Pharmacist - Lagos at Dragnet Nigeria

About the role

• Practitioner pharmacist delivering dispensing and clinical pharmacy services, ensuring the safe, effective and lawful use of medicines.

Responsibilities

• Dispense medicines accurately and provide clinical pharmacy input to patient care.
• Support procurement, storage, stock control and distribution of medicines.
• Handle and document controlled medicines in line with PCN and national requirements.
• Contribute to formulary management, medicines information and pharmacovigilance.
• Participate in quality assurance, audit and continuing professional development.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) or Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) from a recognised institution.
• Completion of the required national internship/pre-registration training and NYSC, or a valid exemption where applicable.
• Minimum of 1 year of post-registration/post-internship experience in the relevant profession; newly registered practitioners may be considered.

Required skills:

• Knowledge of hospital pharmacy practice appropriate to the role.
• Competence in dispensing, stock control and controlled-medicines handling.
• Understanding of medicines safety and pharmacovigilance.
• Accurate record-keeping and competent use of pharmacy systems.
• Effective communication with clinical colleagues.

Nice to have:

• Membership of a recognised pharmacy professional body.
• Certification relevant to hospital or clinical pharmacy.
• Experience in a multi-specialty hospital, corporate hospital network, HMO-facing health system, public-sector hospital or large institutional healthcare environment.