The pharmacy unit provides medical support services in pharmacotherapy, critical to achieving the organization’s mission through supplying quality medications, rational medicine usage, and optimizing patients’ treatment outcomes through appropriate counseling.
Your Job Description
PURPOSE
Provide effective medication use and become the people’s trusted ally against health issues, delivering maximum value to both the pharmacy and society.
Review and develop the clinic's pharmacy policies and regulations.
Participate in voluntary community health activities to promote, maintain, and restore health and prevent diseases.
Manage clinical risk.
Provide professional advice on cosmetics or para-pharmaceuticals.
INFORM
ENGAGEMENT
Document patient and family education.
Develop and implement the teaching plan utilizing the patient education manual.
Think critically in adapting to change, judging situations, and taking appropriate decisions.
Adhere to EHA Clinics Code of Conduct as well as ethical standards of the field.
Interpret symptoms so that the patient can either be given immediate treatment for a minor condition or be referred to the doctor.
Protect patients and technicians by adhering to infection-control protocols.
Provide emotional support and measures to alleviate fear and anxiety.
Provide pharmaceutical care services, including patient needs assessment, age and disease-specific drug therapy and patient education, care adjustments based on patient response, and clinical interventions to identify, minimize, and avoid adverse drug reactions.
BASIC INFORMATION ORGANIZATION
DELIVERY
Prepare and dispense medications to patients based on physician’s orders.
Organize the pharmacy efficiently to make the identification of products easier and faster.
Maintain an up-to-date inventory of the clinic drug formulary, including records of all drugs, doses, and prices on the automated inventory system.
Review, analyze, and respond to different situations encountered daily.
Review and execute physician’s prescriptions, checking their appropriateness and legality.
Maintain full control over delivering, stocking, and labeling medicine and other products.
Develop effective medication plans to minimize the risk of adverse side effects.
Maintain pharmacological knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
The Job Requirements
Targeted Specialized Knowledge
Minimum qualification of Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, M.Pharm, or PharmD.
Minimum of two (2) years post-NYSC progressive experience in Pharmacy within the private and public sector. Experience working with public health and health systems is an advantage.
Candidates must be a registered member of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) with an up-to-date practicing license.
Remuneration:
EHA Clinics is committed to fair and competitive compensation for its employees. We want our team members in all locations to feel valued for their unique skills, expertise, and talents and remunerated accordingly, so we can attract and retain the best and most passionate people.
Key Areas of Note
Keep up to date with relevant medical research, technology, and evidence-based medical practice by attending continuing education courses and professional meetings, reading journals, etc.
Research unusual symptoms and treatment options through consultation with physicians and other medical specialists.
Key Skills and Attributes
Computer literacy
Excellent communication and customer service
Caring, compassionate, dedicated, and professional