Pharmacist - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Vita Nova Pharmacy

Description

The pharmacist is responsible for the provision of pharmaceutical services to customers at pharmacy level.

This will include dispensing medicines and general items; counseling patients; referring and educating customers appropriately with regards to the safe and effective usage of medicines; disease prevention and management where appropriate.

Pharmacists are expected to operate within the governing code of ethics and to follow the local and government regulations in their day-to-day operations.

Pharmacists will assist the Pharmacist in Charge in ad-hoc administration duties.

Key accountabilities for this role will include:

• Achieving daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales targets
• Selling and dispensing prescribed and nonprescribed medicines and general items to patients in a professional and ethical manner
• Using selling skills to recommend alternative OTC medicine and items to patients in order to maximize sales
• Responsible for having correct brand category and product layout in place
• Responsible for having the highest standard of product presentation in place
• Handling cash/credit/insurance sales and reconciliations daily
• Maintaining Retail Operational Checklists
• Following all purchasing, ordering, receiving and transferring SOPs are followed within the pharmacy
• Completing replenishment of inventory in pharmacy
• Minimizing expiry through effective management of stock purchasing
• Be aware of potential for stock loss through internal and external theft as well as systems errors and take necessary steps to minimize
• Managing and minimizing regulatory risk in terms of stock recording, and labelling DHA regulations

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Pharmacy
• Valid DHA license
• 2 years of experience working in a pharmacy environment.

Skills:

• Patient Counselling
• IT skills
• Technical pharmatrade capability
• Sales and Customer Service skills

Salary:
AED4, AED5,000.00 per month


Ability to commute/relocate:

• Dubai: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (preferred)
• Night Shift (preferred)
• Overnight Shift (preferred)