Duties and Responsibilities

• Screening prescription for legal validity
• Drug contraindication
• Drug interaction
• Appropriateness of dose
• Frequency and duration of dosing and patients convenience
• Preparing and dispensing medicines according to good dispensing practices
• Counseling patients on use of medicine
• Making extemporaneous preparations
• Participating in ward rounds
• Identifying medicinal Gaps and challenges
• Maintaining a daily activity log book for recording all activities undertaken

Requirements for appointment

• Be a Kenyan Citizen
• Have Bachelor of pharmacy Degree (B Pharm) from an institution recognized by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board
• Have successfully completed one (1) year internship
• Have Registration Certificate by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board
• Have Certificate in Computer application Skills form a recognized institution
• Have a valid practicing license