Pharmacist
Kuwait City, KuwaitPosted 4 years ago87Applicants for20 open positions
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- Review prescriptions from doctors to ensure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability for the patient.
- Ensure to implement programs to give preventative vaccinations like flu and pneumonia shots.
- Advise patients on health topics, such as diet, exercise, and managing stress and ensure best Customer Service.
- Check for potentially dangerous drug interactions when patients are taking multiple medications and inform them of those potential hazard
- Provide information and advice about drugs, their side effects, correct dosage and proper storage.
- Keep records such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, and registries of poisons, narcotics or controlled drugs in compliance with MOH Regulations.
- Plan, implement and maintain procedures for mixing, packaging and labelling pharmaceuticals according to policy and legal requirements to ensure quality, security and proper disposal
- Ensure to assess the identity, strength or purity of medications.
- Coordinate with other healthcare professionals to plan, monitor, review or evaluate the quality or effectiveness of drugs.
- Ensure the ordering and purchasing pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, drugs and other retail products, as required and in line with company policies and procedures.
- Maintain, handle and store stock properly, in line with company policies and procedures.
- Ensure all stocks maintained at the Pharmacies are within the acceptable expiry dates and returned before expiring in store.
- Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.
- Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment or healthcare supplies that may best suit their needs.
- Provide pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals; counseling patients on drug therapies.
- Protect Customers by adhering to infection-control protocols.
- Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Maintain pharmacological knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies
- Perform ad-hoc and other duties related to the job as assigned by Direct Manager.
Job Requirements
- Gender: Male
- Age: not exceeding 30 years old
- Holding a Bachelor degree in pharmacy from a governmental university
- University graduation grade is not less than (good)
- At least two years have passed since graduation
- Work experience certificate is not less than two years (Experience should be inside the pharmacy)
- Able to pass Kuwait Ministry of Health test to obtain the Pharmacist license in Kuwait
