JOB PURPOSE
The Corporate Pharmacist primary role is to provide specialize Pharmacy services in store which includes the following:
• As a pharmacist reserve, assigned to branches with off duty Pharmacist.
• To provide specialized services and support to support Drugstore Activities such as Vaccine/Immunization Programs, LK, diagnostic lab assistance, Pharmacist Trainer for newly open branches.
• To conduct informal audit to store on FDA compliance and provide recommendations.
SPECIALIZED TASKS
● Partner HR with Pharmacist Internships Programs such as school tie-ups and trainings.
● Partnership with HR in creating training module for Community Pharmacist and train new Pharmacist and conduct refresher training if necessary.
● Spot Check Stores on compliance to FDA regulations/inspection checklist and provide recommendation on compliance.
● Update Store SOPs based on current audit findings, store practices and FDA regulations.
● Will undergo special training (Immunizing Pharmacist Training) - to support scheduled immunizing activities of store
● To support store activities as needed LK/ Diagnostic Lab.
Assist Regulatory Pharmacist in monitoring store FDA compliance.
BASIC RESPonSIBILITIES IN STORE
● Act as store pharmacist of the assigned branch.
● Help and assist the store where she is assigned to with regards to their operation.
● Do patient counseling and suggestive selling to boost their sales.
● Assist the store in receiving and checking their delivery.
● Assist in any store activity if they need the assistance of a pharmacist.
● Submit summary report of all the activities done as Pharmacist reliever of the store.
● Submit TOWS analysis, observations and recommendation to stores that were assigned.
● Act as Pharmacist trainer in case there is no store to relieve.
● Other tasks that may be required by the organization.
● Providing drugs to the patients and counseling visitors.
● Dispenses medications following prescriptions issued by an authorized medical practitioner.
● Reviews prescriptions for appropriateness of therapy to determine ingredients needed and to ensure correct dosage.
● Update Pharmacy Prescription Record while deployed in store.
● Provide turn over documentation and endorsement once deployment to store ends.
● Inventories, orders, and maintains supply of drugs, chemicals, and other pharmaceutical stock.
● Advises patients and care providers of potential drug interactions, possible side effects, storage information, and instructions on how to use medications.
KEY APTITUDES
● Quality of counseling to customers regarding the proper use of medicines, ability to gain their trust and sympathy by establishing a professional yet friendly and caring relationship with them.
● Management of the sales personnel, especially the capacity to motivate them to perform well, enhances their technical knowledge on medicines and their capacity to provide counseling to customers.
● Quality and frequency of recommendations and suggestions to improve store operations in various fields, especially on the following areas:
Store organization and manpower requirements
Compliance to FDA regulation
Store daily operations (Patient counseling, inventory management,
Establish a culture of honesty, service, performance, professionalism and teamwork among the store employees, and other areas.
● Ensure compliance of the drug store with all regulatory requirements set by FDA and/other technical authorities.
JOB SPECIFICATION
● Bachelor's degree from an accredited School of Pharmacy and completion of a Pharmacy internship.
● Licensed Registered Pharmacist.
● Certified Immunizing Pharmacist - if not we may need to include the training on her contract
Experience
● At least 2 years of working experience in Community Pharmacy Setting.
● Background in conducting training.
● Certified Immunizing Pharmacist – is a plus but not mandatory as we will need to build this capability
● Knowledgeable on FDA Drugstore compliance and experience in conducting store audits.
Mental Effort
● Knowledge of principles of specialized science directly related to pharmacy.
● Knowledge of chemical, biological, and comparative therapeutic properties of a wide range of drugs.
● Knowledgeable on FDA drugstore regulations.
Physical Effort
● Inventory and Display
Supervise the display. Make sure that stocks are well organized and displayed and disbursed according to expiry date.
Monitor drugs close to expiry.
Supervise inventory counts as needed.
Identify fast moving items, low performing items, new items to carry.
● Willing to be deployed in any location in the Philippines (south, north and NCR)
● Support immunization programs and other store plus services