Job Summary
| Position Title | Senior Pharmacist |
|---|---|
| Hiring Organization | American Hospital Dubai |
| Job Location | Dubai |
| Base Salary | AED |
| Job Schedule | Full Time |
| Required Degree | Bachelor's Degree in pharmacy |
| Required Skills | Current Technology And Pharmacy Systems, Communication Skills |
| Required Experience | 5 years |
| Joining | Immediately |
| Nationality | Any |
| Languages | English |
Position Details
- Senior Pharmacist
- Provides leadership role for staff in performance of functions involved in the safe, efficient distribution of medications, in accordance with relevant laws, rules, regulations and standards of pharmaceutical care.
Responsibilities
- Actively participates in the departmental Quality Improvement Program
- Actively participates in departmental motivational program to enhance patient / customer relations.
- Reviews physician s orders and prescriptions to ensure appropriateness of drug therapy.
- Inputs physician s medication orders into Pharmacy Patient Medication Profile and maintains this profile and related records.
- Monitors patient medication profile in order to prevent drug interactions, allergic and adverse drug reactions.
- Provides drug information and communicates with prescribers, nurses and other staff regarding drug therapy or safe drug handling.
- Supervises OP pharmacists, Senior Technician I s Pharmacy Technician II s and other support staff in the performance of assigned duties.
- Maintains adequate stock levels of controlled medications
- Maintains proper records of all scheduled medications as per MOH
- Controlled drug records are kept up to date for MOH inspections
- Follow the MOH rules and regulations to keep the American hospital Dubai maintain the best standard of care
- Performs patient teaching functions on appropriate use of medications.
- Monitors and oversees that the Pharmacy is kept in a neat, clean and orderly fashion
- Performs quality control checks and proper inventory and expiry control of OP pharmacy stock and OP clinics floor stocks in accordance with departmental procedures
- Prepares and supervises the preparation of extemporaneously compounded medications, including products requiring aseptic techniques.
- Conducts orientation, training, and educational programs to new OP staff
- Gathers and analyses data for selected drug utilization reviews.
- Performs all duties in a professional, effective and confidential manner.
- Performs all other duties as required or assigned.
Requirements
- Baccalaureate degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Current license or registration to practice pharmacy
- Current Active DHA Registration
- Minimum of Five (5) years post-graduate experience in pharmacy practice
- Knowledge of actions, side effects, adverse effects, and appropriate use of commonly employed drugs
- Knowledge of current technology and pharmacy systems for distribution of medications
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical and medical terminology abbreviations and symbols.
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