Job Title: Pharmacist
Organisation: Sawa
HealthCare Group (SHCG)
HealthCare Group (SHCG)
Duty Station:
Old Kampala Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
Old Kampala Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Directors
About US:
Sawa HealthCare
Group exists to provide affordable, accessible and quality healthcare services
in the communities we serve and to do so in a sustainable manner with the
highest level of integrity.
Group exists to provide affordable, accessible and quality healthcare services
in the communities we serve and to do so in a sustainable manner with the
highest level of integrity.
Job Summary: The
Pharmacist is responsible for dispensing and compounding medication, counseling
patients on medication and health subjects; interpreting prescriptions,
managing patient drug therapy for complications, and performing drug utilization.
He/she collaborates with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare practitioners
to provide safe, high quality, and cost-effective drug treatment. Additionally,
the Pharmacist manages all aspects of medication ordering and inventory.
Pharmacist is responsible for dispensing and compounding medication, counseling
patients on medication and health subjects; interpreting prescriptions,
managing patient drug therapy for complications, and performing drug utilization.
He/she collaborates with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare practitioners
to provide safe, high quality, and cost-effective drug treatment. Additionally,
the Pharmacist manages all aspects of medication ordering and inventory.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensuring medicinal products are stored
appropriately and securely to ensure freshness and potency and proper
dispensing. - Ensuring medication reaches the patient
in the correct form and dose – this may include tablets, capsules,
ointments, injections, inhalers and creams. - Being responsible for the accurate
dispensing and timely distribution of drugs and medicines for outpatients - Supervising and checking the work of
pharmacy technicians and assistants. - Responding to medication-related queries
from within the facility and the general public - Keeping up to date with, and
contributing to, research and development, often in collaboration with
medical staff and colleagues in the pharmaceutical industry. - Writing guidelines for drug use within
the facility, preparing bulletins and implementing facility regulations. - Providing information to individual
wards on budgets and expenditure on drugs. - Working closely with physicians, nurses
and other fellow health care professionals to ensure the delivery of safe,
effective and economic drug treatment. - Counseling patients on the effects,
dosage and route of administration of their drug treatments, particularly
those who require complex drug therapy. - Monitoring every stage of medication
treatment to improve all aspects of delivery and reporting patient side
effects. - Communicating effectively with patients
and their relatives, physicians, nurses, pharmacy technicians, other
healthcare practitioners, directors and other hospital administration
staff, etc. - Preparing and quality-checking sterile
medications under special conditions (e.g. Intravenous medications for
those unable to take food, anti-cancer medications, eye drops, etc.). - Assisting with sourcing and procuring
medications and ordering procedures to ensure adequate inventory and
options for the conditions treated at the hospital.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a BS, MS, or
Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited institution and a current
pharmacist license - Three to five years of previous facility
pharmacy experience, preferably in a hospital setting. - Completion of a Pharmacy Practice
residency or equivalent facility experience. - Possesses outstanding leadership,
communication, listening and interpersonal skills, necessary to quickly
establish credibility and rapport with a broad set of constituencies and
motivate others; - Ability to act as an effective agent for
change, recognizes the need for change and adapts and inspires others to
adapt; - Ability to address both broad and
strategic issues and the management of day-to-day operations; - Ability to innovate, encourage creative
thinking and imaginative solutions to issues or problems; - Ability to serve as an effective
champion for quality and continuous performance improvement using passion
and persuasive skills; - Thorough understanding of all elements
of healthcare delivery; - Excellent analytical and report writing
skills; - Proficient computer skills including
spread sheets, data bases, statistics, software knowledge and
installation, and accounting practices for budgetary responsibilities; - Broad based knowledge of office support
and computer systems and exhibit the following characteristics: a strong
customer focus; foster mutual respect; strong commitment to organization
mission, vision and values; promote teamwork; perform independently; maintain
confidentiality; adhere to high standards of personal conduct; and
maintain and enhance professional/job competency; - Knowledge of applicable laws and
regulatory requirements and best practices in clinical care; and - Excellent decision-making and judging
capabilities.
How to Apply:
All candidates who
are suitably qualified are advised to send their application and curriculum
vitae to [email protected]
are suitably qualified are advised to send their application and curriculum
vitae to [email protected]
Deadline: 30th January 2019
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