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Job Description Pharmacist
Job Description Pharmacist
Calcutta Rescue
VOLUNTEER PHARMACIST
Job Description
Summary
The volunteer pharmacist should spend part of their time in Central Pharmacy Stores supervising and supporting the routine work of the
Pharmacy staff and recording any new donations received. The rest of the time needs to be spent on clinical projects supervising and
supporting pharmacy table staff and in the central Calcutta Rescue Office dealing with managerial and clinical pharmacy issues. She/he should
be able to manage a varied workload consisting of managerial and clinical roles and be able to delegate suitable work to the pharmacy
assistant, the stock keeper and to short-term volunteers as appropriate.
Responsibilities
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2. Training
* Regular education courses on pharmacology / pharmacy related topics for Medicine checkers, interpreters and other staff as required
(CHECK IF NURSE CO-ORDINATOR SHOULD/COULD BE INVOLVED?)
* Advising / training new long-term volunteer pharmacists and update the pharmacist handover accordingly.
6. Meetings / Office
The pharmacist should attend the following meetings:
Arrange and attend 6-monthly pharmacy table meetings with the Pharmacy Store Keeper, Doctor in charge of the clinic to resolve any
ordering issues in each of the 4 clinics
Medical Audit Committee Meeting alternate Tuesdays 2.00pm Tala Park Clinic
Doctors Meeting first Friday of every month 2.00pm Tala Park Clinic
Volunteers Meeting to be announced by the administrator / nurse coordinator
Any other meeting on request see Meetings List
Maintenance and Update of the Pharmacy Section on the CR Website
Providing tri-monthly / annual reports to the Reports Folder in Administration Files for inclusion in CR's tri-monthly / annual report
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7. Handicrafts
A selection of handicrafts, produced at CRs handicraft project, is available for sale at Fairlawn Hotel, Sudder Street, where we have a stall
every Thursday evening from 6.30 - 8pm. Volunteers and visitors find it a most sociable get together. Every volunteer, as part of their overall
duties, should put themselves on the Thursday Fairlawn staff rota to help usually this means once or twice a month depending on the number
of volunteers.
Miscellany
The volunteer pharmacist is encouraged to work with the Administrator and Nurse Coordinator on any new initiatives where pharmacist
input or managerial input maybe necessary or helpful
The pharmacist may be requested to write short articles or reports on patients identified in meetings that may need sponsoring which
can then be put on the CR website or newsletters.
The pharmacist may be requested to support the Data Operator in the editing of reports for submission in tri-monthly / annual reports or
reviews about patients to donors
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a) Essential
* Qualified pharmacist.
* Good spoken and written English, as well as medical and business English.
* Excellent organisational and communication skills.
Management experience.
Computer skills (Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel, use of internet based medical databases).
Able to resource appropriate medicines information to queries and utilise it to reach an appropriate solution appropriate to an NGO
environment. This involves being able to competently perform internet searches of medical sites, assess medical literature and interpret
medical statistics.
Flexible the role of the pharmacist will involve new activities and new roles. A flexible approach to work will enable the volunteer to get
more from their experience as a volunteer as well being to the benefit of CR.
b) Desirable
Previous work in a developing country.
Experience as a hospital pharmacist with a clinical pharmacy background or medicines information background
Previous experience with pharmacy computer packages
Personal Qualities
It is important to know that the first weeks in the job may prove particularly challenging as you try to work out exactly what is expected of you.
You may find the two volunteer comments of value in your adjustment period:
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