Pharmacy Technician Verfied

Salary Negotiable Abroad more than 14 days ago 27-02-2019 1:33:45 PM
24-04-2019 1:33:45 PM
International Medical professionals are invited to apply for these exiting 3 year contract job opportunities in Qatar. Qatar’s national healthcare delivery system is rapidly developing. This group strives to lead in developing the national health system by operating new facilities, implementing state-of-the art technologies, and recruiting the best, most qualified international talent to care for Qatar’s future. Here, you will have the opportunity to team with the best and the brightest professionals in healthcare and to provide world class patient care service for the population. This medical group has one of the biggest workforces in Qatar, with more than 2 million people living and working in Qatar, this diverse and exciting organization has more than 90 different nationalities working to deliver the best care always to their patients and the Qatar community.

Package
3 year Contract (Renewable)
• Single and family contracts available.
• Generous Tax free basic salary. Offered according to experience.
• From 4400 QAR up to 7935 QAR per month. 7935 QAR +/- 1540 JOD, 6700 TND, 114 000 PHP, 304 000 PKR, 104 000 SDG, 155 000 INR, 29 800 ZAR, 1910 EUR, 1700 GBP. Salary paid in QAR.
• Free fully furnished accommodation provided.
• Transport allowance of 1250 QAR per month added to your basic salary.
• Free "round trip" (to and from home country) flight tickets on joining, annual leave, and on repatriation. For those with family contract offered this will be also be applicable for your family (wife and up to 3 children up to 18 years old).
• 40 days paid annual vacation days.
• End of Service Award (at end of contract) which is one month's salary for each year worked.
• Etc.

The benefits outlined here are those that apply to most employees. Salary offer packages are determined by the employer. Global Medical Recruiting can assist the applicant with salary offer negotiations with the employer, but in the end the final salary package offered is at the sole discretion of the employer and not of Global Medical Recruiting.

Minimum Requirements
EDUCATION:
A Diploma of recognized two (2) year Pharmacy Technician program.

EXPERIENCE:
1 year licensed experience of pharmacy practice (for example pharmacy technician or pharmacy assistant).
Preferred experience: 3 year’s pharmacy experience including 1 year hospital experience.

LICENCE:
Valid Primary License from the country of origin if applicable AND should be eligible for license in the State of Qatar within the Supreme Council of Health.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Fluent in English – Oral and Written.

Job Specification
Position Summary:
• The Pharmacy Technician supports the pharmacist in their role as a medicines manager through performing a wide range of medicine distribution supply roles including the secure storage, assembly, repackaging and preparing of medicines for dispensing to patients, their carers and other healthcare professionals.
• Pharmacy Technicians perform tasks that do not require a Pharmacists skills or privileges.
• Pharmacy Technicians always work under the supervision of a licensed Pharmacist.

Common Responsibilities:
• Medicine Distribution
• Patient care
• Medicines Information
• Continuing Personal Development
• Teamwork and Professional Collaboration
• Management and leadership.

Specific Responsibilities:
Medicine Distribution:
• Understand and adhere to Qatar Medicine laws and regulations
• Works according to the Employer’s policies and standard operating procedures and consults with a pharmacist if that is not possible due to unusual circumstances.
• Prepares and arranges the medication on prescription.
• Works with new technologies to automate and improve the safety of medicines distribution
• Take responsibility for the standard of their own work ensuring that medicines are dispensed to in-patients and out-patients in a safe and efficient manner.
• Always demonstrates personal accuracy when dispensing and when checking the work of others in a wide range of settings (inpatients, outpatient, controlled drugs, extemporaneous preparation and IV preparation).
• Assembles medications for inpatient and out-patient orders including fills (patient carts) and the replenishment of floor stocks and refilling of automated drug cabinets
• Aseptic assembly of medications for parenteral administration
• Compounding of sterile & non-sterile formulations.
• Repack all tablets and capsules from bulk stock and label it in a properly manner.

Patient care:
• Ensure that physician orders have been verified by a pharmacist before dispensing and assembly.
• Identify and resolve common problems with medication orders (incomplete order, expired order).

Medicines information:
• Effective use of readily available reference sources (paper and electronic) if they have any doubts or concerns regarding medication orders.
• Support pharmacists by undertaking basic product research.
• Continuing professional development:
• The continuing education requirements for pharmacy technicians have not been stated by the Qatar authorities; however, technicians are expected to keep up to date by participating in continuing education opportunities

Teamwork and Professional Collaboration:

• Participate in the pharmacy shift system for their facility (i.e. covering 24 hours duties)
• Demonstrate strong teamwork and an ability to work effectively with people of different professions and at different levels.