Our client is the leading pharmaceutical company in Ghana. The company now seeks a hands-on Pharmacist to ensure that medications and other health related products dispensed to customers are suitable and appropriate.

Key Accountabilities

• Dispense pharmaceutical and medical products as prescribed by doctors to customers
• Review prescriptions to ensure accuracy and to evaluate their suitability for the patient
• Provide information and advice on drugs and other health related products, their side effects, correct dosage and proper storage.
• Assist customers by interpreting symptoms and providing immediate treatment or refer customers to a suitable physician
• Provide pharmaceutical care and counseling to patients on drug interactions.
• Provide pharmaceutical expertise to customers on the safe use of medications.
• Monitor customers’ drug therapies to avoid interactions with other medications
• Review and interpret physicians’ directives and assist in resolving any therapeutic incompatibilities.
• Provide professional advice to management about the essential product items to stock under each pharmacological class
• Monitor current and prevailing trend in community/retail pharmacy industry with the view of updating and improving practice in the pharmacy
• Provide innovative ideas and demonstration of strong business prowess to make and keep the pharmacy competitive

Qualification Required & Experience

• Bachelor degree in Pharmacy / Pharm D / M Pharm
• A member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana and a valid license to practise as a Pharmacist.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar role

Location: Accra & Kumasi