Pharmacist at Postbank

About the role

• Responsible for ensuring the safe, effective, and appropriate use of medicines by dispensing prescriptions, providing pharmaceutical care and medication guidance, managing medicine procurement and inventory, maintaining accurate pharmaceutical records, and ensuring compliance with relevant healthcare standards.

Key responsibilities

• Formulate and develop policies and programs for effective management of pharmacy services
• Dispense and compound drugs
• Check prescriptions for suitability and accuracy and where necessary contacting the prescriber to resolve any problems concerning safety, appropriateness and rational use of drugs
• Provide drug information to medical staff on dosages, adverse effects, appropriate dosage forms and any other aspects of medicine use
• Maintain records of patient's drug histories and participating in decision-making on appropriate treatments
• Discuss treatments with and provide information on medicines to patients
• Ensure medicines are stored appropriately and securely and receive drugs and verify correct drugs are supplied
• Keep up to date with new developments in the field of human medicines, and contributing to research and development and drug market surveillance
• Develop guidelines for drug use within the staff clinic and regularly update drug formulary
• Provide information and statistics on expenditure on drugs and implement effectively the Bank's drugs budget
• Participate in the procurement of drugs and medical consumables
• Making ENT and skin preparations for patients as per British Pharmacopoeia
• Liaising with drug suppliers to exchange short expiry drugs, replace expired ones and coordinating destruction of expired drugs with the pharmacy and poisons board
• Participate in the staff pharmacy audit and manage the pharmacy and drug store inventory as prescribed in the procedures
• Report adverse events and participate in Pharmaco-vigilance
• Maintain statutory and ethical records/registers, monitor patients on long-term medications and validate drug invoices and other purchases on petty cash

Qualifications and requirements

• At least Six (6) years relevant work experience with three (3) years served at the grade of pharmaceutical technologist II or comparable position
• Higher Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmacy or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmacy or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Registered with Pharmacy and Poisons board with current practising licence
• Attended a Supervisory Course lasting not less than two (2) weeks from a recognized institution
• Proficiency in computer applications
• Good interpersonal and communications skills
• Knowledge of Health laws and standard medical practices and procedures; pharmacy policy and legislative requirements
• Experience in providing medical services, pharmacy management and patient care
• Experience in drug supplies and management, and handling medical schemes
• Knowledge in basic accounting and administration
• Fulfil the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution