Pharmacy Technician
On-siteSierra Leone, Diego Martin, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Job Summary
Provide, prepare, and dispense medications for patients as prescribed by clinicians while ensuring the use of National SOPs for supply chain management. Account for wastage of medications and consumables, maintain pharmacy inventory by checking stock levels, and place expediting orders to verify receipts. Label medications appropriately, stock shelves, keep the dispensary clean and organized, and maintain confidential and accurate pharmacy records. Provide drug information and evaluation to patients, promote rational drug use, and collect, organize, and evaluate patient information regarding medications. Require on-call service for access to medications during the night or weekends.
Required Qualifications
- Require on-call service for access to medications during the night or on weekends
- Complete understanding and appreciation of the use and side effects of prescription
- Collection, organization, and evaluation of patient information in regard to medications
- Providing drug information and evaluation to patients
- Promote rational drug use
- Maintain pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stocks to determine inventory levels and anticipate needed medication and supplies
- Placing and expediting orders, verifying receipts and removing outdated drugs
- Ensure the use of the National SOPs for supply chain management while dispensing, accounting for and reordering/ forecasting
- Ensure accountability of medications and other consumables provided to the dispensary
- Account for wastage of medications and consumables that were not used in the ward but became unusable
- Label medications appropriately
- Stock shelves and ensure an adequate supply of medications and consumables
- Keep the dispensary clean and organized
- Maintain confidential and accurate pharmacy records
- Provide, prepare, and dispense medications for patients as prescribed by the Clinician
- Ensure timely and effective communication and collaboration among stakeholders such as PIH/PHU/DHMT staff
- Be an advocate for improving health care in Kailahun District
- Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
- A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Partner In Health's PSEAH policy
- Partner In Health will request information from applicants' previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment
- By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures
- Include names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of three (3) referees
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