Pharmaceutical Technologist

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level; anticipating needed medications and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; removing outdated drugs & preparing ageing reports 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