Deputy Manager, Pharmacy @Centre for Woman and Child Health

Job Description / Responsibility

• Have to lead and guide the team member of pharmacy department for its smooth operation.
• To maintain inventory management level of the department.
• To store pharmaceuticals at optimum condition as to minimize expiry and maintaining EOQ.
• To control drug purchases cost by negotiations and contracts.
• To deliver quality services of pharmacy department to clients and employees.
• To act as a liaison with nursing and medical staff concerning prescriptions orders, drugs and pharmaceutical details, resident reactions, errors and complaints.
• To maintain departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environment and infection control standards.
• To have secure storage of narcotics and other controlled substances on a regular basis.
• To give quality status of narcotic drugs.
• To do stock taking and drug audit.
• To enter medication orders into dispensing program and software.
• To check stock lists and maintain minimum stock.
• To administrator of patients concerns, and recommends changes in policies and procedures.
• To maintain appropriate departmental documentation.
• To treat all communication about staff and other organizational business confidentially.
• To be involved in quality assurance / quality control activities.
• To perform all the jobs as may be assigned due to exigencies of work.
• Ensure comprehensive maintenance of quality standards in Pharmacy.
• Prepare Quarterly Quality Assurance Statement.
• Stock count & give report every six (06) months in a year.
• Being responsible for the accurate despising and timely distribution of drugs and medication for outpatient and inpatient
• Counsels patients and/or media practitioners on drug indications/contradictions, dosage, and side effects; provides other drug and pharmaceuticals.
• Provides guidance and training to pharmacy staff and monitors their performance.
• Any other job perform assigned by the authority.