Medicine - Pharmaceuticals - Healthcare
Experience:
Superintendent Pharmaceutical Technologist
Mukuru Promotion Centre Clinic Nairobi, Kenya: March 2019 to date
Duties and Responsibilities
• Scrutiny of patients’ treatment sheets and prescriptions for suitability of prescribed drugs in relation to the accuracy of dosing, drug interactions and route of administration.
• Provision of drug information to patients, medical personnel and the general public.
• Posting and processing of dispensed drugs for billings purposes.
• Place orders for stock replenishment to the pharmacy store to maintain optimal stock levels.
• Regular monitoring of drugs for expiry.
• Compounding, re-packaging and dilution of drugs according to laid down guidelines.
• Appropriate patient counseling to enhance adherence to drug therapy.
• Inventory management for identification of variances and ensuring optimum stock levels are maintained.
• Preparation and processing of periodic management reports.
• Drug reception and verification against stock transfers or returns
• Performing inventory counts and movement analysis
• Appropriate storage and shelving of drugs.
Pharmaceutical Technologist
Phadam Medicare Hospital; February 2016 to February 2019
Duties and Responsibilities
• Preparation and dispensation of prescribed medications and pharmaceutical preparations.
• Provision of advice for bon-prescription medications.
• Monitoring the levels of drugs and other medical supplies and initiating the procurement process.
• Keeping records of all drug stock movement
• Preparation and submission of reports on daily transactions
• Appropriate drug storage and arrangement
• Customer relationship management
• Maintenance and registration of DDA and antibiotics
Education:
Diploma in Pharmacy - Kenya Medical Training College; 2013 – 2016
Comprehensive Computer Training Course – African Insitute of Research and Development Studies: November 2011 – February 2012
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education: 1999 - 2007
Skills:
• Institutional Pharmacy: Compounding and dispensing of drugs to patients of specific institutions.
• Drug storage procedures: Extensive knowledge in storage of drugs in line with the regulations.
• Inventory management: Management of pharmaceutical stock for determination of optimum inventory levels.
• Ethical: stringent compliance with the stipulated ethical standards to safeguard the privacy of patients.
• Counselling skills: provision of appropriate counselling to patients to enhance adherence to drug therapy
• Analytical skills: Personal drive, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills aimed at creating conducive working environments, ambitious and highly motivated to meet the demands of the job
• Monitoring and Evaluation: Capable of monitoring and evaluation by checking for compliance to the set quality standards.
• Communication skills: Great communication with the ability to interact and form good relationships with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• Teamwork: Ability to work with a team harmoniously towards one desired objective.
• Detail-oriented: Ability to portray high degrees of accuracy and pay great attention to deta
Additionally:
Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Kenya
Enrollment Number: 8555
March 2016 to date