CHARITY NOSIKU
LUSAKA,Matero
Summary
Dedicated pharmacy professional with comprehensive expertise in health promotion advocacy, patient care coordination, and pharmacy operations. Demonstrates proficiency in prescription fraud awareness, hazardous drug handling, and therapeutic communication. Skilled in aseptic technique mastery, confidentiality assurance, and pharmacological calculations. Committed to medication error reduction and compliance packaging techniques while ensuring adherence to pharmacy law compliance and controlled substance regulations. Adept at precision dispensing, pharmaceutical equipment operation, and stock management. Career goal: to advance pharmaceutical practices through innovative solutions and exceptional client-focused service.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
15
15
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Pharmacy technician
Might Dove Pharmacy
Lusaka, John Laing
2026.01 - Current
- Conducting over-the-counter sales, providing customers with necessary products quickly.
- Maintained clean work environment, promoting health and safety regulations compliance.
- Organised inventory for effective stock management.
- Provided healthcare advice for minor ailments and conditions.
- Enhanced team collaboration by communicating effectively with colleagues and supervisors.
- Achieved improved patient understanding by accurately explaining prescription details and potential side effects.
- Dispensed medicines under supervision, ensuring adherence to legal and safety guidelines.
Pharmacy technician
Nestro Pharmacy
Lusaka, Airways
2025.06 - 2025.08
- Conducted over-the-counter sales, providing customers with necessary products quickly.
- Maintained clean work environment, promoting health and safety regulations compliance.
- Completed administrative tasks diligently, increasing overall productivity in the pharmacy.
- Managed supplier relationships to secure timely delivery of medications.
- Verified accuracy of prescriptions before dispensing, guaranteeing patient safety.
- Dealt with prescription queries, improving patient care quality.
- Achieved improved patient understanding by accurately explaining prescription details and potential side effects.
Trainee pharmacy technician
Chikankakata Mission Hospital
Chikankata
2025.02 - 2025.03
- Improved pharmacy operations for better efficiency by maintaining a clean and organised work area.
- Assisted patients by explaining how to take their prescribed medicines properly.
- Maintained patient confidentiality, adhering to all regulations related to healthcare privacy laws.
- Assisted in stock management, resulting in an optimised inventory system.
- Labelled prescription bottles correctly under pharmacist's guidance, reducing chances of medication errors.
- Supported efficient workflow processes with proper handling of pharmaceutical supplies.
- Participated in regular trainings for professional development and improved performance in pharmaceutical tasks.
- Expedited prescription processing by entering data accurately into the computer system.
- Answered questions and helped pharmacy customers locate desired items.
Education
Primary Leaving Certificate - Primary level
Hillside Primary school
Lusaka, Lusaka Province 2008.01 - 2014.12
Junior Leaving Certificate -
Chunga Basic School
Lusaka, Lusaka Province 2015.02 - 2016.12
School Certificate -
Matero Girls Secondary School
Lusaka, Lusaka Province 2017.02 - 2019.12
Diploma of Pharmacy - Health Sciences
Evelyn Hone College Of Applied Arts And Commerce
Lusaka, Lusaka Province 2023.01 - 2025.12
Skills
- Health promotion advocacy
- Safety consciousness
- Patient care coordination
- Client-Focused service
- Prescription fraud awareness
- Hazardous drug handling
- Therapeutic communication
- Aseptic technique mastery
- Confidentiality assurance
- Pharmacological calculations
- Multitasking efficiency
- Pharmacy law compliance
- Pharmacological terminology
- Medication error reduction
- Compliance packaging techniques
- Pharmaceutical terminology
- Intravenous admixture
- Controlled substance regulations
- Precision dispensing
- Pharmaceutical equipment operation
- Team Leadership
- Pharmacy operations
- Ordering Skills
- Clear communication
- Comprehensive pharmaceutical knowledge
- Stock management
- Patient counselling
- Filling Prescriptions
Languages
English, Nyanja, Bemba
Beginner
Affiliations
- Reading, Discovering new things
Certification
- Diploma in Pharmacy (finalized-awaiting graduation)
- Academic Transcripts (pending issuance)
- Pharmacy Practicing Licence( application submitted/ Awaiting approval)
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Pharmacy technician
Might Dove Pharmacy
2026.01 - Current
Pharmacy technician
Nestro Pharmacy
2025.06 - 2025.08
Trainee pharmacy technician
Chikankakata Mission Hospital
2025.02 - 2025.03
Diploma of Pharmacy - Health Sciences
Evelyn Hone College Of Applied Arts And Commerce
2023.01 - 2025.12
School Certificate -
Matero Girls Secondary School
2017.02 - 2019.12
Junior Leaving Certificate -
Chunga Basic School
2015.02 - 2016.12
Primary Leaving Certificate - Primary level
Hillside Primary school
2008.01 - 2014.12