Pharmacist

Apollo Pharmacy; Nagercoil; On-site; INR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Apollo Pharmacy in Tamil Nadu seeks a Pharmacist / Sr. Pharmacist to assist with prescription filling at the sales counter, advise dosages, and dispense medicines per doctor prescriptions. Substitutions require doctor consultation and careful verification against bills.

The role includes patient counselling on health and drug information, handling home delivery orders, cash at billing, and maintaining cold chain and stock records to ensure 100% accuracy and timely deliveries.

Qualifications

• Attends doctor prescriptions at the sales counter and advises dosage.
• Dispenses drugs per prescription and arranges substitutes if unavailable.
• Cross-checks medicines with bill for patient name, item, quantity, expiry.

Responsibilities

• Counsel patients on health, drug information, and adverse reactions.
• Maintain good relations with customers/doctors and handle inbound calls for drug info and home delivery orders.
• Manage cold chain storage and ensure proper refrigeration for drugs.
• Enter stock in computer, print receipts, and reconcile with issues list; verify stock twice weekly.
• Focus on sales and target attainment while ensuring accurate billing and shift handovers.

Skills

Prescription filling

Customer service

Inventory management

Dispensing

Billing / cash handling

Education

D. Pharm / B.Pharm / M.Pharm (PCI Licence)

Job description

PHARMACIST / SR. PHARMACIST

Prescription Filling

To attend the doctor's prescription at the sales counter and advise the dosage of medicines to the patients. Dispense drugs pursuant to a prescription issued by the doctor. In case the prescribed medicines not available, arrange the same from the in-house pharmacies for the honor of 100% prescription. Substitution of medicines is to be consulted with the doctor. Cross-check the issuing medicines with bill with regard to patient name, items name, quantity, expiry and acknowledge the bill.

Customer Service

To counsel the patients /customers on health, reaction of medicines. To maintain good relations with customers/doctors. To maintain free home delivery register and follow-up the medicines deliveries to the customers in time. Handle all the inbound calls primarily focusing on drug information, patient counselling/education and free home delivery orders. In addition, handle patient queries and issues with respect to drug therapy and drug information. Handle cash in billing counter as and when required.

Cold Chain Management

Storing the drugs under proper conditions of refrigeration and security.

Inventory Management & Sales

To enter stocks in computer and take printout of receipt from stores(RS) for cross-checking with items issues list from stores. To maintain record for no stock items and follow-up the same. Ensure that 100% physical stock is tallied according to category (Tablets, Syrups, Injections, Fluids, Ointments, Liquids, Capsules, Powders, Drops, Surgicals, and Miscellaneous) twice a week. Daily rack wise verification of fast moving items. Ensure shift hand-over and take-over is given before leaving the work area. Focus on sales and strive to attain the target of the pharmacy. Check quantity, MRP, batch number and date of expiry of the received items.

Bill Management

Perform any other job assigned by the in-charge as per exigencies of work.

Compensation & Benefits

This job is on company rolls offering competitive pay, benefits and attractive incentives.

NOTE: Eligibility for candidates with D. Pharm / B.Pharm / M.Pharm qualification with valid PCI License ONLY.