Pharmaceutical Technologist at NHC Maisha(Ndonyo Healthcare)

General Description

To manage inventory, dispense & service prescriptions accurately and manage sales revenue effectively. Responsible for providing excellent customer service to the clients.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Help patients by dispensing the prescribed drugs.
• Maintain 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level; anticipating needed medications and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; removing outdated drugs & preparing ageing reports as often as possible.
• Maintain a safe and clean environment by complying with company standard operating procedures & government regulation. 
• Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Organize medications for dispensing by reading medication orders and prescriptions; preparing labels; calculating quantities; assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies.
• Maintains records by recording orders and prescriptions.
• Generates revenues by calculating, recording, and issuing charges as well as issuing cash sale receipts.
• Ensures medication availability by delivering medications to patients and other clientele.
• Prepares reports by collecting and summarizing information and sending them on time as required in the standard operating procedures.
• Conducting marketing activities together with the branch team and ensuring individual and branch sales targets are met/or exceeded.
• Take responsibility for the pharmacy by ensuring that all operations are running smoothly and reporting any anomalies and breakages.
• Adhere to the Dangerous Drug Act regulation
• Ensure standard operating procedures are followed to the letter and timely feedback given
• Any other duty assigned by the supervisor from time to time.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Diploma in Pharmacy 
• Pharmacy & Poisons Board certification with license
• 1 – 2 years of experience preferably from a healthcare setup 
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Honesty and integrity.