PHARMACY ASSISTANT

Description

Job Summary: Perform the separation and dispensing of materials and medications, ensuring appropriate patient care and inventory control. Key Highlights: 1. Receiving, inspection, and storage of materials and medications 2. Inventory control and expiration date monitoring 3. Public service and user triage Carry out the separation and dispensing of prescribed or requisitioned materials and medications, ensuring that patient care is delivered appropriately. **Responsibilities and Duties** * Receive, inspect, and store items in accordance with current regulations; * Fractionate and label; * Perform separation and inspection of prescribed/requisitioned materials and medications as requested; * Provide counter services upon manual or system-based requisition; * Monitor inventory levels of materials and medications, verifying expiration dates, batch numbers, organization, and environmental cleanliness; * Flag when a specific material or medication reaches its predetermined minimum stock level; * Perform medication fractionation according to demand; * Dispense medications and materials to requesting units, ensuring supply safety; * Execute inventory write-offs, returns, and transfers of medications and materials to maintain up-to-date stock records; * Monitor temperature conditions for thermolabile medications and storage environment; * Provide data to immediate supervisor for indicator consolidation; * Record incidents in the shift logbook; * Carry out related activities per procedural 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 according to invoice verification, supply orders, and purchase commitment notes, 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 and experience in public service; * Prior experience in the health sector and knowledge of receiving and storage practices is desirable. **Additional Information** **SPDM** \- Paulista Association for the Development of Medicine is a non-profit, philanthropic civil association, recognized as being of federal, state, and municipal public utility in its headquarters city, 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 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 all individuals without discrimination. With institutional growth, **SPDM** has expanded its scope of operations through ongoing projects in Social Assistance and Education. This broad range of activities increasingly consolidates **SPDM** as a large-scale philanthropic institution pursuing economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Thus, SPDM contributes effectively to the continuous improvement of services provided by Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS), aiming primarily to guarantee universality and equitable access to health services—essential elements for human and social development. Our commitment is to foster an inclusive, diverse culture that empowers our employees to contribute their best. All qualified candidates will be considered for positions without regard to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, race, nationality, or disability. SPDM is an equal opportunity employer for all individuals who meet the minimum requirements. We value idea sharing, teamwork culture, respect for diversity, and inclusion. **MISSION** To deliver excellence in healthcare without prejudice, distinction, or classification of citizens. **VISION** To be recognized as the largest and most competent Brazilian philanthropic health organization. **VALUES** * Capacity Building * Social Commitment * Reliability * Entrepreneurship * Equity * Ethics * Humanization * Quality * Ecological, Economic, and Social Sustainability * Tradition * Transparency