Senior Pharmacist

1. Medication Management & Patient Safety

a. Prescription Review

• Verify Legibility, Authenticity, Completeness of prescriptions.
• Check for right drug, right dose, right route, right patient, right duration.
• Identify and prevent drug interactions, duplications, allergies, contraindications.

b. Dispensing

• Dispense medications accurately following double-check protocols.
• Follow LASA (Look-Alike Sound-Alike) precautions.
• Ensure dispensing according to FIFO/FEFO.

c. Patient Counselling

• Provide counselling for dose, frequency, storage, missed dose, and side effects.
• Educate patients especially for high-alert medicines, anticoagulants, insulin, inhalers.

2. Medication Storage, Distribution & Inventory Management

a. Procurement & Inventory

• Maintain optimal inventory using ABCVED analysis, consumption trends, buffer stock.
• Ensure availability of life-saving drugs, emergency drugs, antidotes.

b. Storage Requirements

• Maintain appropriate temperature, humidity, documentation for drug storage.
• Ensure segregation of:
• High-alert drugs
• Narcotics & controlled substances
• Near-expiry and non-moving items
• Returned or recalled drugs

c. Controlled Substances

• Maintain NDPS register, usage logs, daily counts, and secure storage.
• Comply with NABH requirements for restricted drugs.

3. Compliance with NABH Standards

a. Documentation

• Maintain:
• Pharmacy SOPs
• Temperature logs
• Recall registers
• Expiry registers
• Calibration records
• Indent tracking
• Drug formulary updates

b. Audits and NABH Assessments

• Participate in internal/external audits.
• Present evidence for MOM (Medication Management), COP, HIC, and QMS compliance.

4. Medication Safety & Quality Assurance

• Participate in medication error reporting (near miss, no-harm events, adverse drug events).
• Implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Participate in Medication Safety Committee.

High-Alert Medication Management

• Enforce special protocols for:
• Insulin
• Heparin
• Chemotherapy drugs
• Electrolytes
• Narcotics

Participate in ward visits with medical teams.

• Monitor medication therapy, adverse drug reactions, and compliance.
• Maintain ADR reports and inform the necessary at Hospital
• Support therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) where applicable.

6. Hospital Formulary and Antibiotic Stewardship

a. Formulary Management

• Maintain and periodically update the Hospital Formulary.
• Monitor non-formulary drug indenting and rational usage.

b. Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMR/AMS Program)

• Ensure availability of appropriate antibiotics.
• Monitor usage of restricted antibiotics.
• Participate in AMS rounds and prescription audits.

7. Emergency & Critical Care Support

• Ensure continuous supply of crash cart drugs, ICU medications, OT drugs.
• Perform routine crash cart checks and documentation.
• Refill emergency kits and maintain sterility standards.

8. Training & Capacity Building

• Train nurses and staff on:
• Safe medication administration
• LASA precautions
• Antibiotic stewardship
• High-alert drug management

9. Pharmacy Billing & Ethical Compliance

• Ensure correct billing, coding, and transparency.
• Avoid irrational drug promotion or unethical practices.
• Ensure compliance with:
• DPCO
• Pharmacy Act
• Drug & Cosmetic Act

10. Participation in Quality Improvement Programs

• Participate in:
• Quality Indicator data collection (e.g., medication errors/1000 prescriptions)
• Root cause analyses
• Patient satisfaction surveys

Qualifications & Skills:

• Education: Diploma or Degree in Pharmacy.
• Experience: Proven experience and understanding of hospital pharmacy services for 4+ years.
• Communication Skills: Strong interpersonal skills to engage with customers effectively.
• CRM Proficiency: Familiarity with Hospital Pharmacy HIS tools.

• Candidate should possess exceptional communication skills Written [English + Kannada] and Verbal [ Kannada + English + Hindi + Tamil + Telugu].
• Candidates / Aspirants ready to relocate to Mysore on their own can also apply.
• Aspirants are requested to E-mail resume in MS word format only along with photograph and with details on current fixed salary + incentives if any and expected salary.

• Please super scribe as "Application for the post of Senior Pharmacist at Manipal Hospital - Mysore" in Subject column when writing / sending / forwarding E-mail.
• Work Location - Mysore - Karnataka - India.
• Note* You can also text WhatsApp message to 9886300305 if we do not respond to your call or email.