Pharmacy Assistant

Apollo Pharmacy; Konaseema; On-site; INR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Apollo Pharmacy is seeking a Pharmacy Assistant / Pharmacy Aide to support the pharmacist in dispensing medicines per prescriptions and to assist with stock management and billing. The role includes patient counseling, handling inquiries, and ensuring timely home delivery where applicable.

The successful candidate will manage stock levels, verify items against orders, and support cold chain storage to maintain medicine quality. Experience in a retail pharmacy environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist Pharmacist in dispensing drugs and verify bills for patient name, item, quantity, expiry.
• Counsel patients/customers on health and medicines, and handle inbound drug information calls.
• Ensure proper cold chain storage and stock checks, and prepare bills in computer system.

Skills

Dispensing meds

Customer service

Stock management

Cash handling

Inventory management

Tools

Billing software

Job description

PHARMACY ASSISTANT / PHARMACY AIDE

• Assist the Pharmacist in dispensing drugs according to a prescription issued by the doctor.
• In case the prescribed medicines are 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 the bill concerning patient name, items name, quantity, expiry and acknowledge the bill.
• Checking out the availability of stock in the pharmacy and based on the availability of stock-raising the indent for the stock.

Customer Service

• To counsel the patients /customers on health, the reaction of medicines.
• To maintain good relations with customers/doctors.
• To maintain the 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 counseling/education, and free home delivery orders.
• Also, handle patient queries and issues concerning 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.
• To prepare bills in computer and collect the cash.
• Check quantity, MRP, batch number, and date of expiry of the received items from stores before entering into computer.

Inventory Management & Sales

• To enter stocks in computer and take the printout of receipt from stores (RS) for cross-checking with items issues list from stores based on the stock availability.
• If necessary importing/exporting the stock from nearby pharmacies through BT (Branch Transfers).
• If a stock is not available at near pharmacies, directly communicating with DC – in charge and visiting the DC and collecting the necessary stock with the period based on the emergency.
• To maintain the 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.
• 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 Non- Pharmacy qualification with relavant Pharmacy Retail experience ONLY.