Clinical & Surgical Responsibilities
- Managing Ophthalmic Formulary: Select specific brands and generics for anti-VEGF injections, miotics, mydriatics, and specialized viscoelastic devices used in cataract surgeries.
- Compounding Sterile Preparations: Prepare intravitreal injections, fortified antibiotic eye drops (e.g., vancomycin, ceftazidime), and autologous serum drops under strict ISO Class 5 laminar airflow hoods.
- Operating Room (OR) Kit Preparation: Assemble customized surgical medication bins for procedures like phacoemulsification, vitrectomy, and corneal transplants.
- Verifying High-Alert Medications: Double-check dilutions for intraocular medications like acetylcholine, carbachol, or trypan blue dye to prevent TASS (Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome).
Operations & Setup Responsibilities
- Designing Pharmacy SOPs: Establish new protocols for medication storage, look-alike/sound-alike (LASA) ophthalmic drops, and cold-chain management for refrigerated medications.
- Managing Cold-Chain Logistics: Monitor strict temperature logs for expensive biologics, corneal storage media, and botulinum toxin injections.
- Inventory Control Management: Set minimum and maximum stock levels to minimize wastage of high-cost, low-volume ophthalmic drugs.
- Narcotics and Controlled Substances Regulatory Compliance: Set up legal registries for dangerous drugs and anesthetics used by ophthalmic surgeons and anesthetists.
Patient Care & Safety Responsibilities
- Counseling on Eye Drop Administration: Instruct patients on proper instillation techniques, nasolacrimal occlusion, and the mandatory 5-minute gap between different eye drops.
- Reviewing Post-Operative Treatment Plans: Reconcile medications to ensure patients understand complex, tapering steroid schedules alongside antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drops.
- Monitoring Adverse Drug Reactions: Track and report local ocular side effects, such as increased intraocular pressure (IOP) from steroid drops or systemic absorption issues.
- Collaborating with Ophthalmic Teams: Provide immediate drug interaction advice to ophthalmologists, optometrists, and ophthalmic nurses regarding systemic diseases affecting eye health.
Pay: From ₹15,000.00 per month
Work Location: In person
