Pharmacist

Pharmacist is responsible for dispensing medicines, reviewing prescriptions, managing pharmacy stock, maintaining records, and ensuring safe medication practices within the hospital. The requires knowledge of medicines, dosage, storage conditions, inventory control, billing coordination, and patient counseling. Pharmacist ensures accurate medicine dispensing, timely availability of stock, proper documentation, and safe pharmacy support for OPD, IPD, emergency, and ward requirements.

Role & Responsibilities

• Dispense medicines to patients as per valid prescriptions and hospital pharmacy guidelines.
• Review prescriptions for medicine name, dosage, quantity, route, and basic safety concerns.
• Explain medicine usage, dosage timing, storage instructions, and precautions to patients when required.
• Maintain accurate pharmacy billing, medicine issue records, stock entries, and return documentation.
• Manage pharmacy inventory including receiving, arranging, labeling, and storing medicines properly.
• Monitor expiry dates, near-expiry medicines, damaged stock, and slow-moving items.
• Maintain cold-chain storage and proper conditions for temperature-sensitive medicines.
• Coordinate with doctors, nurses, wards, billing, purchase, and stores for medicine requirements.
• Ensure availability of emergency medicines, commonly used drugs, surgical items, and consumables.
• Prepare medicine packets for OPD, IPD, emergency, and discharge patients accurately.
• Follow pharmacy laws, hospital policies, medication safety standards, and documentation protocols.
• Report stock shortages, prescription issues, medicine substitutions, or urgent requirements to seniors.
• Support stock audits, physical verification, purchase coordination, and vendor follow-up when required.
• Maintain cleanliness, organization, and safety of pharmacy counters and storage areas.
• Ensure patient confidentiality, ethical dispensing, and professional pharmacy service at all times.