Roles and ResponsibilitiesA. Prescription Verification and Dispensing

- Receive and verify prescriptions issued by authorized medical practitioners.
- Check medicine name, strength, dosage, frequency, route, duration, and quantity.
- Verify patient details, allergies, and potential drug interactions where relevant.
- Dispense the correct medicines with appropriate labelling and instructions.
- Explain the dosage, timing, storage, precautions, and possible side effects to patients.
- Clarify unclear or incomplete prescriptions with the prescribing doctor before dispensing.
- Ensure that prescription medicines are dispensed only in accordance with applicable regulations.
- Maintain confidentiality of patient information and prescription records.

B. Pharmacy Stock and Inventory Management

- Maintain adequate stock of essential medicines, injections, surgical consumables, and other approved pharmacy items.
- Check stock levels daily and prepare purchase requisitions when required.
- Maintain proper stock registers and computerized inventory records.
- Monitor batch numbers, manufacturing dates, and expiry dates.
- Follow the FEFO (First Expiry, First Out) method for stock rotation.
- Identify near-expiry, expired, damaged, recalled, or discontinued products and segregate them appropriately.
- Coordinate with authorized suppliers for procurement and stock replenishment.
- Verify received goods against purchase orders and invoices.
- Report stock shortages, unusual consumption, and discrepancies to the administrator.

C. Storage and Medicine Safety

- Maintain appropriate temperature, humidity, and storage conditions as specified by manufacturers.




- Monitor and document refrigerator temperatures for medicines requiring cold storage.
- Ensure proper segregation of high-alert medicines, look-alike/sound-alike medicines, and products requiring special handling.
- Restrict access to medicines to authorized personnel.
- Ensure safe handling and storage of controlled or restricted medicines in accordance with applicable laws.
- Follow procedures for medicine recalls, returns, and disposal of expired stock.
- Report suspected counterfeit, substandard, or damaged medicines immediately.

D. Billing and Pharmacy Accounts

- Enter medicine sales and dispensing details accurately into the billing system.
- Ensure that medicines dispensed match the bill and prescription.
- Maintain daily sales, purchase, return, and stock adjustment records.
- Verify medicine returns according to hospital policy and applicable safety requirements.
- Reconcile physical stock with system records periodically.
- Submit daily pharmacy sales and stock reports to the accounts department or administrator.
- Report billing errors, financial discrepancies, and unauthorized discounts.

E. Emergency and Clinical Support

- Maintain adequate availability of emergency medicines and injections as approved by the medical director.




- Check emergency medicine stock and expiry dates at the prescribed frequency.
- Coordinate with nursing staff and doctors regarding urgent medicine requirements.
- Support medication safety initiatives and report medication errors or near misses.
- Assist in maintaining emergency trays and medicine kits according to approved protocols.
- Ensure that emergency medicines are readily accessible to authorized clinical staff.

F. Documentation and Regulatory Compliance

- Maintain prescriptions, purchase invoices, stock registers, temperature logs, and other required records.
- Ensure compliance with applicable pharmacy legislation, drug storage requirements, and hospital policies.
- Maintain the required licences and registrations for pharmacy operations in coordination with management.
- Cooperate during internal audits, pharmacy inspections, and quality assessments.
- Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) for dispensing, storage, inventory, and disposal.
- Report medication incidents, regulatory concerns, and unsafe practices to the appropriate authority.

G. Patient Service and Coordination

- Communicate politely and professionally with patients and attendants.
- Provide clear instructions on the safe use of prescribed medicines.
- Refer clinical questions beyond the pharmacist's scope to the treating doctor.
- Coordinate with reception, billing, nursing, procurement, and administration teams.
- Maintain cleanliness, organization, and skilled standards within the pharmacy.

Pay: ₹15,200.00 - ₹20,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

📌 Hospital Pharmacist - B-pharm/D-pharm (Valasaravakkam)
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