PHARMACIST INTERN

• Responsibilities
• Report 100% of medication-related adverse events and pharmacy alerts
• Report adverse drug reactions
• Comply with all legal, professional, and procedural requirements during the dispensing process
• Assist in driving a reduction in inappropriate antimicrobial utilisation
• Participate in pharmaceutical care provision and clinical pharmacy services
• Participate in the implementation and compliance to LHC Quality management systems
• Ensure compliance with BOMRA, MOH and LHC legal and professional standards
• Participate and gain understanding of hospital pharmacy audits including the BOMRA Self Audit, MSA and OHSC
• Participate in achieving required customer service levels in theatre and wards

Implement customer satisfaction and pharmacy quality initiatives, including Pharmacy Month and World Antibiotic Awareness Week

• Assist with the improvement of operational efficiencies impacting cost of sales
• Gain understanding of the hospital budgeted financial measures relating to pharmacy
• Participate in achieving stock targets
• Achieve optimal system utilisation

Participate in the active implementation of the LHC formulary process.

• Build effective working relationships with key hospital stakeholders
• Fulfil and meet all learning outcomes and submission deadlines aligned to the BHPC Intern programme
• Optimise institutional learning opportunities
• Take responsibility for self-learning and maximise learning
• Requirements
• B. Pharm
• Current registration with Botswana Health Professions Council
• Appropriate clinical and product knowledge
• Understanding of pharmacy and related healthcare industry, legislation and challenges
• Computer proficiency (MS office)
• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Attention to detail
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal & written communication skills
• Influencing skills
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organisational awareness
• Excellence orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated and performance driven
• Time management