Pharmacy Technician Vacancy at PurpleSource Healthcare


Posted on: Thu 11-10-2018

PurpleSource Healthcare is a Healthcare Management and Investment company transforming the private Healthcare space in Nigeria.
 
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
 
Position: Pharmacy Technician
 
Location: Lagos
 
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level; anticipating needed medications and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; removing outdated drugs.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.
 
Application Closing Date
17th October, 2018.
 
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume to: [email protected] using the role as subject of mail.
 
Note: Only shortlisted candidates would be contacted.