Experienced Locum Pharmacist at Nard Pharmacy & Stores Ltd

We are in need of a vibrant, energetic and passionate young pharmacist, to join our team as a Locum running 6hr afternoon shift on weekdays and alternate weekend shifts.

Responsibilities

• Dispense prescription medicines to the public.
• Organize health awareness events to educate the general public
• Ensure that different treatments are compatible
• Check dosage and ensure that medicines are correctly and safely supplied and labeled Supervise the preparation of any medicines
• Keep a register of controlled drugs in the Poisons Book for legal and stock control purposes
• Liaise with doctors about prescriptions
• Sell over-the-counter medicines
• Advise the customers/patients on the treatment of minor ailments
• Advise patients of any adverse side-effects of medicines or potential interactions with other
• Medicines/treatments
• Counsel patients to understand how their medicines work and why they have to take them
• Provide support to patients starting certain medicines to treat long-term conditions
• Offer specialists health checks, such as blood pressure and cholesterol monitoring and diabetes screening
• Run weight-reduction programmes
• Arrange the delivery of prescription medicines to patients
• Manage, supervise and train pharmacy support staff
• Monitor inventory and low or out-of-stock items to prepare purchase orders Prevent expiry through proactive dispensing of near expiry drugs
• Keep up-to-date with current pharmacy practice, new drugs, and their uses.