Pharmacy Technician (Male) at Sigma Consult

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos

Job Summary

• As a Pharmacy technician, you will assist the pharmacist in the preparation and distribution of medications, maintaining the drug inventory, and maintaining patient and pharmacy records in a manner consistent with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations, as well as pharmacy policies and procedures

Job Responsibilities

• Compounding medication for patients
• Read and interpret physician's medication orders
• Prepare and package chemotherapy medications and other medications requiring special handling in accordance with safety measures
• Aid in filling, processing, and dispensing medications
• Re-package and label medications
• Adhere to safety practices in order to ensure quality care for patients
• Help maintain the drug inventory through inventory control practices
• Provide customer service by answering phone calls in a prompt and courteous manner
• Triage requests and prioritize them
• Check for expiration dates on medications on a regular basis

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a Science related field
• Current pharmacy technician registration/certification
• Basic mathematics skills including adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing in all units of measure
• Effective computer and keyboarding skills
• Working knowledge of pharmacy information systems
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral
• Strong prioritization skills and an ability to make decisions independently and effectively
• Able to operate equipment such as computers, scan guns, tablet counters, and cash registers
• Familiarity with pharmacy practice settings, legal requirements and limitations, prescription information and calculations, drug identification and generic equivalents, drug manufacturing, packaging and labeling information, and proper drug handling and storage practices.

Salary
N100,000 - N150,000 monthly.