Pharmaceutical Technologist Job in Kenya

Ref: STFCH/HR/006/2024/109

Key Responsibilities

Review prescriptions to ensure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.

Provide information and advice to patients regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.

Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, inventories, control records for narcotics, or controlled drugs.

Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.

Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.

Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions

Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly

Qualifications


Must be a holder of a Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology from a reputable institution.

The applicant MUST HAVE 2 years experience working in a hospital or a busy health facility.

Excellent use of MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

Good communication skills (written and oral) and etiquette.

Customer focused and always willing to go the extra mile.

Pharmacy & Poisons Board certification is MANDATORY.

How To Apply

Interested candidates should submit their applications (soft copies only), ENCLOSING A DETAILED CV, AND COVER LETTER ONLY to– careers@stfrancishospital.or.ke or stfch.hr@gmail.com so as to be received by 14th June 2024.

Applicants MUST INDICATE CURRENT & EXPECTED CONSOLIDATED SALARY in their application and indicate RadioSonographer on the subject line.