Pharmacy Technician
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Healthcare | Pharmacy Support | Pharmacy Technician
378 ALEXANDRA ROAD SINGAPORE 159964
Job Type:
contract or project basis
Job Suitable For:
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Benefits:
health & wellness benefits
training opportunities
No. of Vacancies:
3
Job Description
Overview
Perform technical duties under the supervision of pharmacists to ensure safe, efficient and timely distribution of drugs in AH.
Assist the pharmacist in-charge to provide supervision to pharmacy support staff and to coordinate activities within a section to ensure smooth workflow and continuous improvement.
Dispense medicines to the patients according to department policies and guidelines.
Job Responsibilities
1) Daily Operations
- Provide professional and courteous service to all patients/customers
- Process medication orders/prescriptions for both inpatient and outpatient
- Picking, packing and labelling in accordance with stipulated policies, guidelines and department standard operating -procedures
- Perform billing functions
- Ensures work area is ready for daily operations
- Maintains the cleanliness of the pharmacy and ward areas where drugs are stored
- Involvement in workplace quality improvement projects/activities as and when required
2) Inventory Management
- Ensures stocks are stocked up properly and tidily according to First-Expiry-First-Out (FEFO) requirement and stipulated storage condition
- Performs topping up of omnicell ward stock in the respective wards
- Ensures correct receiving of goods
- Secondary repackaging/redressing
- Carry out cycle counts and stock takes periodically according to SOPs
3) Dispensing
- Dispensing of medications to patients in accordance with stipulated policies, guidelines and department standard operating procedures
Requirements
- Possess Certified Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPTC) OR Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science
- Completed Basic Skill Test OR Certified Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPTC)
- Have initiative and able to work independently to achieve goals of the department
- Able to communicate effectively
- Able to function effectively as member of a team
- Flexibility to work on weekends/ public holidays occasionally
Perform technical duties under the supervision of pharmacists to ensure safe, efficient and timely distribution of drugs in AH.
Assist the pharmacist in-charge to provide supervision to pharmacy support staff and to coordinate activities within a section to ensure smooth workflow and continuous improvement.
Dispense medicines to the patients according to department policies and guidelines.
Job Responsibilities
1) Daily Operations
- Provide professional and courteous service to all patients/customers
- Process medication orders/prescriptions for both inpatient and outpatient
- Picking, packing and labelling in accordance with stipulated policies, guidelines and department standard operating -procedures
- Perform billing functions
- Ensures work area is ready for daily operations
- Maintains the cleanliness of the pharmacy and ward areas where drugs are stored
- Involvement in workplace quality improvement projects/activities as and when required
2) Inventory Management
- Ensures stocks are stocked up properly and tidily according to First-Expiry-First-Out (FEFO) requirement and stipulated storage condition
- Performs topping up of omnicell ward stock in the respective wards
- Ensures correct receiving of goods
- Secondary repackaging/redressing
- Carry out cycle counts and stock takes periodically according to SOPs
3) Dispensing
- Dispensing of medications to patients in accordance with stipulated policies, guidelines and department standard operating procedures
Requirements
- Possess Certified Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPTC) OR Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science
- Completed Basic Skill Test OR Certified Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPTC)
- Have initiative and able to work independently to achieve goals of the department
- Able to communicate effectively
- Able to function effectively as member of a team
- Flexibility to work on weekends/ public holidays occasionally
Job Criteria/Requirements
Qualifications:
Diploma
Work Experience Level:
junior level
Must-have skills:
Possess Certified Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPTC) OR Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science
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