Job Description
Job Summary
- The Pharmacy Technician maintains pharmacy inventory by tracking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed medications and supplies, placing and expediting orders, verifying receipts and removing outdated drugs.
Duties / Responsibilities
Dispensing and Medication Management:
- Assist pharmacists with filling prescriptions and medication orders.
- Measure and count medication doses.
- Label and package prescriptions.
- Maintain inventory and restock shelves.
- Ensure the O/S book is correctly completed.
- Track the expiry date of all medication.
- Ensure the shelves are properly arranged.
- Practice the FEFO (First to Expire, First Out) system to ensure medications do not expire on the shelves.
- Assist in sale and ensure branch target is actualized at all times.
- Maintain a clean and organized workspace at all times.
- Answer phone calls and attend to online customers.
Education and Experience
- HND / BSc in Pharmaceutical Technology
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in community pharmacy
- Completion of a pharmacy technician certification program or equivalent work experience.
Required Skills / Abilities:
- Conversant with the code of ethics of the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria
- Knowledge of pharmacy terminologies, calculations, and procedures.
- A strong work ethic and a “can-do” attitude that requires minimal supervision
- Fluent English with excellent writing, verbal, analytical, and organizational skills
- Works effectively as a team member and promotes collaboration
- Appreciation for the importance of Pharmacovigilance compliance in pharma industry
- Multi-tasker and have the ability to work under pressure with little supervision.
- Computer literate.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
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