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Job Description for a Pharmacist

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Job Title

Pharmacist. 

Job Objective

The fundamental goal of this job to provide adequate medication and earn the people’s trust against any kind of a health issue.

Job Overview

A good candidate for the position of pharmacist will be required to prepare and administer suitable medications to the patients. He will accomplish this, either by following a physician’s prescription or by communicating directly with the patients about their problems and needs. The job demands serious responsibility and strong knowledge. A pharmacist does not solely give away the medicine prescribed by a physician; he/she has the ability to help people and provide them with the necessary information and clarifications. (Tahaineh & Zaidan, 2009)

Responsibilities and Duties

The pharmacist will have the following duties:

Will understand prescriptions and help salesman.

Will guide customers and suggest alternatives.

To manage and maintain IT service and portal management.

Remain updated about records of sales and purchase and issue orders accordingly.

Informing customers about monitory policies.

To guide eligible patients about allowances and refunds.

Organizing Meetings with administration and providing manuals about CVS pharmacy’s policies about the matter.

Providing customer care to build trust.

To assist customers by providing valuable and authentic advice.

Maintaining records using Information

Technology to manage records easily.

To make sure communication between the cashier/sales dept. to work efficiently

Customer service

Knowledge

The pharmacist must have the profound knowledge about:

latest research in medicine.

“Counter assistance medicine course (Ranelli & Biss, 2000)

Dispensary stock management course

Database-handling and management course.

Skills required

Following set of skills is mandatory for the job:

Understand prescriptions

Prescribing alternative medicines.

The use of the IT portal to manage stocks.

Managing the database of products.

Provide detailed information about product requirements.

Dealing with insurance companies and other departments

Application procedure

Interested and eligible candidates are encouraged to forward their resumes to the following e-mail address, before 2nd November, 2019: mumer199717@yahoo.com

References

ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Ranelli, P. L., & Biss, J. (2000). Physicians’ perceptions of communication with and responsibilities of pharmacists. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (1996), 40(5), 625–630.

Tahaineh, L. M., Wazaify, M., Albsoul-Younes, A., Khader, Y., & Zaidan, M. (2009). Perceptions, experiences, and expectations of physicians in hospital settings in Jordan regarding the role of the pharmacist. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 5(1), 63-70.