Job Title: Pharmacist / Pharmacy Assistant
📍 Industry: Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences
🏢 Department: Healthcare & Life Sciences
🕐 Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent
🎯 Role Category: Hospital / Clinical Support Staff
Key Responsibilities
🏥 Dispensing & Prescription Management
- Assist the pharmacist in dispensing medicines as per the doctor’s prescription.
- Ensure 100% prescription fulfilment—arrange unavailable medicines from in-house branches.
- Consult the doctor before substituting medicines.
- Cross-verify issued medicines with the bill (patient name, quantity, expiry, etc.) and acknowledge correctly.
🤝 Customer / Patient Service
- Counsel patients/customers on medicine usage, side effects, and health guidance.
- Maintain good rapport with customers and doctors.
- Manage home-delivery register and ensure timely delivery of medicines.
- Handle inbound calls for drug information, patient queries, counseling & delivery orders.
- Assist at billing counter & handle cash when required.
❄️ Cold Chain & Storage Management
- Maintain proper storage conditions for temperature-sensitive drugs.
- Check batch number, expiry date, MRP, and quantity of received stock before entry.
- Ensure accurate computer billing and stock entries.
📦 Inventory & Stock Control
- Update stock entries in the system; generate stock receipts and cross-check with store issue list.
- Transfer stock to/from nearby branches when required (BT – Branch Transfer).
- Coordinate with Distribution Center (DC) for emergency stock collection.
- Maintain “No Stock” list and follow-up for replacements.
- Conduct 100% physical stock tally by category twice a week & daily verification of fast-moving items.
- Ensure smooth shift handover before leaving duty.
- Support pharmacy sales and help achieve monthly targets.
- Perform additional duties as assigned by the in-charge.
💰 Compensation & Benefits
- On-roll position with competitive salary, benefits, and attractive incentives.
🎓 Education Requirement
- UG: Any Graduate
- PG: Any Postgraduate (preferred but not mandatory)
🔑 Preferred Skills
- Pharmaceutical knowledge
- Drug dispensing & patient counseling
- Clinical pharmacy / healthcare support
- Sales & customer handling
- Drug safety / inventory control
- Communication & patient interaction
- Quality check & compliance
- Pharmacovigilance (added advantage)
Job Category: Other Hospital Staff
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Eluru