Pharmacy Technician (Locum) at DEDA Hospital

DEDA Hospital is a leading Nigerian healthcare provision facility with a history of successful health outcomes for our clients. Started Operations in 2012, DeDa hospital is home to an array of experienced healthcare providers and administrators from across the world with a dedication to delivering optimal healthcare service, especially to women, children and families. For over 6 years, DeDa hospital has provided Abuja, Nigeria and the International world with high quality, compassionate healthcare.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Pharmacy Technician (Locum)

Location: Abuja
Job Type: Full Time 

Job Description

• Helps helth care providers and patients by greeting them in person and by phone; answering questions and requests; referring inquiries to the pharmacist.
• Maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed medications and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; removing out-dated drugs.
• Maintains a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Fills in Doctor's prescription to calculate proper dosage and to prepare appropriate cost of bill to patients for drugs to be sold.
• Organizes medications to dispense by reading medication orders and prescriptions; preparing labels; calculating  quantities; assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies
• Maintains records by recording and filing physicians' orders and prescriptions.
• Ensures medication availability by delivering medications to patients and departments.
• Prepares reports by collecting and summarizing information.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Requirements

• Mathematical skills for performing accurate calculations
• Experienced in dispensing of drugs and filling of prescriptions
• Demonstrable ability to maintain accounts of medicines. (stock level, expiry date etc)
• Pharmacy Technician Certification
• 1-3 years cognate experience (preferably in a hospital).

Application Closing Date
29th August, 2019.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: career@dedahospital.com using "Pharm Tech Locum" as the subject of the mail.