Senior Pharmacist
- Manipal Hospitals
- 4 - 6 years
- Mysuru
- 2 days ago
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Job Description
1. Medication Management & Patient Safety
a. Prescription Review
- Verify Legibility, Authenticity, Completeness of prescriptions.
- Check for right drug, right dose, right route, right patient, right duration.
- Identify and prevent drug interactions, duplications, allergies, contraindications.
b. Dispensing
- Dispense medications accurately following double-check protocols.
- Follow LASA (Look-Alike Sound-Alike) precautions.
- Ensure dispensing according to FIFO/FEFO.
c. Patient Counselling
- Provide counselling for dose, frequency, storage, missed dose, and side effects.
- Educate patients especially for high-alert medicines, anticoagulants, insulin, inhalers.
2. Medication Storage, Distribution & Inventory Management
a. Procurement & Inventory
- Maintain optimal inventory using ABCVED analysis, consumption trends, buffer stock.
- Ensure availability of life-saving drugs, emergency drugs, antidotes.
b. Storage Requirements
- Maintain appropriate temperature, humidity, documentation for drug storage.
- Ensure segregation of:
- High-alert drugs
- Narcotics & controlled substances
- Near-expiry and non-moving items
- Returned or recalled drugs
c. Controlled Substances
- Maintain NDPS register, usage logs, daily counts, and secure storage.
- Comply with NABH requirements for restricted drugs.
3. Compliance with NABH Standards
a. Documentation
- Maintain:
- Pharmacy SOPs
- Temperature logs
- Recall registers
- Expiry registers
- Calibration records
- Indent tracking
- Drug formulary updates
b. Audits and NABH Assessments
- Participate in internal/external audits.
- Present evidence for MOM (Medication Management), COP, HIC, and QMS compliance.
4. Medication Safety & Quality Assurance
- Participate in medication error reporting (near miss, no-harm events, adverse drug events).
- Implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Participate in Medication Safety Committee.
High-Alert Medication Management
- Enforce special protocols for:
- Insulin
- Heparin
- Chemotherapy drugs
- Electrolytes
- Narcotics
Participate in ward visits with medical teams.
- Monitor medication therapy, adverse drug reactions, and compliance.
- Maintain ADR reports and inform the necessary at Hospital
- Support therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) where applicable.
6. Hospital Formulary and Antibiotic Stewardship
a. Formulary Management
- Maintain and periodically update the Hospital Formulary.
- Monitor non-formulary drug indenting and rational usage.
b. Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMR/AMS Program)
- Ensure availability of appropriate antibiotics.
- Monitor usage of restricted antibiotics.
- Participate in AMS rounds and prescription audits.
7. Emergency & Critical Care Support
- Ensure continuous supply of crash cart drugs, ICU medications, OT drugs.
- Perform routine crash cart checks and documentation.
- Refill emergency kits and maintain sterility standards.
8. Training & Capacity Building
- Train nurses and staff on:
- Safe medication administration
- LASA precautions
- Antibiotic stewardship
- High-alert drug management
9. Pharmacy Billing & Ethical Compliance
- Ensure correct billing, coding, and transparency.
- Avoid irrational drug promotion or unethical practices.
- Ensure compliance with:
- DPCO
- Pharmacy Act
- Drug & Cosmetic Act
10. Participation in Quality Improvement Programs
- Participate in:
- Quality Indicator data collection (e.g., medication errors/1000 prescriptions)
- Root cause analyses
- Patient satisfaction surveys
Qualifications & Skills:
- Education: Diploma or Degree in Pharmacy.
- Experience: Proven experience and understanding of hospital pharmacy services for 4+ years.
- Communication Skills: Strong interpersonal skills to engage with customers effectively.
- CRM Proficiency: Familiarity with Hospital Pharmacy HIS tools.
- Candidate should possess exceptional communication skills Written [English + Kannada] and Verbal [ Kannada + English + Hindi + Tamil + Telugu].
- Candidates / Aspirants ready to relocate to Mysore on their own can also apply.
- Aspirants are requested to E-mail resume in MS word format only along with photograph and with details on current fixed salary + incentives if any and expected salary.
- Please super scribe as "Application for the post of Senior Pharmacist at Manipal Hospital - Mysore" in Subject column when writing / sending / forwarding E-mail.
- Work Location - Mysore - Karnataka - India.
- Note* You can also text WhatsApp message to 9886300*** if we do not respond to your call or email.
Job Classification
Industry: Medical Services / HospitalFunctional Area / Department: Healthcare & Life SciencesRole Category: Other Hospital StaffRole: PharmacistEmployement Type: Full timeContact Details:
Company: Manipal HospitalsLocation(s): Mysuru
Keyskills: Pharmacy Pharmacist Hospital Pharmacist Dispensing
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