Job Description
SENIOR PHARMACIST JG ‘N’ V/No. 6/2023 (4 POSITIONS)
Basic Salary Scale: Kshs. 49,000 – 87,360 Per month
House Allowance: Kshs. 15,400 - 35,000 Per month (as per the duty station)
Leave allowance: Kshs. 6,000 Per year
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 8,000 Per month
Annual Leave: 30 working days per financial year
Medical Cover: As provided in the current NPS Medical Cover
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable
Duties and Responsibilities
(i) Screening prescriptions for legal validity, drug contraindications, drugs
interactions, appropriateness of dose, frequency and duration of dosing and
patients convenience
(ii) Preparation and dispensing of medicines according to good dispensing
practices and counselling patience on use of medicines
(iii) Making of extemporaneous preparations
(iv) Ordering, receiving, storage and issuing of pharmaceuticals
(v) Making entries into relevant inventory management records and registers
(vi) Participating in ward rounds to identifying medicinal gaps and challenges
(vii) Filing amd safe custody of patients’ prescription records
(viii)Responding to request on medicine information from the general public and
health workers
(ix) Monitoring and reporting of medication errors
(x) Preparing and disseminating drug availability list to various specialist clinics
Requirements for Appointment
(i) Served as a pharmacist for a minimum period of one (1) year
(ii) Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree (B. PHARM) from an institution
recognized by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board
(iii) Certificate of Registration by a pharmacist by the Pharmacy
and Poisons’ Board
(iv) Valid practicing license from Pharmacy and Poisons’ Board
(v) Certificate IN Senior Management course lasting not less that
four (4) weeks from a recognized institution
(vi) Certificate in computer application from a recognized
institution