Pharmacist - Pharmacy Sukkhur

Chartered in 1983, it is a private, autonomous and self-governing international university with 13 teaching sites in 6 countries distributed across three continents. As an integral part of the Aga Khan Development Network, Aga Khan University (AKU) provides higher education in several disciplines, carries out research pertinent to the countries in which it exists and has campuses, programmes and/or teaching hospitals in Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda and the UK. As an international institution, AKU operates on the core principles of quality, relevance, impact, and access; and AKU is a model of academic excellence and an agent of social change.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Aga Khan University Hospital invites applications for the position of Pharmacist.

You will be responsible to:

• →dispense drugs in the inpatient, outpatient and ambulatory pharmacies
• →review and process physician orders for accurate therapeutic dose
• →monitor lab reports for proper indication of antibiotics, drug-drug interaction, duplication of same class etc
• →ensure timely delivery of medication to nursing units and patients
• →ensure the accuracy of the label before dispensing
• →complete expiry of drug list on accurate and timely basis
• →assist in patient counseling for outpatient prescription and maintenance of cash
• →prepare cytotoxic drug, TPN solution, IVPB mixtures etc
• →prepare sterile injection, bulk compounding and monitoring of chemo critical list

You should have:

• a Doctorate / Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from a recognized university
• traineeship experience in a medium / large hospital or preferably one year experience in the similar capacity
• familiarity with hospital pharmacy functioning
• sound knowledge of physiology, pharmacology and pharmaceutical
• familiarity with locally available drugs, pharmaceutical and their indications
• ability to communicate with medical professionals
• willingness to work in shift duties

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted