Experience

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  PLUMTREE DISTRICT HOSPITAL

  • Plumtree, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe

  • Pharmacy Technician(MANGWE DISTRICT)

    • May 2020 - Present
    • Plumtree, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe

    DUTIES AND ROLES:• Restocking drugs and surgical consumables in the dispensary, wards and units and informing the pharmacist in charge of unavailability of drugs and surgical consumables.• Ordering and receiving medicines and surgical consumables from NATPHARM and private suppliers • Zimbabwe Assisted Pull System(ZAPS) quantification and ordering • Performing inspection of nursing departments, discussing service problems and concerns with Head Nurses, and recommended best solutions to the District Pharmacy Manager.• Providing standard instructions to patients upon issuing their medications and referring to the pharmacist in charge if additional information is required.• Providing training and guidance to pharmacy interns throughout the course of their work and monitored their performance• Filling patients’ daily unit dose medication trays using patient profile records. Preparing walk-in pharmacy orders.• Pre-packing bulk medicines, filling bottles with prescribed medications, and typing and affixing labels.• Managing storage, disbursal and disposal of pharmaceutical drugs and sundries • Managing medicines accountability i.e. physical counts, updating inventory cards

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  PLUMTREE DISTRICT HOSPITAL

  • Plumtree, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe

  • Acting District Pharmacy Manager(BULILIMA DISTRICT)

    • Oct 2020 - Present
    • Plumtree, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe

    DUTIES AND ROLES :-Ensuring availability of medicines and medical sundries throughout the district -Participating in District Health Executive support and supervision visits to the 16 public health facilities in Bulilima District-Preparing and distributing weekly drug bulletins to prescribers-Overseeing the pharmacy operations in Bulilima District -Redistribution of excess and short dated stocks throughout Bulilima and Mangwe Districts -Taking part in monthly and quarterly District Health Executive(DHE) meetings -Ensuring medicines availability throughout the District (Bulilima)-Raising and submission of requisitions for medicines and surgical sundries to private suppliers and National Pharmaceutical Company(NATPHARM )for both Mangwe and Bulilima Districts-Following up and reporting on Adverse drug reactions(ADRs) in Bulilima District-Performing inventory management duties including physical counts-Completion and submission of Consumption and Requisition forms to the National Pharmaceutical Company(NATPHARM )for Antiretroviral medicines(ARVs) and Voluntary Male Circumcision(VMC) programmes for both Mangwe and Bulilima Districts -Record keeping of documents used for accountability of medicines and medical sundries

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  NUST MEDICAL SCHOOL RESEARCH TRUST

  • Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

  • Pharmacy Technician

    • Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
    • Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

    ROLES AND DUTIES :• Established and maintained methods and style of storage.• Typed prescription labels which included information such as patient name, clinician’s name, name of medication, and dosage instructions• Assisted the Pharmacist in developing Pharmacy Policies and Standard Operating Procedures for Clinical Trials• Managed the ordering, receipt, storage and dispensing of study products(Anti-Retroviral medicines )• Provided pharmacy related training to other staff members

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  Mpilo Central Hospital

  • Bulawayo , Zimbabwe

  • Pharmacy Technician

    • Apr 2015 - Aug 2019
    • Bulawayo , Zimbabwe

    • Restocked medicines and surgical consumables in the dispensary, wards and units and informed the pharmacist in charge of unavailability of drugs and surgical consumables.• Ordered and received medicines and surgical consumables from NATPHARM and private suppliers • Zimbabwe Assisted Pull System(ZAPS) quantification and ordering • Represented the Pharmacy Department in the Central Buying Unit (CBU) for close to 2 years • Performed inspection of nursing departments, discussed service problems and concerns with Head Nurses, and recommended best solutions to the pharmacy manager.• Provided standard instructions to patients upon issuing their medications and referred to pharmacist in charge if additional information was required.• Provided training and guidance to pharmacy interns throughout the course of their work and monitored their performance• Filled patients’ daily unit dose medication trays using patient profile records. Prepared walk-in pharmacy orders.• Pre-packed bulk medicines, filled bottles with prescribed medications, and typed and affixed labels.• Managed storage, disbursal and disposal of pharmaceutical drugs and sundries • Managed drug accountability i.e. physical counts, updating inventory cards