparing ageing reports.
• Organize medications for dispensing by reading medication orders and prescriptions; preparing labels; calculating quantities; assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies.
• Prepare reports by collecting and summarizing information and sending them on time as required in the standard operating procedure.
• Generates and captures revenue by calculating, recording, and issuing charges, as well as issuing cash sale receipts.
• Check the expiry dates of medicines, making sure that the short expiry drugs are tagged and returned to the store in compliance with the set regulations.

Key Performance Indicators

• Overall pharmacy turnaround time.
• Discharge turnaround time.
• Patient satisfaction score.
• Number of incident reports by pharmacy.
• Audit score on pharmacy charging and billing.
• Audit score on medication quality (storage, labelling, etc.).
• Availability of pharmaceutical stocks.
• Expiry value of pharmaceutical stocks.

Qualifications, Regulatory & Legal Requirements

• Diploma in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical technologist from a recognized institution.
• Must have a valid membership, hold a valid practicing license, and be registered with the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Kenya.
• Minimum of 3 years of working experience.