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SPECIFIC JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

MAIN RESPONSIBILITY: To dispense drugs as required by patients.

• Assessing drug supplies and medical needs of the dispensary/pharmacy
• Making daily dispensary/pharmacy requisitions for drugs from main store which are running out of stock or which are required by patients or other departments served by pharmacy/dispensary.
• Receiving stock into the dispensary/pharmacy by ensuring the right drugs, quality, quantity, and batch are received in addition to other requirements as per national drug authority requirement.
• Ensuring drugs as correctly arranged on shelves according to their classification and FEFO rule.
• Make routine rounds to the different departments to ensure that all required staff are available at their service points, identify challenges that affect service delivery, and confirm that clients are being served.
• Daily dusting of drugs and shelves and clean working environment.
• Daily record of temperature for the cold chain items is done.
• Filling of patient prescriptions both insurance and out patients. Proper filing of insurance forms and ensuring the right drug is given to the right insurance company.
• Giving right drug information to patients while dispensing of drugs including side effects, contraindications, and frequency on when to take medications, precautions to be taken and any relevant information regarding the drugs taken.
• Ensuring all drugs sold out are posted in the system and transfers posted to the different departments served.
• Ensuring drug expiries are checked on a regular basis and every time a prescription is filled for a patient. Items with short expiry to be sorted out and dispensed first.
• Make a daily report on returned drug items, ensure items is returned in system incase not taken and in good shape.
• Monthly stock taking of stock in the dispensary/pharmacy.
• Monitoring of room temperature in dispensary/pharmacy and making adjustment as required.
• Record any adverse effects reported about a drug and report to the pharmacist.
• Ensure drugs and medical supplies tally between the system stock balance and physical balance at all times.