Pharmacist

Apollo Pharmacy; Turakapalle; On-site; INR 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Apollo Pharmacy in Andhra Pradesh invites a Pharmacist / Sr. Pharmacist (Prescription Filling) to join our retail pharmacy team.

You will dispense medicines per prescriptions, counsel patients, manage inventory, handle billing, and coordinate home delivery while maintaining patient safety and compliance with PCI licensing. The role emphasizes accuracy in dispensing, cold chain storage, stock verification, and delivering high-quality customer service at the counter.

Qualifications

• Eligible candidates must have D.Pharm / B.Pharm / M.Pharm with valid PCI license.
• Attend prescriptions at the sales counter and advise medicines dosage.
• Manage inventory, stock verification, billing, and home delivery coordination.

Responsibilities

• Dispense drugs per prescription and ensure proper substitution after doctor consult.
• Counsel patients on drug therapy and handle drug information queries.
• Ensure cold chain storage and maintain stock records and rack-wise verification.
• Bill management and shift handovers; contribute to pharmacy sales targets.

Skills

Drug information

Customer service

Prescription filling

Inventory management

Billing & POS

Education

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

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, reactions 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.

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