Pharmacist III

Philippine Children's Medical Center; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 390,600 - 558,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in Metro Manila is seeking a Pharmacist III to oversee pharmacy operations and ensure the safe dispensing of medications. This full-time role involves supervising staff, managing drug inventory, and providing drug information to healthcare professionals. Ideal candidates should have solid experience in pharmacy practices and be able to counsel patients effectively.

Qualifications

• Experience in pharmacy operations.
• Knowledge of drug dispensing and inventory management.
• Ability to counsel patients on medications.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and organize workflow at services.
• Dispense drugs and monitor inventory.
• Provide drug information to health-care personnel.

Job description

Pharmacist III – Philippine Children's Medical Center

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Responsibilities

• Assumes the duties and responsibilities of Pharmacist IV in his/her absence.
• Supervise and organize work flow at the inpatient and outpatient services.
• Dispenses drugs and medicine, and other pharmaceutical preparations;
• Checks for accuracy of doses prepared:
• Intravenous admixtures
• Unit dose Reviews and interprets each unit dose and IV admixture medication order to insure that it is entered accurately into the unit-dose or IV admixture system.
• Participates in the regular meetings of the Therapeutics Committee and other hospital committees involving the Pharmacy.
• Provides drug information to physicians, nurses, and other health-care personnel.
• Counsels patients on medications to be self-administered in the hospital and discharge medications.
• Monitors adverse drug experience reporting in the hospital.
• Supervise the daily inventory of drugs and medical devices in the dispensing area and Satellite Pharmacies.
• Monitors drugs at critical level in assigned shelves.
• Checks incoming drugs, medicine, chemicals for quality, qualifying in conformity with requested item.
• Monitors proper record keeping and billing:
• Intravenous admixture and unit dose dispensing records and billing
• Outpatient billing
• Reports (e.g., emergency purchase report, consignment issues, etc.)
• Prescription files
• Records prohibited and regulated drugs issued daily.
• Monitors recording of inpatients issues to wards covered by unit dosing in individual patients profile.
• Monitors ledgers of patients with outside‑funding.
• Monitors correct quantity, expiry date, and proper storage of emergency drugs in the wards and clinics.
• Monitors the procurement and recording of emergency purchase of drugs.
• Reviews monthly reports prior to submission.
• Monitor the filing, storage, and retrieval of pharmacy documents.
• Prepares the schedule of duties of the dispensing area staff.
• Prepares performance evaluation report for pharmacy staff.
• Monitors the encoding of daily sales and inpatient issues.
• Monitors maintenance/use of all equipment, electronic devices, accountable, and official forms.
• Supervises clerks, Pharmacy Aides, and pharmacy interns.
• Maintains cleanliness and physical order in the respective working areas.
• Performs other related duties as may be assigned from time to time.
• Compliance to IMS (Integrated Management System) Standards and Policies.

Seniority Level

Associate

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Health Care Provider

Industries

Hospitals and Health Care