Pharmacy Technician (Locum) at DEDA Hospital

Details:

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Helps helth care providers and patients by greeting them in person and by phone; answering questions and requests; referring inquiries to the pharmacist.
• Maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed medications and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; removing out-dated drugs.
• Maintains a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Fills in Doctor’s pescription to calculate proper dosage and to prepare appropriate cost of bill to patients for drugs to be sold.
• Organizes medications to dispense by reading medication orders and prescriptions; preparing labels; calculating      quantities; assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies
• Maintains records by recording and filing physicians' orders and prescriptions.
• Ensures medication availability by delivering medications to patients and departments.
• Prepares reports by collecting and summarizing information.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

REQUIREMENTS

• Mathematical skills for performing accurate calculations
• Experienced in dispensing of drugs and filling of prescriptions
• Demonstrable ability to maintain accounts of medicines. (stock level, expiry date etc)
• Pharmacy Technician Certification
• 1-3 years cognate experience (preferably in a hospital)