Pharmacist - 05

 

Major Duties and Responsibilities

·         Ensures through his actions, either directly or indirectly, that a superior quality of medical treatment, compassion and understanding is given to every patient served at the NMC Hospitals and Clinics.

 

·         Ensures prompts and accurate delivery of medications to patients.

 

·         Ensures that Physician’s Orders and patient medication profiles are reviewed, processed and checked properly.

 

·         Ensures that drug information is provided to health care professional and patients to assist in providing rational drug therapy.

 

·         Ensures that orientation to new staff is carried out.

 

·         Ensures that prescriptions are appropriate and accurately filled with detailed instructions by interpreting each prescription before filing to ascertain if strength and dosage prescribed is within patient tolerance.

 

·         Ensures that patient profile is reviewed to check for Drug vs. Drug Interaction, Drug vs. Patient Allergies and Drug vs. Patient Diet restrictions and dosage suitable.

 

·         Ensures that daily preparations of medicines for inpatients are carried out based on the unit dose system.

 

·         Ensures that the doses for I.V. Admixtures, TPN and Compounding Cytotoxic drugs are properly calculated according to the written policy and procedures.

 

·         Ensures of computerized charging, verification and modification of inpatient medication for specific patients.

 

·         Ensures that current and accurate drug information to health care professionals is provided.

 

·         Ensures that confidentiality and security of patient information is maintained as per hospital policy and professional pharmacy standards.

 

·         Ensures that monthly controlled drug requirements and stock level are well estimated; controls and initiates storehouse orders for all appropriate areas.

 

·         Ensures to participate in the inpatient counseling and training in Pharmacy Students.

 

·         Ensure to assist in updating the Hospital Formulary.

 

·         Ensures an accurate and proper storage of any new delivered medicines.

 

·         Ensures that the process of computerization is observed, including drug dispensing, inventory, Drug vs. Drug interaction, Allergies, Refills and validity of prescriptions.

 

·         Ensures that periodic spot-check for all controlled and narcotic drugs are performed according to the MOH to guarantee inventory correctness.

 

·         Ensures that the operating manuals for the Pharmacy unit are reviewed every two (2) years.

 

·         Ensures to participate in the continuing education, to keep abreast of new pharmaceuticals, equipment techniques and antidote information.

 

·         Ensures that current listing of physicians and dentists’ signature specimens (badge number), abbreviations and clerical symbols recommending and implementing approved changes are kept and filed.

 

·         Ensures that infection control procedures are implemented and maintained.

 

·         Ensures to comply with the hospital dress code.

 

·         Responsible to educate patients /families as per their needs and to implement their whole role regarding patient / family education process as mention in patient & family education policy and procedure including documentation in patient medical record.

 

 

·         They are knowledgeable about their essential role in patient and family education.

 

·         Involves the patient/families in plan of care and respects patients/families regarding their goals and choices of patient care.

 

·         Provides health promotion and health teaching thru methods appropriate to a patients’ developmental level, learning needs, readiness and ability to learn, language preference, culture and situations.

 

·         Allots time necessary to assess, plan implement and evaluate patient education provided to patients/families with appropriate documentation.

 

·         Performs other applicable tasks and duties assigned within the realm of the employee’s knowledge, skills and abilities.

 

·         Performs additional tasks and duties as assigned by Superiors.

 

Reporting to

·         Head of Pharmacy 

Supervises

• None

 

Qualifications:

A minimum of:

     Education:

o   Required 

            B.S. Pharmacy Graduate.

            Licensed Pharmacist, according to laws and regulations;

 

Experience:

A minimum of:

·         Two (2) years experience as a Pharmacist in a Pharmacy of a large acute care hospital;

 

 

• Proficient in the use and application of new medications and technology.

 

• Problem solving ability and analytical thinking preferred.

 

• Customer service skills; exhibits professionalism, effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.

 

• Fluency in verbal and written English for Arabic and Non-Arabic speakers.

 

• Computer literate.