Oct 17, 2018
Job Summary
Supports pharmacological services by stocking, assembling, and distributing medications. To process prescriptions and also get the pharmacy ready for business on a daily basis.
Responsibilities
Maintaining pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed medications and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; removing outdated drugs.
Maintaining a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
Organizing medications for pharmacist to dispense by reading medication orders and prescriptions; preparing labels; calculating quantities; assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies.
Maintaining records by recording and filing physicians’ orders and prescriptions.
Generating revenues by calculating and recording correctly all charges to be issued.
Ensuring medication availability by delivering medications to patients and departments.
Preparing reports by collecting and summarizing information.
Contributing to team efforts by accomplishing related results as needed.
Receiving and verifying prescriptions for validity.
Sterilizing the counter tops, scales, pill counting trays, and other medication measuring devices.
Turning on equipment such as computers, scales, printers and fax machines.
Greeting the patient and accepting their prescription.
Dispensing prescribed medications.
Verifying medications for expiry dates and keeping inventory records of this.
Careful storage and disposal of patient information
Proper packaging and trashing of expired drugs.
Inputting the prescription date into the computer or into provided record keeping documents and processing the patient‘s insurance.
Administrative and bookkeeping tasks, inventory control, stocking shelves, and data entry.
Qualifications
Pharmacy Technician certificate from recognized schools of health technologies.
A minimum of OND/HND in Social or Medical Science related disciplines.
Experience:
A minimum of 2 years experience as a Pharmacy Technician
Skills:
Detail oriented
Listening skills
Ability to compute accurately
Organizational skills.
Apply via :
Applicants should send their Resume to: recruitment@thepurplesource.com using the role as subject of mail. Note: Only shortlisted candidates would be contacted.
https://www.myjobmag.com/job/107080/pharmacy-technician-purplesource-healthcare