Pharmacist

Key areas of responsibility:

• Ensure comprehensive patient care and maintenance of quality standards in Pharmacy
• To maintain inventory level of the department.
• To store pharmaceuticals at optimum condition as to minimizes expiry
• To control drug purchases cost by negotiations and contracts
• To deliver quality services of pharmacy department to clients and employees
• To give dispensing of medications with clear instructions and correct labeling to patients
• To provide clear, understandable instructions to discharge patients in a language known to patient with information leaflets if possible,
• act as a liaison with nursing and medical staff concerning prescriptions orders, drugs and pharmaceutical details, resident reactions, errors and complaints
• To maintain departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environment and injection control standards
• To have secure storage of narcotics and other controlled substances on a regular basis, To do stock taking and drug audit, To enter medication orders into dispensing program and software
• To check nurse unit stock lists and maintain minimum stock
• To provide doctors with formulary
• To administrator of patients concerns, and recommends changes in policies and procedures
• To maintain appropriate departmental documentation
• To treat all communication about patients, staff, and other organizational business confidentially
• To be involved in quality Assurance / Quality control activities
• To perform all the jobs as may be assigned due to exigencies of work,