Pharmacist - Pharmacy Sukkhur

aku; Pakistan; On-site; PKR 670,000 - 1,004,000; Full time

Job summary

Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan is seeking a Pharmacist to join its hospital pharmacy team. The role involves dispensing medications across inpatient, outpatient and ambulatory settings, reviewing orders for accuracy, and monitoring drug interactions to ensure patient safety.

The successful candidate will have a Pharmacy degree, hospital exposure, and the ability to work in shifts, with a focus on precise labeling, timely delivery, and effective patient counselling.

Qualifications

• You should have a Doctorate or Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from a recognized university.
• You should have traineeship experience in a medium/large hospital or at least one year in a similar capacity.
• You should be familiar with hospital pharmacy functioning and workflows.
• You should have sound knowledge of physiology, pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences.
• You should be familiar with locally available drugs, their indications and uses.
• You should be able to communicate effectively with medical professionals.
• You should be willing to work in shift duties.
• You will undergo comprehensive employment reference checks.

Responsibilities

• Dispense drugs in the inpatient, outpatient and ambulatory pharmacies.
• Review and process physician orders for accurate therapeutic dose.
• Monitor lab reports for proper antibiotic indications and potential interactions.
• Ensure timely delivery of medications to nursing units and patients.
• Ensure label accuracy before dispensing medications.
• Maintain expiry lists on a comprehensive and timely basis.
• Assist in patient counselling for outpatient prescriptions and cash handling.
• Prepare cytotoxic drugs, TPN solutions, IVPB mixtures, sterile injections and chemo monitoring.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D/B.Pharm)

Job description

Pharmacist - Sukkhur Pharmacy

Entity: Aga Khan University Hospital

Location: Karachi, Pakistan

Introduction:

Chartered in 1983, it is a private, autonomous and self-governing international university with 13 teaching sites in 6 countries distributed across three continents. As an integral part of the Aga Khan Development Network, Aga Khan University (AKU) provides higher education in several disciplines, carries out research pertinent to the countries in which it exists and has campuses, programmes and/or teaching hospitals in Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda and the UK. As an international institution, AKU operates on the core principles of quality, relevance, impact, and access; and AKU is a model of academic excellence and an agent of social change.

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.

Aga Khan University Hospital invites applications for the position of Pharmacist.

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 counseling for outpatient prescription and maintenance of cash
• prepare cytotoxic drug, TPN solution, IVPB mixtures etc
• prepare sterile injection, bulk compounding and monitoring of chemo critical list

Requirements:

You should have:

• a Doctorate / Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from a recognized university
• traineeship experience in a 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