Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

Murang’a County is one of the five counties in the Central region of the Republic of Kenya. It is bordered to the North by Nyeri, to the South by Kiambu, to the West by Nyandarua and to the East by Kirinyaga, Embu and Machakos counties.

Responsibilities or duties

• Dispensing drugs/medicines to patients under supervision of a senior officer
• Receiving interpreting and processing prescriptions
• Recording prescriptions in a pharmacy unit
• Pre-packing, repacking and writing instructions on labels
• Counselling patients on usage of drugs in a pharmacy unit
• Maintaining drug register/books
• Stock – taking of drugs and medicine devices on monthly basis

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Minimum Requirements for this position

• Diploma in either Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Technology or equivalent qualificationapproved by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board from a recognized institution
• Certificate of Enrollment as a Pharmaceutical Technologist awarded by the PharmacyandPoisons Board
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

• Dispensing drugs/medicines to patients under supervision of a senior officer
• Receiving interpreting and processing prescriptions
• Recording prescriptions in a pharmacy unit
• Pre-packing, repacking and writing instructions on labels
• Counselling patients on usage of drugs in a pharmacy unit
• Maintaining drug register/books
• Stock – taking of drugs and medicine devices on monthly basis

• Computer application skills

• Diploma in either Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Technology or equivalent qualification approved by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board from a recognized institution
• Certificate of Enrollment as a Pharmaceutical Technologist awarded by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.