Nairobi Adventist Hospital Pharmaceutical Technologist Jobs in Kenya

Nairobi Adventist Hospital Pharmaceutical Technologist Jobs in Kenya

Job purpose

Duties and responsibilities involve compounding and dispensing medicine in a safe and professional way and working closely with the medical and nursing staff to ensure patients get the optimum care.

Duties and responsibilities

Retrieving prescription orders

Medicine compounding

Maintaining patient profiles

Answering phones

Being aware of the latest medicines and their availability  Receive prescriptions from doctors.

Prepare prescriptions for patients.

Verify insurance and prescription information.

Helps health care providers and patients by greeting them in person and by phone; answering questions and requests; referring inquiries to the doctor

Maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed medications and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; removing outdated drugs.

Maintains a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.

Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.

Organizes medications to dispense by reading medication orders and prescriptions; preparing labels; calculating quantities; assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies.

Maintains records by recording and filing physicians’ orders and prescriptions.

Ensures medication availability by delivering medications to patients and departments.

Prepares reports by collecting and summarizing information.

Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Records and monitors temperature

Reporting adverse drug reactions and poor-quality drugs to the pharmacy and poisons board.

Qualifications

Holder of diploma in pharmacy from Kenya Medical Training College/any recognized medical institution

Duly registered by pharmacy and poisons board current practice License

Supply Management skills, Organization, Integrity, Reporting Skills, Attention to Detail, Dependability, Creating a Safe effective Environment, Quality Focus

Required to maintain utmost level of accuracy while processing prescriptions.

Expected to demonstrate ethical behaviour with emphasis on confidentiality, realization of professional liability and importance of following a protocol.

Empathetic and compassionate listener as a member of a healthcare team, who is able to communicate with tact and diplomacy, should be friendly and interactive with patients and other members of the team.

While dealing with patients, co-workers, doctors and nurses, should have the emotional maturity to solve conflicts.

Three years working experience in a busy dispensing unit

How to Apply

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