Community Pharmacists at RS Hunter Limited

Role:
A community pharmacist is responsible for controlling, dispensing and distributing medicine. They work to legal and ethical guidelines to ensure the correct and safe supply of medical products to the general public. They are involved in maintaining and improving people’s health by providing advice and information as well as supplying prescription medicines.

Responsibilities:

•     Dispensing prescription medicines to the public;
•     Ensuring that different treatments are compatible;
•     Checking dosage and ensuring that medicines are correctly and safely supplied and labelled (pharmacists are legally responsible for any dispensing errors);
•     Supervising the preparation of any medicines (not all are supplied ready made-up by the manufacturer);
•     Keeping a register of controlled drugs for legal and stock control purposes;
•     Liaising with doctors about prescriptions;
•     Selling over-the-counter medicines;
•     Counselling and advising the public on the treatment of minor ailments;
•     Advising patients of any adverse side-effects of medicines or potential interactions with other medicines/treatments;
•     Preparing dosette and cassette boxes, usually for the elderly but also for those with memory/learning difficulties, where tablets are placed in compartments for specified days of the week.
•     Undertaking Medicine Use Reviews (MUR), an advanced service to help patients understand how their medicines work and why they have to take them;
•     Managing a needle and syringe exchange;
•     Measuring and fitting compression hosiery;
•     Monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol levels;
•     Offering a diabetes screening service;
•     Arranging the delivery of prescription medicines to patients;
•     Managing, supervising and training pharmacy support staff;
•     Budgeting and financial management;
•     Keeping up to date with current pharmacy practice, new drugs and their uses.
•     Meeting Medical Representatives

Experience & Qualification:

• B.Pharm, with 1-2 years cognate experience.

Key skills:

•     Maturity
•     Attentiveness
•     Patience and Empathy
•     Responsibility
•     Excellent interpersonal skills
•     Organisational skills
•     Verbal communication skills
•     Confidence
•     Commercial awareness