About this role
Pharmacy Technician – Outreach Pharmacy
Entity: Aga Khan University Hospital
Location: Quetta, Pakistan
Introduction:
The Aga Khan University Hospital in addition to its five Hospitals creates access through its Outreach Services which include Clinical Laboratories, Outpatient Medical Centres, Pharmacy services, Home Health and other services. Outreach Services are designed to provide primary to secondary healthcare services to patients near their homes and are present in several cities across Pakistan. Outpatient Medical Centres offer a range of specialty clinics including Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Cardiopulmonary, Orthopedics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics and Physiotherapy, and cater to children, adults, and elderly patients for general health checks or specific disease consultations.
As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.
Responsibilities:
- dispense drugs in the inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory pharmacies
- review and process physician orders for accurate therapeutic dose
- monitor lab reports for proper indication of antibiotics, drug-drug interaction, duplication of same class etc.
- ensure timely delivery of medication to nursing units and patients
- ensure the accuracy of the label before dispensing
- complete expiry of drug list on accurate and timely basis
- assist in patient counseling for outpatient prescription and maintenance of cash
- prepare sterile injection, bulk compounding, and monitoring of chemo critical list
- manage inventory and expiry of the product
Requirements:
You should have:
- a Doctorate / Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from a recognized university
- traineeship experience in Retail Pharmacy / medium / large hospital or preferably one year experience in the similar capacity
- familiarity with hospital pharmacy functioning
- sound knowledge of physiology, pharmacology and pharmaceutical
- familiarity with locally available drugs, pharmaceutical and their indications
- ability to communicate with medical professionals
- willingness to work in shift duties.
Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.
Other facts
About Aga Khan University
The Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan is a not-for-profit healthcare institute that offers all medical services under one roof. In addition to the quaternary care hospital in Karachi, AKUH has a network of four off-campus hospitals, 19 Medical Centres, 300+ Clinical Laboratories, and 35 Pharmacies in 130+ cities across Pakistan. It also offers Home Healthcare Services and home deliveries of medicines. The Hospital offers Zakat, Sadqah, and Welfare support for those patients who are eligible and are in financial need. In recognition of its high quality and patient safety, the AKUH is accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI) as an Academic Medical Centre and its Clinical Laboratories are accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for fast and accurate testing.
What you'll do
- The Pharmacy Technician is responsible for dispensing drugs, reviewing physician orders, and ensuring timely medication delivery. They also monitor lab reports and assist in patient counseling.
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