Job description
Key Responsibilities
• Dispense medicines against valid prescriptions.
• Verify right patient, drug, dose, quantity, route, and duration.
• Ensure proper labelling, billing, and documentation.
• Clarify prescription-related doubts with doctors/in-charge.
• Process indents and maintain emergency/crash-cart stock.
• Coordinate with nursing staff and OT for medicine availability.
• Manage inventory using FIFO/FEFO methods.
• Monitor stock levels and report shortages.
• Segregate near-expiry and expired medicines.
• Enter all transactions accurately in HMS/software.
• Coordinate with billing for proper charge capture.
• Handle returns and stock adjustments.
• Follow NABH standards and safety protocols.
• Maintain proper storage of temperature-sensitive and LASA drugs.
• Communicate effectively with patients and hospital staff.
• Escalate issues like stock-outs, errors, or discrepancies.
• Maintain required registers (narcotics, Schedule H1, temperature logs).
• Ensure all records are updated and audit-ready.