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• Ensuring medicinal products are stored
  appropriately and securely to ensure freshness and potency and proper
  dispensing.
• Ensuring medication reaches the patient
  in the correct form and dose – this may include tablets, capsules,
  ointments, injections, inhalers and creams.
• Being responsible for the accurate
  dispensing and timely distribution of drugs and medicines for outpatients.
• Supervising and checking the work of
  pharmacy technicians and assistants.
• Responding to medication-related queries
  from within the facility and the general public.
• Keeping up to date with, and
  contributing to, research and development, often in collaboration with
  medical staff and colleagues in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Writing guidelines for drug use within
  the facility, preparing bulletins and implementing facility regulations.
• Providing information to individual
  wards on budgets and expenditure on drugs.
• Working closely with physicians, nurses
  and other fellow health care professionals to ensure the delivery of safe,
  effective and economic drug treatment.
• Counseling patients on the effects,
  dosage and route of administration of their drug treatments, particularly
  those who require complex drug therapy.
• Monitoring every stage of medication
  treatment to improve all aspects of delivery and reporting patient side
  effects.
• Communicating effectively with patients
  and their relatives, physicians, nurses, pharmacy technicians, other
  healthcare practitioners, directors and other hospital administration
  staff, etc.
• Preparing and quality-checking sterile
  medications under special conditions (e.g. Intravenous medications for
  those unable to take food, anti-cancer medications, eye drops, etc.).
• Assisting with sourcing and procuring
  medications and ordering procedures to ensure adequate inventory and
  options for the conditions treated at the hospital.

• The applicant must hold a BS, MS, or
  Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited institution and a current
  pharmacist license
• Three to five years of previous facility
  pharmacy experience, preferably in a hospital setting.
• Completion of a Pharmacy Practice
  residency or equivalent facility experience.
• Possesses outstanding leadership,
  communication, listening and interpersonal skills, necessary to quickly
  establish credibility and rapport with a broad set of constituencies and
  motivate others;  
• Ability to act as an effective agent for
  change, recognizes the need for change and adapts and inspires others to
  adapt;
• Ability to address both broad and
  strategic issues and the management of day-to-day operations;
• Ability to innovate, encourage creative
  thinking and imaginative solutions to issues or problems;
• Ability to serve as an effective
  champion for quality and continuous performance improvement using passion
  and persuasive skills;
• Thorough understanding of all elements
  of healthcare delivery;
• Excellent analytical and report writing
  skills;
• Proficient computer skills including
  spread sheets, data bases, statistics, software knowledge and
  installation, and accounting practices for budgetary responsibilities;
• Broad based knowledge of office support
  and computer systems and exhibit the following characteristics: a strong
  customer focus; foster mutual respect; strong commitment to organization
  mission, vision and values; promote teamwork; perform independently; maintain
  confidentiality; adhere to high standards of personal conduct; and
  maintain and enhance professional/job competency;
• Knowledge of applicable laws and
  regulatory requirements and best practices in clinical care; and
• Excellent decision-making and judging
  capabilities.

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