Pharmacy Trainee

Apollo Pharmacy; Lucknow; On-site; INR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apollo Pharmacy in Lucknow invites applications for the role of Pharmacy Trainee. The trainee will assist the pharmacist, manage stock, handle billing, customer counseling, and ensure 100% prescription fulfillment.

The position involves in-house procurement, inventory management, and supporting daily pharmacy operations. Candidates should be prepared for hands-on training, understand drug information, and ensure accurate documentation and home delivery processes.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Pharmacist in dispensing drugs per prescription.
• Arrange medicines from in-house stock to fulfill prescriptions.
• Consult doctor for substitutions when needed.
• Verify medicines against the bill with patient details and expiry.
• Maintain stock, raise indent based on availability.
• Counsel patients on health and medicine use; support home delivery.

Job description

Role

PHARMACY TRAINEE

Responsibilities

• 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/doctorsTo 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.