Pharmacist

Apollo Pharmacy; Sri Sathya Sai; On-site; INR 220,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Incentives

Job summary

Apollo Pharmacy is hiring for a Pharmacist role at our stores. The candidate will fill prescriptions, counsel patients, and manage inventory with attention to cold chain requirements.

The position involves customer service, billing, and ensuring stock accuracy. Eligible candidates should hold a D. Pharm / B. Pharm / M. Pharm degree with a valid PCI license and be prepared to work on company rolls with competitive pay and benefits.

Qualifications

• Eligibility for D. Pharm / B. Pharm / M. Pharm with a valid PCI license.”
• Duties include prescription filling with dose advice and dispensing medicines.
• Strong patient counselling and customer service skills required.

Responsibilities

• Attend to doctors’ prescriptions at the sales counter and dispense drugs with 100% prescription compliance.
• Counsel patients on health, medicine reactions and provide drug information.
• Store drugs under proper refrigeration and security conditions (cold chain).
• Enter stocks in the computer system, verify receipts, and maintain stock records.
• Handle billing and other duties as assigned by the in-charge.

Education

D. Pharm / B. Pharm / M. Pharm

Job description

Roles & Responsibilities

• Prescription Filling: Attend to doctors’ prescriptions at the sales counter, advise dosage, dispense drugs, arrange unavailable medicines from in-house pharmacies ensuring 100% prescription compliance. Consult with doctors on medicine substitutions. Cross‑check issued medicines with the bill in terms of patient name, item name, quantity, expiry, and acknowledge the bill.
• Customer Service: Counsel patients/customers on health, medicine reactions; maintain good relations with customers/doctors; maintain a free home delivery register and follow up deliveries in a timely manner. Handle inbound calls focusing on drug information, patient counselling/education, and free home delivery orders. Handle patient queries and issues regarding drug therapy and drug information. Handle cash at the billing counter as required.
• Cold Chain Management: Store drugs under proper refrigeration and security conditions.
• Inventory Management & Sales: Enter stocks in the computer system, print receipts from stores for cross‑checking with item issue lists; maintain records for out‑of‑stock items and follow up. Ensure 100% physical stock is tallied per category (tablets, syrups, injections, fluids, ointments, liquids, capsules, powders, drops, surgicals, miscellaneous) twice a week. Perform daily rack‑wise verification of fast‑moving items. Ensure shift hand‑over/take‑over before leaving. Focus on sales and strive to attain pharmacy targets. Verify quantity, MRP, batch number, and expiry date of 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.

Eligibility

NOTE: Eligibility for candidates with D. Pharm / B. Pharm / M. Pharm qualification with a valid PCI License only. In case awaiting PCI license, apply for the "Trainee Pharmacist" role on https://careers.apollopharmacy.app.