Pharmacist

**CANDIDATES FROM UTTARAKHAND AND THOSE WILLING TO WORK IN UTTARAKHAND ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY**

**Position Title**

Hospice Pharmacist

**Reporting to**

Medical Director; Chief Medical Officer; Chief of Operations

**Location**

**Ganga Prem Hospice (Rishikesh), India**

Vill. Gohri Maphi

Near Tehri Farm, Raiwala

Rishikesh - 249 205

**Mandatory Notes (**_**please read before applying**_**)**
- Valid and available-for-use registered pharmacy license;
- Salary range for the position: INR 12,000 - 15,000 per month (_all-inclusive; benchmarked_);
- **ONLY CANDIDATES FROM UTTARAKHAND MUST APPLY.**

**Educational Qualifications**
- 10+2 with Science (Physics & Chemistry); **Degree / Diploma in Pharmacy** from recognized University / Institute; B. Pharma preferred;
- Completion of hospital residency preferred;
- **Valid Pharmacy Council of India license**/certificate is mandatory for this position. Must be registered with the Pharmacy Council under Section 12 of the Pharmacy Act
- Must be registered as a pharmacist with **Uttarakhand Pharmacy Council**;

**Experience (**_**years and nature**_**)**
- Experience range (in years): 1-5 years
- Hospital/Hospice pharmacy residency preferred.

**JOB DUTIES (**_**including, but not limited to**_**)**
- To ensure safe practice in the prescribing, storage, administration and documentation of medication;
- To efficiently order, dispense and distribute drugs, medicines, and medical supplies for inpatients and ensure their safe storage, labelling, documentation, and destruction;
- Do regular stock-taking and stock-check; maintaining First-in-First-Out (FIFO); Maintaining FSN (Fast/Slow-Moving, Non-Moving) for items and initiating appropriate corrective measures;
- Keeping detailed, up-to-date, easy to interpret, and error-free record in books and electronically, of medicines and surgical supplies received, used, and dispensed at Ganga Prem Hospice inpatient facility, home care, OPDs, and in any other activity;
- Maintain accurate and error-free opioid records of each and every tablet/unit ordered/dispensed/received-back according to RMI and other applicable standards and guidelines;
- Ensure compliance with all RMI guidelines and other state and national guidelines related to a medical/hospice facility;
- Ensuring any other pharmacy-related legal compliances for the hospice;
- Work towards accreditation of the hospice with accreditation boards, as may be directed by Ganga Prem Hospice management;
- Keeping all medicine supplies labelled according to national/international standards, and as advised by senior medical and administration team of Ganga Prem Hospice;
- To review and improve policies and procedures relevant to medicines management and to assess the risks associated with those policies and procedures;
- To monitor the medicine expense and ensure that the Hospice optimizes its financial resources, also to write regular reports on spending and to advise seniors of any predicted overspend or wastage;
- Ensure proper utilisation of reusable items/stock;
- Actively participating in, and initiating cost-saving measures in pharmacy;
- Daily collaboration with the nurse, physician, and other team members in the clinical management of patients and their pharmacotherapy;
- To attend ward rounds and monitor drug charts ensuring safe prescribing of medication, under guidance and instruction of Medical Director, Doctor-in-charge;
- Maintaining excellent verbal and written communication with the team, patients, and patients' family members and carers;
- Speaking with patients, their care-givers, in an empathetic manner, while respecting patient confidentiality;
- To participate flexibly in the care of inpatients, outpatients and other patients;
- To help patients and carers to understand about their medicines and their role;
- Assisting in liaison with donors (individual and organizational) for procuring of medical supplies for the hospice;
- Ensure that the hospice has zero wastage and expiry of medicines and medical supplies;
- Maintaining pharmacological knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; and participating in professional societies;
- Attending CME sessions held at, and organized by the hospice;
- To attend multi-disciplinary clinical and other meetings when required;
- Represent Ganga Prem Hospice at professional or educational fora wherever the pharmacist may be recommended for participation;
- Protecting patients, medical and non-medical staff by adhering to infection-control protocols;
- Maintaining safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations;
- Working in cross-functional tasks and activities by organising and/or participating;
- Receiving work-related instructions and advice from superiors and peers with positivity;
- Contributing to team efforts by accomplishing related results as needed.

**Salary**: ₹14,000.00 - ₹17,000.00 per month

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