Pharmacy Dispenser (National Only)
Ensure proper pharmaceutical management and patient counselling.
This opening is not available anymore.
Do not try to apply for this job.
Overview
Ensure proper pharmaceutical management and patient counselling.
You have:
- Diploma in pharmacy required.
- 1-2 years’ work experience required.
- Fluency in English, Pashto/Dari required.
- Good mathematical skills needed.
- Ability to provide sensitive and appropriate medical counselling required.
- Ability to work under pressure in a stressful environment essential.
- Computer skills including MS Word, Excel, Access are essential.
- Flexibility to work out of hours needed.
Work Arrangement:
Job Description
General Duties
- Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to IRC management and liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for IRC programs. - Other job related duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.
Specific Duties:
Pharmaceutical Management
- Dispense medicines to all patients according to the doctor’s prescription. - Provide counselling to patients regarding the proper usage of prescribed medications. - Routinely monitor the expiry dates of medicines ensuring that those with short expiry dates will be used first before they become expired. - Keep the drug store clean, store medicines appropriately with the up to date, to be checked easily. - Monitor and ensure optimum room temperatures are maintained and charting room temperatures regularly.
- Prevent physical damage and contamination of drugs. - Ensure all stock related reports and inventories are completed. - Notify the clinical officer in-charge of the drug stock levels to ensure no stock outs. - Work with other health staff to ensure wards/clinic areas are appropriately stocked with essential equipment and supplies. - Ensure regular inventory and consumption tracking of medical drugs and supplies. - Work with relevant staff to ensure prompt requesting of medical drugs and supplies. - Carry out day duties as per duty roaster.
Staff Supervision & Development
- Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and provide guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions. - Provide pharmaceutical support and mentorship to other mobile clinic staff, providing on-the-job training where needed.
Monitoring and Reporting
- Ensure all dispensary documents are completed in a timely manner in line with IRC’s Pharmaceutical guidelines - Maintain up-to-date stock inventories. - Compile and submit stock consumption reports and flag to medical doctor if supplies stocks are low
Qualifications
Education:
- Diploma in pharmacy
Years of Experience:
- 1-2 years’ work experience
Technical Competency:
- Good mathematical skills - Ability and flexibility to understand the cultural and political environment and to work well with the local health representatives. - Skills to provide sensitive and appropriate medical counselling.
Communication and reporting skills:
- Must be a team player with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work under pressure in a stressful environment, displaying patience, compassion, and diplomacy. - Ability to be innovative, flexible, adaptive, and willingness to work out of hours, sometimes throughout the night. - Ability to live in challenging conditions and ability to work under difficult, high-pressure situations. - Fluency in English, Pashto/Dari - Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet) - Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background.
Potential interview questions
| Can you provide an example of how you handled a challenging patient interaction? | This question evaluates your interpersonal skills and ability to manage sensitive situations. | Share a relevant experience, focusing on your approach and the positive outcome. |
| How do you ensure the accuracy of your medication dispensing? | This assesses your attention to detail and understanding of pharmaceutical standards. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe a time when you had to work under pressure. How did you manage? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
Added 2 years ago
-
Updated 1 year ago
-
Source:
rescue.org
