Careers at Aga Khan University Hospital

Responsibilities

• Receive, verify prescriptions and dispense drugs in a timely manner within approved standards and procedures.
• Contact the physician immediately for inaccuracy and illegibility in a prescription order, document errors and communicate them to the nursing and pharmacy staff
• Verify expiry dates of drugs prior to dispensing medication to patients/customers.
• Check that every label placed on the medications contains the correct patient name, drug, quantity and directions.
• Compound extemporaneous preparations and mix certain intravenous medications as per laid down procedures.
• Counsel patients on drug administration and use of devices for optimum wellness and recovery.
• Receive, return and update drug credits on the system in a timely manner.
• Deliver drug discharges to patients in the ward where applicable
• Communicate out of stock and non-stock effectively and timely to prescriber and nurse and provide alternative choice or make arrangements to order promptly.
• Comply and observe the environmental health and safety measures and regulations by proper handling, storage and dispensation of medications
• Record, monitor and update the expiry list of medications in timely manner.
• Conduct nursing floor inspections once a month for all ward stock, solutions and patient medication left behind
• Complete documentation of Interventions, Medication errors and Near Miss, Adverse events, Medication queries, Patient complaints or any other incidents and forward to relevant office
• Perform random medication checks daily and Monitor variance levels in your respective satellites.
• Compile daily satellite reports.
• Carry out regular satellite stock-take exercise.
• Report any special indicators allocated.
• Maintain and update personal drug knowledge data base to ensure accurate provision of pharmaceutical care of general disease states as well as specialized knowledge in the assigned area of expertise

Requirements

• Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology from a recognized institution
• Practicing License from the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
• 1 year working experience in a busy facility, preferably a hospital
• Computer literate
• Able to communicate with medical professionals
• Able to work with a team of people from various backgrounds and training
• Excellent customer service skills and empathetic to patients of all ages
• Good interpersonal skills
• Culturally sensitive
• Able to keep up with pharmaceutical developments and Continuous Medical Education programmes.

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Job Summary

The Pharmacist will provide quality pharmaceutical services that are efficacious, safe and cost effective and that meet or exceed the expectation of the patients.

Responsibilities

• Review and verify written prescriptions for authenticity, validity, indication, dose, strength route, form, duration, drug interactions and assure that drugs are dispensed in proper manner.
• Verify expiry dates of drugs prior to dispensing to prevent anomalies in service delivery.
• Prepare, compound and dispense drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies.
• Maintain prescription record, for proper maintenance of records, and retrieval
• Compute and record prescription charges
• Perform a thorough clinical check on all treatment sheets and discharge prescriptions
• Identify, resolve and prevent potential and actual drug –related problems and reviews patient profiles for drug interactions, allergies, contraindications and adverse drug reactions to determine and implement optimal drug therapy.
• Communicate directly with physicians, nurses and other health care providers to relate information regarding patient drug therapy.
• Conduct patient counselling on medicines, devices and adherence to therapy.
• Ensure proper inventory management of drugs and supplies, their storage and handling and updating of the inventory records on a regular basis, to ensure product conformity.
• Monitor drug consumption and prepare reports regarding drug usage in the hospital and utilize reports to determine levels to be set on the IT System.
• Monitor ad hoc drug requests, out of stock drugs and non-stock drug orders
• Maintain strict control over usage of controlled drugs such as narcotics, for compliance with policy on dangerous drugs, and avoid misuse.
• Facilitate nursing floor Inspections on a monthly basis and satellite inspections daily.
• Participate in quarterly stock takes and prepare variance reports within stated times.
• Maintain accurate documentation of all interventions and recommendations regards drug therapy and rational use of drugs, and their outcomes.
• Provide drug and poison information to medical personnel on availability and usage of drugs, drug to drug interactions and adverse effects of these drugs, and appropriately document the same.
• Monitor and record adverse drug reactions and medication incidents.
• Schedule and conduct operational and quality indicator audits.
• Provide training to other healthcare professionals.
• Proactively participate in departmental continuous medical education.

Requirements

• B.Sc. in Pharmacy
• Certificate and Practicing License from Pharmacy and Poisons Board
• Registered with Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya
• Heart Saver Certification
• Demonstrable supervisory skills and ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Remarkable ability to follow through on tasks assigned.
• Sound knowledge of teaching and the methods involved in learning and instruction.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Sound time-management skills.