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Kenya
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Last Update: 14.12.2018 at 12:00
Job Type
Full Time
Start
ASAP
Duration
11 Month +
Place
Nairobi County, Nairobi, Kenya
Country
Kenya
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.