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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