Coordinator Pharmacy Services, Aga Khan University Hospital

Full Job Description

The Aga Khan University Hospital 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 secondary care 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.

Responsibilities You will be responsible to:

• supervise / coordinate to assure proper drug distribution and handling of prescription practices within assigned area.
• assist manager/specialist in executing plans to address the identified problems
• assure the proper documentation of controlled drugs and the periodic monitoring of these records.
• maintain of standard practices, compliance with accreditation standards (JCIA standards) and applicable laws and regulations.
• ensure that expiry monitoring, recalls and inventory related matters are regularly reviewed, resolved and documented
• coach and trains the interns and novice staff and ensure that their learning objectives of the area rotation and orientation points are properly covered.
• monitor the quality of service provided in terms of accuracy, timeliness, honesty and meeting service excellence standards
• monitor services as per the applicable KPIs of that area e.g. turnaround time, errors or incidents etc. and assists management in implementing useful solutions to the problems identified
• assist Manager and Specialist in implementing and adhering to policies and procedures.
• Maintains a good professional relationship with other stakeholders like nurses, physicians and ancillary staff

Requirements You should have:

• Bachelor Degree in Pharmacy/Pharm.D
• Master's degree in Pharmacy or relevant field and/or Professional Registration in other countries is preferred
• Registered with Pharmacy Council in Pakistan
• Minimum of 4-6 years of experience in hospital pharmacy of a large hospital, with 2 years at supervisory level.

You should send your detailed CV by email to   and mention the position applied for in the subject line.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applications should be submitted latest by April 28, 2024