Job Summary
Lead safe, efficient and financially sustainable pharmaceutical services at the assigned hospital. The pharmacist ensures appropriate medicine use, reliable availability, regulatory compliance, high-quality patient care and effective performance of the pharmacy team.
Job Details
CLINICAL CARE AND MEDICATION SAFETY
- Review prescriptions for clinical appropriateness, interactions, contraindications, allergies and correct dosing.
- Provide medicine information, patient counselling, medication reconciliation and clinical pharmacy support.
- Lead medication-error, near-miss, adverse-drug-reaction and pharmacovigilance processes, including RCA and CAPA.
- Promote rational prescribing, antimicrobial stewardship and formulary compliance.
OPERATIONS, INVENTORY AND FINANCE
- Maintain medicine availability through forecasting, timely ordering, redistribution and min-max stock controls.
- Ensure accurate receipt, storage, issue and reconciliation of stock, including FEFO/FIFO, cold chain and controlled medicines.
- Control stock-outs, expiries, variances, emergency purchases, revenue leakage and unbilled medicines.
- Monitor revenue, cost of sales, gross contribution, mark-up and pricing compliance; recommend corrective action.
QUALITY, COMPLIANCE AND GOVERNANCE
- Ensure compliance with legislation, professional requirements, accreditation standards, SOPs and licences.
- Conduct pharmacy audits, close findings and lead measurable quality-improvement initiatives.
- Maintain controlled-medicine records and manage recalls, quarantines and approved disposal.
- Submit accurate reports and participate in clinical governance, Medicines and Therapeutics, quality and stewardship forums.
PEOPLE AND STAKEHOLDER LEADERSHIP
- Plan staffing and duty rosters; set objectives; supervise, coach and assess pharmacy personnel.
- Coordinate induction, competency development and continuing professional education.
- Collaborate with clinical, nursing, finance, procurement, supply chain, quality, HR and hospital management teams.
Escalate significant patient-safety, operational, financial or regulatory risks promptly.
Requirements
•    Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from a recognised institution.
•    Full registration and valid annual practising licence in Uganda.
•    Minimum three years’ post-registration experience, preferably in a hospital.
•    Supervisory experience desirable; clinical pharmacy, supply chain or quality training is an advantage.
•    Competence in pharmacy systems, data analysis and Microsoft Office.