Relevant Experience:
- Diploma in Pharmacy
- Minimum 1-year experience as Pharmacy Asst.
- Ability to speak and understand job related English, sufficient to carryout nursing care instructions.
- Demonstrate polite and courteous behavior at all time.
- Demonstrate positive attitude to those in authority.
- Ability to give oral instructions / information to patients and visitors in Urdu.
Job Description:
About AKHS, Pakistan: The Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan (AKHS, P), part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), is one of Pakistan’s leading not-for-profit healthcare organizations. AKHS, P delivers quality healthcare services through an extensive network of hospitals, medical centers, health centers, and community-based programs across the country, with a strong focus on innovation, excellence, and patient-centered care.
Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan, is looking for a competent Pharmacy Assistant based at Aga Khan Hospital, Gilgit.
Roles And Responsibilities:
- Receive and process prescriptions under pharmacist supervision.
- Assist in preparing and dispensing medicines accurately.
- Label and package medications as per hospital guidelines.
- Provide basic information to patients on medicine collection and usage (non-clinical).
- Direct patient queries to the pharmacist when clinical advice is required.
- Assist in maintaining stock levels of medicines and supplies.
- Monitor expiry dates and ensure proper storage conditions.
- Help in ordering, receiving, and shelving stock.
- Maintain records of medicine supply and dispensing.
- Assist in documentation of controlled drugs as per hospital regulations.
- Support billing and prescription entry in hospital systems.
- Ensure cleanliness and organization of the pharmacy.
- Follow hospital policies and legal requirements related to pharmacy operations.
- Assist in safe disposal of expired or damaged medicines.
AKHS is committed to reducing our impact on the climate and the environment and has set ourselves the goal of striving for net-zero carbon operations by 2030. All staff are expected to take part in making this a reality. The Pharmacy Assistant, accompanied with his/her Line Manager is expected to identify and understand which aspects of his/her work have the most impact on the environment, and define tasks, work, and personal goals within his/her work plan to reduce these impacts and bring AKHS closer to net zero.
Interested candidates meeting the criteria can apply latest by August 18, 2026