5 Pharmacy Technician Job Opportunities – Mengo Hospital

Organization: Mengo Hospital
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Pharmacist   
About US:
Mengo Hospital was founded in 1897 in Kampala, and is the oldest
hospital in Uganda. It currently serves as an urban community hospital that
provides modern medical care. Mengo Hospital provides comprehensive care
including radiology, obstetrics, dentistry, orthopedics, and surgery.
Additionally, Mengo Hospital provides critical training and education to health
professionals through its various programs in midwifery and nursing, health
sciences, and laboratory technology. Mengo Hospital also has a dedicated
research and development team that works to find new solutions to health issues
in Uganda.
Job Summary: The Pharmacy
Technician will provide medication and other health care products to patients,
carry out routine tasks to help prepare prescribed medication for patients;
support pharmacological services by stocking, assembling, and distributing
medications.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • The incumbent will dispense medications
    including ARVs and OI Medicines according to prescriptions made by
    clinicians.
  • Plan, quantify, forecast and monitor usage
    of medicines and ensure rational use of drugs.
  • Provide appropriate information to clients
    on indications, contra-indications, dosage and side effects of medicines
    and interactions.
  • The jobholder will also record pharmacy
    data, all drugs dispensed to the clients, names of the drugs and the
    patients both electronically and manually
  • Counsel clients on adherence, keeping
    appointments, and identify treatment technicalities to promote quality
    medicine use at the Hospital.
  • Maintain pharmacy inventory by checking
    pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level; anticipate needed
    medicines and supplies; quantify and prepare orders for medicines in a
    timely manner; verify receipt; and remove expired/outdated drugs.
  • Continually monitor stock, storage of
    products and ensure that expired /damaged stock is promptly removed from
    the store.
  • Manage the physical receipt, verification
    and safe storage of drugs received at the facility.
  • Prepare and submit monthly and activity
    reports.



Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate for the Pharmacy
    Technician job opportunity should preferably hold a Diploma in Pharmacy or
    its equivalent from a recognized institution.
  • The applicant must be registered with
    Allied Health Professionals Council.
  • At least three years’ experience working
    in a similar position.
  • Extensive knowledge of the national supply
    chain management system
  • Should be knowledgeable in drug
    regulation.
  • Excellent written and oral communication
    and  interpersonal skills
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should submit their
application letters attached with a CV, copies of academic/training
certificates and testimonials, professional membership certificates indicating
three (3) referees and a reliable e-mail /telephone contact, addressed to:
Medical Director,
Mengo Hospital,
P.O. Box 7161, Kampala. Uganda
E-mail to:
jobs@mengohospital.org
Deadline: 15th
September 2017

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