Chemist shop staff

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About The Opportunity
Opportunity in the Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Retail sector serving patients and customers in Sambalpur, Odisha. We operate a customer-facing community pharmacy (retail chemist) focused on safe medication dispensing, OTC advice, and excellent local patient care. This on-site role centers on frontline pharmacy operations that ensure regulatory compliance, accurate dispensing, and high-quality customer service.

Primary Title (standardized): Retail Pharmacist / Registered Chemist (Shop Staff)
Role & Responsibilities

• Accurately receive and dispense prescription medicines and OTC products, ensuring correct dosing, labeling, and patient instructions.
• Provide clear, empathetic medication counselling to customers—explain indications, side effects, interactions, and adherence tips in local language(s).
• Maintain inventory: stock checks, reorder alerts, expiry monitoring, and proper storage (including cold-chain items).
• Ensure regulatory compliance: maintain prescription records, follow Schedule H/H1 rules, verify prescriptions and manage controlled/schedule drugs per law.
• Operate point-of-sale billing, process insurance or scheme payments when applicable, and keep accurate daily cash/register records.
• Support store housekeeping and customer experience—maintain cleanliness, proper shelving, product displays, and timely restocking.

Skills & Qualifications
Must-Have

• D.Pharm or B.Pharm with current registration from the State Pharmacy Council / Registered Pharmacist license as required by law.
• Minimum 1 year experience in a retail pharmacy or community chemist shop; hands-on experience dispensing prescriptions.
• Strong knowledge of drug categories, common therapeutic indications, drug interactions, OTC medications and Indian drug regulations (Schedule H/H1).
• Good communication skills in Odia and Hindi (English desirable) for clear patient counselling and teamwork.
• Basic computer literacy for billing, inventory systems, and digital record-keeping.

Preferred

• Experience using pharmacy POS or inventory management software and familiarity with cold-chain storage for vaccines/therapeutics.
• Prior work in Sambalpur or similar semi-urban/rural markets and comfort with high customer contact roles.

Benefits & Culture Highlights

• On-site, stable retail role with competitive salary plus performance-based incentives.
• Opportunity for professional growth—training on product knowledge, customer counselling, and inventory systems.
• Respectful, patient-focused workplace with emphasis on compliance, teamwork, and community service.

To apply, please ensure you meet the regulatory license requirements for pharmacists in India and are available to work on-site in Sambalpur, Odisha. Keywords: Retail Pharmacist, Chemist, Registered Pharmacist, D.Pharm, B.Pharm, dispensing, inventory management, Sambalpur, Odisha.

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