Pharmacy Assistant
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Job Description:
Pharmacy assistants perform general duties, such as stock management, serving at the cash desk, or performing administrative duties.
They deal with the inventory within the pharmacy under the supervision of the pharmacist and practice manager.
Essential Skills and Competences
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organizational guidelines
- apply organizational techniques
- check for medication expiry terms
- check information on prescriptions
- oral and written communication skills, internal and external
- communicate effectively in healthcare explanation
- comply with legislation related to health care & KKM and MVC standards
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of Animal Health Care
- deal with emergency care situations
- empathize with the healthcare user
- ensure quality assurance for pharmaceutical products
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy and hospital / clinic
- follow clinical guidelines
- follow control of substances hazardous to health procedures
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- maintain adequate medication storage conditions
- maintain pharmaceutical records internal and external
- manage healthcare users’ data
- manage the logistics of medicinal products
- obtain healthcare user’s medical status information
- operate cash point
- prepare prescription labels
- process Animal Medical Insurance Claims
- promote inclusion
- provide health education to clients, staff and management
- respond to changing situations in health care
- take pharmaceutical inventory
- transfer medication
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- Attention to detail
- Ability to multitask
Essential Knowledge
- hygiene in a health care setting
- medicines
Optional Skill and Competence
- apply context specific veterinary clinical competences
- apply health sciences
- communicate in local languages with health service providers
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship with clients
- operate cash register
- provide pharmaceutical advice
What are the day-to-day duties of a pharmacy assistant?
A pharmacy assistant is expected to do a lot of different tasks during their day. They are responsible for keeping the pharmacy running smoothly. To do this, a pharmacy assistant will make sure that staff schedules are well organized. They also have to make sure their inventory is up to date so that medications or pharmaceutical supplies do not run out.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From RM2,000.00 per month
Benefits:
- Maternity leave
- Opportunities for promotion
- Professional development
Schedule:
- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
- Early shift
- Evening shift
- Holidays
- Night shift
- Rotational shift
- Weekend jobs
Supplemental Pay:
- Overtime pay
- Performance bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Tanjung Tokong: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)
Education:
- Diploma/Advanced Diploma (Preferred)
Experience:
- Pharmacist: 1 year (Preferred)
Language:
- English (Preferred)