Pharmacist / Pharmacy Lead Nigeria

Excel Health is an AI-driven, holistic e-health ecosystem focused on providing predictive, personalized, and culturally relevant digital healthcare across Africa, with a strong current footprint in Lagos, Nigeria. We are  recruiting to fill the position below:

 Job Title: Pharmacist / Pharmacy Lead

Location: Nigeria Role Summary

The Excel Health Pharmacist will lead safe and effective medication services across our physical clinic, telehealth, home-care and medication-delivery pathways. The role combines clinical pharmacy practice, medication management, patient education, stock governance and service development. For the right candidate, there may be an opportunity for longer-term leadership participation and potential shareholding/equity, subject to performance, commitment, agreed milestones, due diligence and formal company approval.

Dispense and manage medications safely and accurately. Review prescriptions for appropriateness, interactions, contraindications and dosing. Provide medication counselling and adherence support. Support chronic disease patients, particularly hypertension, diabetes and respiratory conditions. Manage pharmacy inventory, stock levels, expiry dates and storage requirements. Establish pharmacy SOPs, medication governance and audit processes. Support medication delivery and repeat-prescription pathways. Collaborate with doctors, nurses, laboratory staff and care coordinators. Support procurement and relationships with pharmaceutical suppliers. Participate in health education and community outreach programmes. Contribute to the development and growth of Excel Health’s pharmacy service.

Licensed pharmacist with current registration to practise in Nigeria. Minimum 2 years’ relevant post-qualification experience preferred. Community, hospital, primary care or digital-health experience desirable. Strong understanding of medication safety and pharmacy governance. Good communication and patient counselling skills. Comfortable working with digital health systems. Commercial awareness and interest in building a growing healthcare service would be an advantage.

Compliance with applicable pharmacy regulations and professional standards in Nigeria. Understanding of patient confidentiality and Nigerian data-protection requirements. Safe medication storage, dispensing and record keeping. Controlled medicines governance where applicable. Pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction reporting. Strong medico-legal and professional accountability.

KPI Expectations

Dispensing/medication accuracy target ≥ 98%. Patient satisfaction ≥ 85%. Appropriate stock and expiry management. Minimal avoidable stock-outs. Timely completion of pharmacy documentation. Compliance with pharmacy SOPs and audits. Contribution to service growth and medication-adherence programmes.

Initial appointment could be on a 3–6 month performance-based arrangement, followed by review for an expanded Pharmacy Lead/Head of Pharmacy position. Exceptional candidates who demonstrate sustained clinical quality, leadership,  business development contribution and long-term commitment to Excel Health may be considered for performance-linked equity/shareholding or another long-term incentive arrangement. This should not be promised as automatic entitlement and would require a separate formal agreement.

Not Specified. How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Leadership Certification/Portfolio of experience to: [Email hidden - Login to reveal] and [Email hidden - Login to reveal] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.