Responsible for monitoring the supply of all medicines used in the hospital and are in charge of
purchasing, manufacturing, dispensing, and quality testing their medication stock along with help
from pharmacy assistants and pharmacy technicians.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Make sure medicines are stored appropriately and securely.
• Follow guidelines for drug use within the hospital and implement
  hospital regulations
• Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or
  drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly
• Prepare and quality-check sterile medications, for example,
  intravenous medications
• Set up and supervise clinical trials
• Document errors and communicate them to the nursing and
  pharmacy staff
• Verify expiry dates of drugs prior to dispensing medication to
  patients/customers.
• Receive, return and update drug credits on the system in a timely
  manner.
• Comply and observe the environmental health and safety measures
  and regulations by proper handling, storage and dispensing of
  medications
• Record, monitor and update the expiry list of medications in timely
  manner
• Conduct Floor inspections once a month for all ward stock,
  solutions and patient medication left behind
• Perform random medication checks daily and monitor variance
  levels in your respective satellites.
• Reporting of any breakages and any observance that needs attention
  by management.
• Maintenance of client’s and institution’s data records as private and
  confidential.
• Be keen and pay attention to the doctors’ needs and preferences to
  medications to ensure the pharmacy is well stocked at all times.
• Strictly monitor the use of DDA drugs & limit their use to
  prescription only. Maintain a strict stock control on DDA
  medication & verify stock of DDA medications on a daily basis,
  reporting any mishaps to the relevant authorities.
  Perform any other duties as may be assigned as per hospital
  demands, from time to time

Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from a recognized university
• Registered with the Pharmaceutical and Poisons Board of Kenya.
• Valid Practicing License from the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
• Minimum of 2 years of hospital or clinical pharmacy preferred
• Strong attention to detail and excellent communication