Pharmacy Technician at Zenith Medical & Kidney Centre

Job Description

• Taking proper stock and audit of drugs in the pharmacy.
• Dispensing of drugs for inpatients and out patients.
• Filling and labelling of medical containers.
• Proper dispensing of all medications.
• Checking of all prescriptions for errors, ensuring they are appropriate and safe for the individual patient.
• Provide advice on the dosage of medicines and the most appropriate form of medication, which could be by tablet, injection, ointment or inhaler.
• Maintaining of sufficient stock of all needed medications.
• Detailing of medicines to doctors, nurses, interns etc.
• Being in charge of requisition of all medicines.
• Checking the quality and the sources of drugs before dispensing.
• To keep up to date with technical developments, especially those which can save time and improve reliability
• To ensure and adhere to standard pharmacy safety measures and checks.
• Involved with scientific meetings in the department.

Key Result Area (KRA)

• Organize medications for pharmacist to dispense by reading medication orders and prescriptions, preparing labels, calculating quantities, assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies.
• Receive prescription or refill request 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.
• Maintain pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level, ensuring First-in-First-Out (FIFO) system is strictly adhered to, anticipating needed medications and supplies, placing and expediting orders, verifying receipt and removing outdated drugs.
• Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, and supplies, and enter inventory data into computer.
• Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, and inform pharmacist of stock needs and shortages

Requirements

• Minimum academic qualification of Pharmacy Technician Certificate.
• 1 to 3 years relevant work experience.
• Membership of relevant professional bodies such as the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN)
• Knowledge of the Microsoft office package.
• Outstanding communication (oral and written), interpersonal and people management skills.
• Current practicing license or proof of payment.
• Ability to process prescriptions electronically.

Salary
N70,000 - N150,000 / Month.