manages the dispensing of affordable, non-branded equivalent medications, verifies prescriptions, and educates patients on switching safely from branded to generic drugs.
Core Responsibilities
- Dispensing & Verification: Check and execute valid prescriptions, ensuring the right generic molecule, strength, and dosage are dispensed to the patient.
- Generic Substitution Guidance: Educate patients and doctors on cost-effective, FDA- or PCI-approved generic equivalents that match the efficacy of branded drugs.
- Patient Counseling: Explain proper usage, dosage schedules, potential side effects, and storage conditions for generic medications.
- Inventory Management: Track stock levels of rapid-moving generic formulations, check batch expiry dates, and remove damaged or expired stock.
- Regulatory Compliance: Maintain statutory purchase and sales records, prescription logs, and adhere to local pharmacy and drug laws.