Pharmacist at St. Jude Diagnostic Centre

St. Jude Diagnostic Centre is a startup Diagnostic Centre inside Precious Palm Royal Hotel as one of her conglomerate in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. Services render include: Medical laboratory services, Radiological services, Pharmaceutical services, and Consultancy services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Pharmacist

Location: Benin City, Edo
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Pharmacist will dispense drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners and provide information to patients about medications and their use.
• He or she may advise physicians and other health practitioners on the selection, dosage, interactions, and side effects of medications.

Responsibilities

• Compounding and dispensing medications, as prescribed by physicians.
• Monitoring customers’ drug therapies, advising interventions, and informing customers of any potential side effects.
• Instructing customers on how and when to take prescribed medications.
• Keeping accurate customer records.
• Completing operational requirements of the pharmacy, including verifying order entries, maintaining records of controlled substances, charges, and removing expired and/or damaged drugs from the pharmacy’s inventory.
• Adhering to applicable legal rules, regulations, and procedures governing pharmaceutical practice.
• Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability. Provides information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
• Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications. Compounds and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors or medical practitioners.
• Maintain records such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, etc.
• Provides specialized services to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, and high blood pressure.
• Orders and purchases pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, and drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.
• Performing other tasks that might be assigned by management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy or Pharmacology.
• At least 3 years work experience.
• Proven experience as a pharmacist.
• Valid license to practice as a pharmacist.
• Detailed understanding and knowledge of dosage requirements and administration, chemical compounds, and pharmaceutical brands.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and software applications, used by pharmacies.
• Great organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Application Closing Date
30th July, 2021.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letters to: [email protected] and copy [email protected] using the Job title as the subject of the email.