Pharmacist at EHA Clinics – Kano

JOB TITLE: Pharmacist

JOB LOCATION: Kano

JOB DETAILS:

• The pharmacy unit provides medical support services in pharmacotherapy, critical to achieving the organization’s mission through supplying quality medications, rational medicine usage, and optimizing patients’ treatment outcomes through appropriate counseling.

Duties and Responsibilities  
Basic transactions process  
Purpose:

• Provide effective medication use and become the people’s trusted ally against health issues that way, you can deliver maximum value to both the pharmacy and society.
• Review and develop the clinic’s pharmacy policies and regulations.
• Participate in voluntary community health activities to promote, maintain and restore health and prevent diseases.
• Manage clinical risk.
• Provide professional advice on cosmetics or para-pharmaceuticals.

Engagement:

• Document patient and family education.
• Develop and implement the teaching plan utilizing the patient education manual.
• Think critically in adapting to change, judging situations, and taking appropriate decisions.
• Adhere to EHA Clinics Code of Conduct as well as ethical standards of the field.
• Interpret symptoms so that the patient can either be given immediate treatment for a trifling condition or be referred to the doctor.
• Protect patients and technicians by adhering to infection-control protocols.
• Provide emotional support and measures to alleviate fear and anxiety.
• Provide pharmaceutical care services which may include, but are not limited to, patient needs assessment, age and disease-specific drug therapy and patient education, care adjustments based on patient response, and clinical interventions to identify, minimize, and avoid adverse drug reactions.

Basic Information Organization
Delivery:

• Prepare and dispense medications to patients on physician’s order.
• Organize the pharmacy in an efficient manner to make the identification of products easier and faster.
• Maintain an up-to-date inventory of the clinic drug formulary.
• Records of all drugs, doses, and prices on the automated inventory of the clinic.
• Review, analyze and respond to different situations encountered daily.
• Review and execute physician’s prescriptions checking their appropriateness and legality.
• Maintain full control over delivering, stocking, and labeling medicine and other products.
• Develop effective medication plans to minimize the risk of adverse side effects.
• Maintain pharmacological knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; and participating in professional societies.

Targeted specialized knowledge:

• Minimum qualification of Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy/M.Pharm/PharmD
• Minimum of two (2) years post NYSC progressive experience in Pharmacy within the private and public sector.
• Experience working with public health and health systems is an advantage.
• Candidates must be a registered member of Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) with an up-to-date practicing license.

Key Areas of Note:

• Keep up to date with relevant medical research, technology, and evidence-based medical practice by attending continuing education courses and professional meetings, reading journals, etc.
• Research unusual symptoms and treatment options, through consultation with physicians and other medical specialists.

Key Skills and Attributes:

• Hold Computer literacy
• Excellent Communication and Customer Service
• Caring, Compassionate, Dedicated and Professional
• Working Under Pressure
• Humane, Empathetic and Supportive Bedside Manner
• Leadership and Teamwork
• Problem solving and Initiative
• Time Management and Organization
• Attention to Detail.

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, but can become louder at times due to group discussions or activities.
• EHA Clinics is a tobacco-free environment. 

Remuneration

• EHA Clinics is committed to fair and competitive compensation for its employees.
• We want our team members in all locations to feel valued for their unique skills, expertise, and talents and remunerated accordingly, so we can attract and retain the best and most passionate people. 

HOW TO APPLY
To apply for the ongoing EHA Clinic job opening, visit the job APPLICATION PORTAL to submit your application!