Pharmacist - Hospital Pharmacist

General: Prepares and dispenses pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines in hospital pharmacies. Tasks Include: reviews prescriptions to ensure that correct doses have been prescribed, and that the substances prescribed are compatible prepares or supervises the preparation of liquid medicines, ointments, powders, tablets and other medications compounds prescribed medicines, packages and labels them, and issues them in accordance with strict control procedures maintains stocks and orders supplies of drugs and medicines and maintains inventories of pharmaceuticals maintains control records of narcotics, poisons and habit forming drugs stores and preserves vaccines, serums and other drugs provides advice and information on the use and effects of medications advises medical practitioners on drug incompatibility and contra-indications may supervise others and manage the pharmacy as a business