Pharmacist (Inpatient, Outpatient And Satellite Centers)

Job Title: Pharmacist

Job Purpose

The overall purpose of this role is to dispense prescription drugs to patients. The pharmacist provides detailed information about medications and helps patients understand the instructions given by their specialist, consultant, or other health practitioners.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Deliver direct patient care and clinical practice, including decentralized and service-based programs, by identifying high-risk patients and implementing interventions to improve quality and safety.
• Identify prescriptions that might present risks to patients and resolve relevant issues before dispensing.
• Provide pharmaceutical services throughout the hospital by maintaining proficiency in dispensing prescription drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners.
• Participate in pharmacy operations and medication dispensing by collaborating with the Procurement department to facilitate specialty medication procurement, ordering, and dispensing procedures.
• Coordinate medication deliveries in conjunction with pharmacy managers. Maintain an orderly workflow for all medication dispensing activities in the hospital by ensuring timely deliveries of all medications.
• Coordinate all inpatient, discharge patient/outpatients/satellite centers to receive the correct medication in a timely and efficient manner in accordance with agreed internal standards, acceptable timelines, and adhering to local regulations by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
• Facilitate experiential education and practice advancement by identifying, designing, and implementing improvements in the medication-use system to advance patient safety, maximize therapeutic outcomes, or control costs.
• Promote patient awareness and understanding of their medication regimen by providing medication counseling to ensure accurate understanding of treatment purpose, duration, special instructions for use, and common adverse effects.

Key Performance Indicators

• Overall pharmacy turn-around time
• Discharge turn-around time
• Patient satisfaction score
• Number of incident reports on medication errors by pharmacy
• Audit score on pharmacy charging and billing
• Audit score on medication quality (storage, labelling, etc.)
• Availability of pharmaceutical stocks
• Expiry value
• Variance level
• Rejections related to pharmacy sales

Minimum Qualifications, Regulatory & Legal Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy from a recognized institution.
• Must have valid membership and hold a valid practicing license, registered with the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Kenya.
• Minimum of 3 years working experience.
• Continuous Professional Development (CPD) points.

Competencies and Attributes

• Knowledge of pharmacology and pharmaceutics services.
• Leading and managing change.
• Innovation.
• Decision making.
• Ability to build and maintain partnerships and alliances.
• Research and development.
• Data analysis and reporting.
• Excellent communication skills.