Jobs at St. Francis Community Hospital

Key Responsibilities

• Review prescriptions to ensure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
• Provide information and advice to patients regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
• Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, inventories, control records for narcotics, or controlled drugs.
• Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.
• Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.
• Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions
• Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly

Qualification / Skills

• Must be a holder of a Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology from a reputable institution.
• The applicant MUST HAVE 2 years experience working in a hospital or a busy health facility.
• Excellent use of MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Good communication skills (written and oral) and etiquette.
• Customer focused and always willing to go the extra mile.
• Pharmacy & Poisons Board certification is MANDATORY.

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Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialized medical services and service delivery in the internal medicine unit of the hospital, ensuring that they meet the expected standards of quality, quantity, and compliance.
• Coordinate internal medicine referral services within and without the hospital according to the specialized medical services needs in collaboration with other hospital sections and units and within the framework of the hospital and national referral policies.
• Work with other medical specialists to solve single or multiple medical issue(s) and support the performance of extensive surgery, when required in the hospital.
• Conduct specialized Outpatient clinics.
• Plan for general medical services and resources in the internal medicine unit of the hospital.
• Provide medical research and training within the hospital as well as ensure collaboration and cooperation with other clinical teams at St. Francis Community Hospital.
• Offer specialized internal medical services’ advice to the hospital executive and other sections/units and the public.
• Keep abreast of advancements and best practices by attending seminars and conferences and participation in continuous medical education.
• Prepare and disseminate periodic reports appropriately.

Qualification / Skills

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB)
• Master of Medicine in (Internal Medicine) from a recognized institution
• Registration with the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC).
• Specialist Recognition by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board.
• Subspecialty training is an added advantage.
• A valid medical practicing license.
• Professional insurance indemnity cover.
• At least two (2) years of working experience as a General Physician in a reputable hospital.
• Excellent Public Relations skills and communication skills.
• Computer skills.
• Analytical skills