Category
General Administrative
Description
Key Responsibilities:
· Prepare, compound and dispense drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies;
· Review written prescriptions for dose, drug interactions and assure that drugs are dispensed in proper manner, to maintain quality standards of the department;
· Orally explain directions for using drugs to patients, for optimum customer satisfaction;
· Participate in ward rounds to enhance patient pharmaceutical care;
· Communicate directly with physicians, nurses and other health care providers to relate information regarding patient drug therapy;
· Maintain prescription record, for proper maintenance of records, and retrieval;
· Maintain accurate documentation of all interventions and recommendations regards drug therapy and their outcomes;
· Compute and record prescription charges, for financial information purposes;
· Maintain control over distribution and usage of all drugs, and strict control over usage of controlled drugs such as narcotics, for compliance with policy on dangerous drugs, and avoid misuse.
· Maintain and update personal drug knowledge data base to ensure accurate provision of pharmaceutical care of general disease states.
Requirements:
Applicants for the above position must have a Bachelors of Science Degree in Pharmacy and a Practicing License from the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Kenya. S/he should be registered with Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya and have a minimum of 2 years’ hospital experience working in pharmaceutical services. Clinical pharmacy experience and evidence of continuous education will be an added advantage.