Pharmacist

**Pharmacist Job Description**

Provides pharmacy services to patients/medical practitioners. Receives, compounds, fills prescriptions, dispenses pharmaceuticals, consults with clients regarding the nature and use of drugs, and trains and/or supervises personnel. Performs routine quality control testing procedures; prepares and maintains all necessary records required by Govt regulations.

**Duties and Responsibilities**

Reviews, compounds, prepares and/or oversees the compounding, preparation and dispensing of pharmaceuticals to patients or medical practitioners; makes decisions regarding generic substitution of prescribed pharmaceuticals.

Consults with patients and/or medical practitioners on drug indications/contraindications, dosage, drug interactions, and side effects; provides other drug and pharmaceutical information as appropriate.

Oversees the acquisition and disbursement of drugs and medications to various offices, clinics, and other sites.

Provides education, guidance and training to students, pharmacy interns, and or trainees during course of work and monitors performance.

Establishes and maintains methods and manner of storage and recordkeeping systems to provide for safekeeping of pharmaceuticals.

May take patient's histories as required; makes initial clinical assessments and refers patients to appropriate clinicians.

Performs routine quality control testing of equipment, environment and record keeping as required by Govt regulations.

Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.

Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

**Salary**: ₹12,000.00 - ₹15,000.00 per month

Schedule:

- Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Palakkad, Kerala: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Diploma (preferred)

License/Certification:

- Registration (preferred)