Job Description

Role Summary

Preparation of patients' prescribed medicines and offering patients counselling on their medication needs, giving pharmacological information to multidisciplinary health care team and monitoring patient drug therapies. Using available information from Patients Medical Records to track and understand each client's medication history and make recommendations to physicians as the situation requires.

Responsible for ensuring that each prescription is filled out in a timely manner and meets the health requirements of patients.

Job duties include:

Preparing medications by reviewing/interpreting physician orders, detecting therapeutic incompatibilities and dispensing of the medications.

Collaborating with health professionals/ physicians to discuss potential incompatibility issues with patient prescriptions and providing pharmacological information on drug therapies.

Offering information/advice to assist patients in understanding how to properly take their prescribed medications

Assisting patients in solving problems (e.g. identifying old medication or finding an over-the-counter solution to minor health issues) and Advising them on the most effective treatments for a particular condition including those for sale without prescription

Advising on dosage and suggesting the most appropriate form of medication such as tablet, injection, ointment or inhaler, ensuring that new medicines are safe to use with other medication and that patients use their medicines safely

Accountable for professional pharmacy legal & ethical decisions in the pharmacy

Supervise support staff in quality testing or dispensing medicines and Actively supporting their ((i.e. pharmacy staff, students & interns) development, education & training

Work with the pharmaceutical staff to maintain a clean, safe, customer-friendly working environment

Maintain accurate inventory of medications

Conducting regular reviews, audits and risk assessments to protect patient and public safety

Driving sales increase by up-selling to customers and achieving all set targets as well as provision of services

Completing all relevant tasks by a Responsible Pharmacist

Required Qualifications

- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

- M. Pharma (Master of Pharmacy)

Required Key Skills and Personal Characteristics

- Being a Responsible Pharmacist

- Being accurate and methodical

- Being interested in people's health

- Be willing to work with others and to supervise others in the team

- Good Communication skills including listening

- Good Customer Service Skills

Job Types: Full-time

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From 50,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Employee discount Sick pay
Application question(s):

Are you registered with the GPhC or started the process of registration with the GPhC (if you are a newly qualified Pharmacist)?
Work Location: In person