Pharmacy Technician
Location: Lugbe, Abuja
Mission Objective
- The pharmacy unit provides medical support services in pharmacotherapy, critical to achieving the organization’s mission through supplying quality medications, rational medicine usage, and optimizing patients’ treatment outcomes through appropriate counseling.
- The pharmacy technician complements the duties of the pharmacist in assembling new prescriptions, appropriate dispensing per physician’s order and providing technical support in inventory management, which is vital to ensuring medicines availability in the clinic. In addition, the technician ensures exquisite shelves arrangements on the FEFO basis; and participates in voluntary community health activities.
Duties and Responsibilities
Job Purpose:
- Organize Inspect and validate prescriptions to reduce medication errors. Review, analyze and respond to different situations they encounter daily.
- Fill medications based on prescriptions to dispense. Assist in stock count on a routine basis and ensure that expiring drugs are noted. Arrange/stack drugs and consumables according to FEFO guidelines. Ensure that minimum stock levels are not exceeded.
- Bring patients into the dispensing area (when necessary). Keep the dispensing area clean and ensure that dispensing materials are available. Maintain Poison cupboard under Lock and key. Provide assistance in various functions of the Clinic. Document patient and family education.
Engagement:
- Conduct group responsibilities accurately and on time.
- Assist in receiving medications into the inventory from partner vendors. Bring patients into the dispensing area (when necessary).
Delivery:
- Conduct group responsibilities accurately and on time.
- Maintain and update pharmacy checklists regularly. Responsible for reviewing and filing insurance claims to ensure that they are processed accurately; reconciliations and filing itemized receipts and claims for submission to the respective insurance companies.
Targeted Specialized Knowledge
- Minimum qualification of Diploma in Pharmacy
- Minimum of two (2) years progressive experience in Pharmacy within the private and public sector.
- Experience working with public health and health systems is an advantage.
- Candidates must be a registered member of Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) with an up-to-date practicing license.
Remuneration
Monthly gross of NGN151,550
Other Benefits:
- Health Coverage
- Skill Review
- Performance Bonus
- 13th Month.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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