To ensure the accurate, safe, and timely dispensing of medicines prescribed to patients attending the health facility, while maintaining proper pharmaceutical stock management, record keeping, and patient counselling to support quality healthcare services.
To ensure the accurate, safe, and timely dispensing of medicines prescribed to patients attending the health facility, while maintaining proper pharmaceutical stock management, record keeping, and patient counselling to support quality healthcare services.
Responsibilities and tasks:
Responsibilities and tasks:
Responsibilities and tasks:
Responsibilities and tasks:
1. Medicine Dispensing
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Medicine Dispensing
Medicine Dispensing
Medicine Dispensing
- Dispense medicines according to authorized prescriptions and treatment guidelines.
- Verify prescription details, dosage, quantity, and patient information before dispensing.
- Label medicines accurately with instructions for use.
- Ensure patients receive the correct medicine in the correct quantity.
- Refer prescription errors, unclear orders, or adverse drug concerns to the medical team leader.
Dispense medicines according to authorized prescriptions and treatment guidelines.
Dispense medicines according to authorized prescriptions and treatment guidelines.
Verify prescription details, dosage, quantity, and patient information before dispensing.
Verify prescription details, dosage, quantity, and patient information before dispensing.
Label medicines accurately with instructions for use.
Label medicines accurately with instructions for use.
Ensure patients receive the correct medicine in the correct quantity.
Ensure patients receive the correct medicine in the correct quantity.
Refer prescription errors, unclear orders, or adverse drug concerns to the medical team leader.
Refer prescription errors, unclear orders, or adverse drug concerns to the medical team leader.
2. Patient Counselling
2. Patient Counselling
2. Patient Counselling
2. Patient Counselling
- Explain dosage, frequency, duration of treatment, storage conditions, and possible side effects.
- Ensure patients understand how and when to take their medications.
- Provide health education on medication adherence and safe medicine use.
Explain dosage, frequency, duration of treatment, storage conditions, and possible side effects.
Explain dosage, frequency, duration of treatment, storage conditions, and possible side effects.
Ensure patients understand how and when to take their medications.
Ensure patients understand how and when to take their medications.
Provide health education on medication adherence and safe medicine use.
Provide health education on medication adherence and safe medicine use.
3. Stock Management
3. Stock Management
3. Stock Management
3. Stock Management
- Maintain adequate stock levels of medicines and medical supplies at the HF.
- Monitor stock movement and consumption patterns by using the INTERSOS standard tools.
- Conduct regular inventory checks and stock counts.
- Monitor expiry dates and remove expired or damaged medicines according to the INTERSOS SOP 39.
- Assist the IMS/ Pharmacy assistant in forecasting and ordering pharmaceutical supplies
Maintain adequate stock levels of medicines and medical supplies at the HF.
Maintain adequate stock levels of medicines and medical supplies at the HF.
Monitor stock movement and consumption patterns by using the INTERSOS standard tools.
Monitor stock movement and consumption patterns by using the INTERSOS standard tools.
Conduct regular inventory checks and stock counts.
Conduct regular inventory checks and stock counts.
Monitor expiry dates and remove expired or damaged medicines according to the INTERSOS SOP 39.
Monitor expiry dates and remove expired or damaged medicines according to the INTERSOS SOP 39.
Assist the IMS/ Pharmacy assistant in forecasting and ordering pharmaceutical supplies
Assist the IMS/ Pharmacy assistant in forecasting and ordering pharmaceutical supplies
4. Record Keeping and Reporting
4. Record Keeping and Reporting
4. Record Keeping and Reporting
4. Record Keeping and Reporting
- Maintain accurate dispensing registers and stock records.
- Record medicine receipts, issues, losses, and adjustments.
- Prepare monthly pharmaceutical consumption reports as required by the health facility and share them with the IMS Pharmacy assistant.
- Ensure confidentiality of patient and medication records.
Maintain accurate dispensing registers and stock records.
Maintain accurate dispensing registers and stock records.
Record medicine receipts, issues, losses, and adjustments.
Record medicine receipts, issues, losses, and adjustments.
Prepare monthly pharmaceutical consumption reports as required by the health facility and share them with the IMS Pharmacy assistant.
Prepare monthly pharmaceutical consumption reports as required by the health facility and share them with the IMS Pharmacy assistant.
Ensure confidentiality of patient and medication records.
Ensure confidentiality of patient and medication records.
5. Storage and Quality Assurance
5. Storage and Quality Assurance
5. Storage and Quality Assurance
5. Storage and Quality Assurance
- Store medicines according to manufacturer and national guidelines.
- Monitor storage conditions, including temperature-sensitive products.
- Ensure proper arrangement and cleanliness of the pharmacy store.
- Follow First Expiry First-Out (FEFO) and First-In-First-Out (FIFO) principles.
Store medicines according to manufacturer and national guidelines.
Store medicines according to manufacturer and national guidelines.
Monitor storage conditions, including temperature-sensitive products.
Monitor storage conditions, including temperature-sensitive products.
Ensure proper arrangement and cleanliness of the pharmacy store.
Ensure proper arrangement and cleanliness of the pharmacy store.
Follow First Expiry First-Out (FEFO) and First-In-First-Out (FIFO) principles.
Follow First Expiry First-Out (FEFO) and First-In-First-Out (FIFO) principles.
6. Compliance and Safety
6. Compliance and Safety
6. Compliance and Safety
6. Compliance and Safety
- Adhere to national pharmaceutical regulations, facility SOPs, and infection prevention standards.
- Maintain accountability for controlled and restricted medicines.
- Participate in quality improvement activities.
Adhere to national pharmaceutical regulations, facility SOPs, and infection prevention standards.
Adhere to national pharmaceutical regulations, facility SOPs, and infection prevention standards.
Maintain accountability for controlled and restricted medicines.
Maintain accountability for controlled and restricted medicines.
Participate in quality improvement activities.
Participate in quality improvement activities.
