Pharmacy Technician at EHA Clinics

Job Title: Pharmacy Technician

Mission Objective

• The pharmacy unit provides medical support services in pharmacotherapy, critical to achieving the organization’s mission through supplying quality medications, rational medicine usage, and optimizing patients’ treatment outcomes through appropriate counseling.
• The pharmacy technician complements the duties of the pharmacist in assembling new prescriptions, appropriate dispensing per physician’s order and providing technical support in inventory management, which is vital to ensuring medicines availability in the clinic.
• In addition, the technician ensures exquisite shelves arrangements on the FEFO basis; and participates in voluntary community health activities.

Duties and Responsibilities
Provide General Support
Purpose:

• Organize Inspect and validate prescriptions to reduce medication errors. Review, analyze and respond to different situations they encounter daily.
• Fill medications based on prescriptions to dispense. Assist in stock count on a routine basis and ensure that expiring drugs are noted. Arrange/stack drugs and consumables according to FEFO guidelines. Ensure that minimum stock levels are not exceeded.
• Bring patients into the dispensing area (when necessary). Keep the dispensing area clean and ensure that dispensing materials are available. Maintain Poison cupboard under Lock and key. Provide assistance in various functions of the Clinic. Document patient and family education.

Exchange Enagagement:

• Conduct group responsibilities accurately and on time.
• Assist in receiving medications into the inventory from partner vendors. Bring patients into the dispensing area (when necessary).

Present delivery:

• Conduct group responsibilities accurately and on time.
• Maintain and update pharmacy checklists regularly. Responsible for reviewing and filing insurance claims to ensure that they are processed accurately; reconciliations and filing itemized receipts and claims for submission to the respective insurance companies.

Targeted Specialized Knowledge

• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to successfully perform this job. Minimum qualification of Diploma in Pharmacy
• Minimum of two (2) years progressive experience in Pharmacy within the private and public sector. Experience working with public health and health systems is an advantage.
• Candidates must be a registered member of Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) with an up-to-date practicing license

Key Skills and Attributes:

• Hold Computer literacy
• Excellent Communication and Customer Service
• Caring, Compassionate, Dedicated and Professional
• Working Under Pressure
• Humane, Empathetic and Supportive Bedside Manner
• Leadership and Teamwork
• Problem solving and Initiative
• Time Management and Organization
• Attention to Detail

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, but can become louder at times due to group discussions or activities. EHA Clinics is a tobacco-free environment.

Remuneration
EHA Clinics is committed to fair and competitive compensation for its employees. We want our team members in all locations to feel valued for their unique skills, expertise, and talents and remunerated accordingly, so we can attract and retain the best and most passionate people.

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is Not Specified. Qualified and interested candidates can: Click here to apply online. It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy.

Website:
Official Job Website: https://www.eha.ng/