PHARMACY ASSISTANT

Description

Job Summary: Carry out the separation and dispensing of materials and medications, ensuring appropriate patient care and inventory control. Key Highlights: 1. Receive, inspect, and store items in accordance with current regulations 2. Manage inventory of materials and medications, verifying expiration dates and batches 3. Safely dispense medications and materials to requesting units Carry out the separation and dispensing of prescribed or requested materials and medications, ensuring that patient care is delivered appropriately. **Responsibilities and Duties** * Receive, inspect, and store items in accordance with current regulations; * Portion and label; * Perform separation and verification of prescribed/requested materials and medications as required; * Provide counter services upon manual request or via system; * Monitor inventory of materials and medications, verifying expiration dates, batch numbers, organization, and environmental cleanliness; * Alert when a specific material or medication reaches the predetermined minimum stock level; * Portion medications according to demand; * Dispense medications and materials to requesting units, ensuring supply safety; * Execute write-off, return, and transfer procedures for medications and materials to maintain updated inventory records; * Monitor temperature control for thermolabile medications and environment; * Provide data to immediate supervisor for indicator consolidation; * Record incidents in the shift logbook; * Perform related activities as outlined in the procedures manual. **Exclusive Activities – High-Cost Pharmacy** * Register users and prescriptions in the MEDEX system; * Conduct user triage services; * Assemble flyers. **Exclusive Activities – Outpatient Clinics and High-Cost Pharmacy** * Receive medications and materials by verifying invoices, supply orders, and purchase commitments, subject to validation by the immediate supervisor. * Store and record movement of received medications and materials. **Requirements and Qualifications** * Completed high school education; * Computer literacy; * Prior experience in this role is desirable. **Additional Information** Work schedule: 6 days on / 1 day off, from 11:00 a.m. to 7:20 p.m. Desirable: Technical or undergraduate degree in Pharmacy The **SPDM** \- Associação Paulista para o Desenvolvimento da Medicina is a non-profit civil association of philanthropic nature, recognized as being of federal, state, and municipal public utility, respectively by Decrees No. 57\.925, dated 03/04/1966; No. 40\.103, dated 05/17/1962; and No. 8\.911, dated 07/30/1970\. The Association’s primary directive is its integration into the health system, focused on treatment, disease prevention, and promotion of primary, secondary, and tertiary health care, strengthening ties with the local community and reaffirming its social commitment to serving everyone without discrimination. With institutional growth, the **SPDM** has been expanding its scope of operations through projects under development in Social Assistance and Education sectors. This wide range of activities increasingly consolidates the **SPDM** as a large-scale philanthropic institution seeking economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Thus, the SPDM effectively contributes to the continuous improvement of services provided by Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS), primarily aiming to guarantee universality and equitable access to health services essential for human and social development. Our commitment is to foster an inclusive culture embracing diversity, empowering our employees to contribute their best. All qualified candidates will be considered for positions without distinction based on ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, race, nationality, or disability. SPDM is an equal opportunity employer for all individuals meeting minimum requirements. We value idea sharing, teamwork culture development, respect for diversity, and inclusion. **MISSION** To provide excellent health care without prejudice, distinction, or classification of citizens. **VISION** To be recognized as the largest and most competent Brazilian philanthropic health organization. **VALUES** * Training and Development * Social Commitment * Reliability * Entrepreneurship * Equity * Ethics * Humanization * Quality * Ecological, Economic, and Social Sustainability * Tradition * Transparency **HGPED** Pedreira General Hospital is managed by the **SPDM** – Associação Paulista para o Desenvolvimento da Medicina, operating under a management contract with the São Paulo State Department of Health. Inaugurated on June 26, 1998, the hospital was established to fulfill a long-standing demand from the local community. The Pedreira General Hospital strives for excellence in public health services; actions grounded in social responsibility and commitment to the principles of Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS) have consistently guided its policies.