Pharmacy Technician at Coastal Specialist Clinic

Job Summary

• The Pharmacy Technician assists the pharmacist in distributing prescribed medications to patients. They are responsible for entering orders, filling prescriptions and ensuring that the pharmacists have verified and approved the prescriptions before they are dispensed to patients

Employee's Responsibilities

• Organize medications for pharmacists to dispense by reading medication orders and prescriptions, preparing labels, calculating quantities, and assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies.
• Receive written prescription or refill requests from patients and verify that information is complete and accurate.
• Deliver appropriate medications and pharmaceutical supplies in the right quantity to patients, nursing stations or surgery.
• Verify prescription information and dosage.
• Prepare the prescription labels, select the type of prescription container, and affix the prescription and auxiliary labels to the container.
• Compute and determine price and file the prescription which must be checked by the pharmacist before it is given to the patient.
• Establish and maintain patient profiles, including list of medications taken by individual patients and costs under the supervision of the Pharmacist.
• Maintain records by recording and filing doctors' orders and prescriptions.
• Maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level, ensuring the First-in-First-Out (FIFO) system is strictly adhered to, anticipating needed medications and supplies, placing and expediting orders, verifying receipt and removing expired drugs.
• Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, and supplies, and enter inventory data into the pharmacy database.
• Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, and inform pharmacists of stock needs and shortages.
• Maintain a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with Health and Safety guidelines, rules, and regulations.
• Monitor the expiry date of drugs.
• Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
• Regularly clean the refrigerator and monitor the refrigerator's temperature where drugs are kept.
• Perform any other responsibilities assigned by Senior Leadership.

The Person

• Minimum academic qualification of an Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Pharmacy Technology or any related degree.
• 1 to 3 years of relevant work experience preferably in the Health or Service sector.
• Licensed to practice with the professional body.
• Knowledge of the Microsoft Office package.
• Outstanding communication (oral and written), interpersonal and people management skills.