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Pharmaceutical Technologist

M.P. Shah Hospital
Nairobi, Kenya
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Posted:Aug 15 By:Hiring Kenya

Company Details
Name:M.P. Shah Hospital
Industry: Hospital & Health Care
Website: https://mpshahhosp.org/
Description: Located in Parklands Area in Nairobi, M.P. Shah Hospital is a modern 210-bed facility which is home to highly skilled and experienced specialists and professional medical staff. For generations, we have been ranked among the best private hospitals in Kenya because of our excellent standards and the high quality of services and personal care we provide. , We are pacesetters in our field, inspired by our core value of care. We care about the dignity of our patients and strive to become a one-stop healthcare provider in East and Central Africa. We operate under the umbrella of the Social Service League which is a non-racial, non-religious, non-political charitable institution. The scope of the social service league includes the main hospital in Parklands, the Village Market Medical Clinic, and the Dinshaw Byramjee Dispensary and Dental Unit located in Nairobi downtown, at Ronald Ngala Street.
Job Description

Reporting to the Pharmacist, the overall purpose of this job is to manage inventory, dispense & service prescriptions accurately and manage sales revenue effectively. 

 

Duties & Responsibilities: 

 

Review and dispense prescription as per treatment sheet of medications by compounding, packaging and labelling pharmaceuticals to patients 

 

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level; anticipating needed medications and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; removing outdated drugs & preparing ageing reports 

 

Organize medications for dispensing by reading medication orders and prescriptions; preparing labels; calculating quantities; assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies. 

 

Prepare reports by collecting and summarizing information and sending them on time as required in the standard operating procedure 

 

Generates and captures revenue by calculating, recording, and issuing charges as well as issuing cash sale receipts 

 

Check the expiry dates of medicines, making sure that the short expiry drugs are tagged and returned back to the store in compliance with the set regulations 

 

Key Performance Indicators 

 

Overall pharmacy turn-around time 

 

Discharge turn-around time 

 

Patient satisfaction score 

 

Number of incident reports by pharmacy. 

 

Audit score on pharmacy charging and billing.  

 

Audit score on medication quality (storage, labelling etc). 

 

Availability of pharmaceutical stocks 

 

Expiry value of pharmaceutical stocks 

 

Qualifications, Regulatory & Legal Requirements 

 

Diploma in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical technologist from a recognized institution 

 

Must have valid membership and hold a valid practicing license in the Registered with the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Kenya. 

 

Minimum of 3 years working experience 

 

 

 

Education: Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time
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