Pharmacist, Outreach Pharmacy - Karachi

aku; Pakistan; On-site; PKR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi is seeking a Pharmacist for Outreach Pharmacy. The role involves dispensing medications across inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory settings, reviewing physician orders, monitoring drug interactions, and ensuring timely delivery to units and patients.

The candidate should hold a Bachelor’s or Doctorate in Pharmacy, have traineeship or hospital pharmacy experience, and be willing to work in shifts across the Outreach Services locations in Pakistan.

Qualifications

• Pharmacy degree from a recognized university.
• Traineeship or 1 year experience in retail hospital pharmacy.
• Familiarity with hospital pharmacy functioning.
• Knowledge of physiology, pharmacology and pharmaceutical practice.
• Familiarity with locally available drugs and their indications.
• Ability to communicate with medical professionals.
• Willingness to work in shift duties.

Responsibilities

• Dispense drugs in inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory pharmacies.
• Review and process physician orders for accurate therapeutic dose.
• Monitor lab reports for proper antibiotic indication and drug interactions.
• Ensure timely delivery of medication to nursing units and patients.
• Ensure accuracy of the label before dispensing medications.
• Complete expiry checks of drug lists on a timely basis.
• Assist in patient counselling for outpatient prescriptions and cash handling.
• Prepare sterile injections, bulk compounding, and monitor chemo lists.
• Manage inventory and expiry of products.

Skills

Pharmacy knowledge

Communication with physicians

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Doctorate in Pharmacy

Job description

Pharmacist, Outreach Pharmacy - Karachi

Entity: Aga Khan University Hospital

Location: Karachi, Pakistan

Introduction:

The Aga Khan University Hospital in addition to its five Hospitals creates access through its Outreach Services which include Clinical Laboratories, Outpatient Medical Centres, Pharmacy services, Home Health and other services. Outreach Services are designed to provide primary to secondary healthcare services to patients near their homes and are present in several cities across Pakistan. Outpatient Medical Centres offer a range of specialty clinics including Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Cardiopulmonary, Orthopedics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics and Physiotherapy, and cater to children, adults, and elderly patients for general health checks or specific disease consultations.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible to:

• dispense drugs in the inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory pharmacies
• review and process physician orders for accurate therapeutic dose
• monitor lab reports for proper indication of antibiotics, drug-drug interaction, duplication of same class etc
• ensure timely delivery of medication to nursing units and patients
• ensure the accuracy of the label before dispensing
• complete expiry of drug list on accurate and timely basis
• assist in patient counselling for outpatient prescription and maintenance of cash
• prepare sterile injection, bulk compounding, and monitoring of chemo critical list
• manage inventory and expiry of the product.

Requirements:

You should have:

• a Doctorate / Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from a recognized university
• traineeship experience in Retail Pharmacy / medium / large hospital or preferably one year experience in the similar capacity
• familiarity with hospital pharmacy functioning
• sound knowledge of physiology, pharmacology and pharmaceutical
• familiarity with locally available drugs, pharmaceutical and their indications
• ability to communicate with medical professionals
• willingness to work in shift duties.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.