Coordinator, Pharmacy Pharmacy, Aga Khan Hospital, Garden

The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) is a not-for-profit healthcare institute that offers all medical services to their patients under one roof. In addition to the tertiary care hospital in Karachi, AKUH has a network of 4 Off-Campus Hospitals, 30+ Medical Centres, and over 290+ Clinical Laboratories, 30+ Pharmacies in over 120+ cities across Pakistan. It also offers Home Healthcare Services and home deliveries of medicines. The hospital provides zakat for those patients who are eligible, and the health systems offers generous patient welfare to support those in financial need. In recognition of its high quality and patient safety, the AKUH is accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI) as an Academic Medical Centre and its Clinical Laboratories are accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for fast and accurate testing.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

You will be responsible to:

• Manage the pharmacy services in implementing and adhering to policies and procedures.
• Provide frontline team management and coaching to all pharmacy staff.
• Precept and coordinate the training of pharmacy students, serving as a role model to trainee pharmacists.
• Maintain basic job needs like interpretation of physician orders, intervention, compounding, dispensing, patient education, controlled drugs management and handling, and inventory management of pharmaceutical supplies.
• Maintain a collegial relationship inter and intra department and focus on improving the image and performance of the department.
• Manage acute shortage shifts and provide assistance and oversight to staff.
• Provide valuable suggestions in the monthly rota for efficient use of staff.
• Identify problems in routine work operational or clinical and bring them to the notice of management with possible solutions.
• Participate in clinical research related activities and publications.
• Assist in implementing optimal drug therapy plans, guidelines, and protocols; identify, resolve, and prevent potential and actual drug-related problems by obtaining and evaluating medical literature, patient profiles, laboratory data, and reviewing drug use trends, adverse drug reaction reports, guidelines adherence, etc.
• Assure proper inventory and handling of drugs and other pharmacy-related supplies.
• Liaise with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers and convey information on safe and effective medication usage; also conduct focus groups, quality grand rounds, or share information through sessions or flyers.

You should have:

• Bachelor Degree in Pharmacy/Pharm D, Master's degree in Pharmacy or Professional Registration in UK or USA preferred.
• At least four to six years of experience in tertiary care hospital pharmacy, with two years at supervisory level.
• Ability to interpret and understand prescriptions, formularies, and their pharmacological actions.
• Demonstrate supervisory skills and ability to work with people of various backgrounds and training.
• May be assigned to work in any area of the hospital pharmacy as and when required.
• Experience of continued career development.
• Working knowledge of hospital pharmacy services and knowledge of various drug distribution systems.
• Teaching experience with pharmacy apprentices or in a school of pharmacy preferred.
• Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.

Please send your detailed CV to human.resources@aku.edu and mention the position number 10013179 in the subject line.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Applications should be submitted latest by March 9, 2025.