Job Title: Pharmacy Technician (Fresher NGO Jobs)
Organisation: Baylor-Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda) is an indigenous not-for-profit child health and development organisation affiliated to the Baylor College of Medicine International Paediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI), a Network of paediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment Children’s Clinical Centres of Excellence and international program offices in 11 countries across Africa and Eastern Europe.
Job Summary: The Pharmacy Technician will provide comprehensive dispensary services, drug storage and inventory management, as well as medication adherence counselling to patients and their caregivers at the Centre of Excellence (COE). The role supports accurate prescription verification, patient education, and proper medication dispensing in line with Baylor-Uganda’s medical and psychosocial guidelines. The Pharmacy Technician ensures effective stock management, compliance with Good Pharmacy Practices, and contributes to reducing prescription errors and drug stockouts, while maintaining accurate records and supporting periodic pharmacy audits.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Read, verify prescriptions according to weight, height and body surface in line with MOH and Baylor-Uganda medical treatment guidelines.
- Educate and counsel patients or their care takers on medication adherence , proper drug use, accurate measuring of syrups, drug adverse effects and drug-drug or drug-dietary interactions while dispensing drugs in line with the Pharmacy mission
- Plan for drugs at the pharmacy store and monitor storage conditions on daily basis to prevent loss in quality and efficacy (FEFO- First Expiry First Out) in line with the pharmaceutical unit guidelines
- Maintain accurate records for the drugs ordered and dispensed on a daily basis and accounts for all drugs handled in the Pharmacy in line with the Pharmacy mission
- Study the doctor’s verification forms of patients, more especially those admitted on HAART and ANT.TB Therapy and establish adherence challenges they encounter on both ARVs and ANT.TB drugs then submit the findings to the pharmacist in line with the Pharmacy mission.
- Remove expired medicines from the shelves and collect patient returned Drugs; count, document and report to the Pharmacist about such medicines and then take them for disposal..
- Provide and record the audit findings during the process of carrying out both quarterly and monthly audits in line with the Pharmacy mission and audit guidelines
- Monitor the cleanness and organization of the Pharmacy and manage the pharmaceutical waste in line with the Good Pharmacy Practice
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- A diploma in Pharmacy.
- 2 Years Relevant Experience
How to Apply:
All interested candidates should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 31st July 2025
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Level of Education: Diploma, Associate’s Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24