Caring Heart Initiative (CHI) Vacancy in Lagos for a Community Pharmacist
Caring Heart Initiative (CHI) is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Community Pharmacist
Location: Lagos
Job Description
- Dispensing prescription medicines to the clients
- Ensuring different treatments are compatible
- Checking dosage and ensuring that medicines are correctly and safely supplied and labelled
- Preparing dosette and cassette boxes, usually for the elderly
but also for those with memory/learning difficulties, where tablets are
placed in compartments for specified days of the week;
- Arranging the delivery of prescription medicines to patients;
- Keeping up to date with current pharmacy practice, new drugs and their uses.
- Supervising the preparation/mixture of any medicines
- Keeping a register of controlled drugs for legal and stock control purposes
- Liaising with doctors about prescriptions
- Counseling and advising clients on the treatment of minor ailments;
- Advising patients of any adverse side-effects of medicines or potential interactions with other medicines/treatments
Skills/Qualification
- Bachelor Degree in Pharmacy from a recognized institution.
- At least two years post NYSC working experience.
- Must discharge duties in professional and confident manner.
- Ability to inspire the trust of others.
- Willingness to take on a high level of responsibility.
- Applicants must reside in Lagos.
- Good communication skills: must be able to listen carefully to
what patients say, as well as able to explain complex and sensitive
information to clients and other healthcare professionals.
- Ability to work with others in a multidisciplinary team as well as lead others in a team;
- Accuracy and meticulous attention to detail.
- A methodical approach to work.
- Understanding of business principles.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications to:
[email protected]
Application Deadline 22nd March, 2015.