Pharmacy Technicians/ Dispenser at MM Pharmacy
- Company: MM Pharmacy
- Location: Uganda
- State: Uganda
- Job type: Full-Time
- Job category: Healthcare Jobs in Uganda
Job Description
Areas of operation:
A.-Kiruddu, Kibuye, Kansanga (2 positions)
B.-Kampala Central Business District (1 position)
Reports to: Branch Team Leader
Qualifications: Diploma in Pharmacy
Experience: 1 year dispensing in a busy location
About Quick Care at MM Pharmacy
As primary care providers, we invest in making our clients’ health goals a priority and help navigate the healthcare system while working with the client to find the best care plan. Our practice focuses on ensuring we are feeling our best at work in order to help our clients with the right options for prevention of illness and overall wellness in a wide range of health issues; whether everyday care, health and beauty, mental wellbeing or chronic illnesses. We promise an experience that is built around people.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Issue stock items and prepared prescriptions in accordance to good dispensing practices.
• Operation of efficient stock control appropriate to the needs of the dispensary with the objective of ensuring continuity of supply for patients and minimising wastage.
• Ensure that drugs are received and stored in an appropriate manner in accordance with the manufacturers’ instructions including refrigerated items, controlled drugs and expired drugs.
• Ensuring clean, tidy and properly functional work surfaces, fittings, dispensing equipment and shelving.
• Maintaining full and accurate records of all stock, dispensing and regulatory records such as prescription, sales, purchases registers, temperature and humidity maintain logs.
• Ensure a high level of service of customer service including answering queries and providing pharmaceutical consultancy to patients regarding their prescriptions.
• Ensuring regulatory compliance of the premises and proceedures.
• Assist in stock checks.
Education and Experience
• Diploma in Pharmacy required.
• One year’s work experience needed.
• Experience using MS Windows, Microsoft Outlook and MS Office packages, in particular Excel, Word and powerpoint.
• Hands-on experience with data entry into online databases and forms.
Personal Skills
• High level of integrity.
• Excellent organizational skills with great attention to detail.
• Ability to safe guard confidential information.
• Strong customer service ethic and abilities.
• Self-motivated to perform routine tasks independently and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work as part of a team and in line with specific procedures.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.