Our client is looking for dedicated and detail-oriented Dispensary Assistant with a strong passion for supporting healthcare delivery by ensuring safe accurate and efficient dispensing of medication.
Salary and Benefits:
Key Responsibilities:
Dispensing
- Assembles patient prescriptions accurately in a timely manner.
- Prepares pre-packs in dispensary. Completed correct patient medications.
- Prepares extemporaneous mixtures as per formula provided.
- Captures patient prescription in the Propharm system.
Billing
- Charges prescriptions and over the counter items into the Propharm software.
- Operates the till.
- Cashes up and banks all money received daily.
- Submits manual claim forms to credit control for remittance.
- Assists in verifying member status and in carrying out member registration for NH263.
Stock Management
- Carries out routine and departmental stock takes as advised.
- Checks expiry dates on all stocks.
- Removes and documents expired and broken stocks from the shelf for quarantine.
- Arranges stocks on shelves using FEFO.
- Checks and records room and fridge temperatures twice daily.
- Ensures stocks in the storage area are maintained in a logical and traceable manner.
Procurement
- Generates orders using reorder levels.
- Assists in sending out requests for quotations to suppliers.
- Compiles comparative schedules.
- Attains signatures for all IPRs and orders from pharmacist pharmacy manager procurement manager and finance manager.
- Confirms orders with suppliers using order numbers.
- Assists in receiving invoices accurately into the Propharm system.
- Submits full and completed procurement documents to finance with signatures.
Stock Availability
- Replenishes stocks by daily shelf filling.
- Reports new needs and complaints from end users to retail pharmacists.
Key Skills:
- Basic computer skills
- Communication Skills
- Good ethical conduct
Key Qualifications:
- 5 O Level passes
- Certificate of Dispensary Assistance