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Narayana Health; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Narayana Health is seeking a pharmacist to develop, review, and evaluate clinical guidelines and drug utilization reviews. The role includes providing consultations, preparing articles, and conducting research to advance safe and effective medication use.

Responsibilities cover assessing medications, reviewing prescriptions for accuracy, advising on interactions and storage, and collaborating with other health care professionals to optimize drug regimens.

Qualifications

• Able to work accurately with minimal supervision.
• Ability to comprehend written instructions from doctors and departmental personnel.
• Strong speaking and listening skills to understand supervisors and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Assess identity, strength and purity of medications.
• Review prescriptions for accuracy and ingredient needs.
• Provide information on drug interactions, side effects, dosage and storage.
• Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance.
• Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, maintain stock and proper handling.
• Maintain pharmacy records and inventories.
• Advise customers on medication brands and health-care supplies.
• Collaborate with health care professionals to review drug regimens.
• Compound and dispense medications as prescribed, or oversee these activities.
• Offer health promotion activities and use of devices for monitoring (e.g., BP, glucose).
• Prepare sterile solutions and infusions for procedures or home use.
• Develop procedures for packaging and labeling pharmaceuticals; ensure quality and disposal.
• Teach pharmacy students and publish educational information.

Skills

Accuracy

Scheduling

Communication

Job description

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Narayana Health, one of India's largest and World's most economical healthcare service providers is set to emerge as a global industry model for its ability to reconcile quality, affordability, scale, transparency, credibility and sustainable profitability. From 300 beds hospital in 2001, Narayana Health has grown to a 6900 beds healthcare conglomerate in 2014 with 26 hospitals present in 16 Cities within the country and also has International Presence in Cayman.

NH has been known for its cost- cutting approach and ranked 36th among World's 50 Most Innovative Companiesby Fast Companies in 2012. NH has also been a proud recipient of Frost & Sullivan India Healthcare Excellence Awards 2012 in the category Healthcare Service Provider Company of the Year and FICCI Health Care Excellence Award 2012 for Addressing Industry Issues.

Job Purpose:

Develop, review, and evaluate clinical guidelines and Drug Utilization Reviews, provides consultations, develops programs, prepares articles, and conducts research.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assess the identity, strength and purity of medications.
• Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
• Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage and proper medication storage.
• Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.
• Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, and drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.
• Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, and registries of poisons, narcotics, and controlled drugs.
• Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment and health-care supplies.
• Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of drugs and drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications and characteristics.
• Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.
• Offer health promotion and prevention activities, for example, training people to use devices such as blood pressure or diabetes monitors.
• Prepare sterile solutions and infusions for use in surgical procedures, emergency rooms, or patients' homes.
• Plan, implement, and maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.
• Teach pharmacy students serving as interns in preparation for their graduation or licensure.
• Publish educational information for other pharmacists, doctors, and/or patients.

Candidate Requirements:

• Able to work accurately and with minimal supervision.
• Ability to comprehend written instructions given by the Doctors and the other related departmental personnel.
• Ability to plan & organize ones work schedule effectively.
• Speaking and listening are essential requirements to understand and carry out the instructions given by the supervisors and other related departmental personnel.