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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: career.caringheart@yahoo.com
Application Deadline 22nd March,
2015.