Senior Pharmacist

Supervise day-to-day pharmacy operations, including dispensing medicines for inpatients and outpatients.

Ensure medicines are dispensed accurately against valid prescriptions and verify the medicine, strength, dosage, quantity and billing details.

Review prescriptions for potential drug interactions, allergies, duplication, dosage concerns and other discrepancies; escalate concerns to the appropriate clinician.

Provide clear and appropriate counselling to patients and attendants on medicine usage, dosage, administration, storage and relevant precautions.

Guide and support pharmacy staff, allocate responsibilities and monitor compliance with SOPs, hospital policies and service standards.

Maintain appropriate stock levels; monitor stock movement, consumption, minimum/maximum levels and timely procurement indents.

Conduct routine and periodic stock verification and reconciliation; investigate and report discrepancies in accordance with policy.

Check batch numbers, expiry dates, product integrity and quality before dispensing; ensure near-expiry and expired medicines are managed as per procedure.

Verify patient-return medicines for batch number, expiry, packaging and quality before processing returns in accordance with policy.

Maintain accurate dispensing, inventory, return, billing and other required records; prepare MIS reports as assigned.

Ensure proper storage conditions and segregation of medicines, including high-alert, look-alike/sound-alike and other specially controlled items as applicable.

Support internal, statutory and NABH-related audits; maintain documentation and implement corrective actions within agreed timelines.

Coordinate with doctors, nursing, billing, purchase and other departments to resolve pharmacy-related issues and ensure continuity of service.

Report medication errors, near misses, adverse events, stock-outs and quality concerns through the prescribed channels.

Ensure compliance with applicable pharmacy laws, regulatory requirements, infection prevention practices and hospital policies.

Perform any other duties assigned by the reporting manager or management from time to time.

Pay

₹27,000.00 - ₹35,000.00 per month

Benefits

Leave encashment

Paid sick time

Provident Fund

Work Location

In person