Position Summary
Clinical pharmacist provide pharmaceutical care to patients by monitoring drug therapies, reviewing medication orders, providing drug information; In addition, clinical pharmacists provide clinical guidance to pharmacy and health care staff.
Summary of Main
Duties and Responsibilities.
- Consistently complies with UHS policies, procedures and practices.
- Completes and maintains all regulatory requirements including: licensure and certification and other mandatory training within established time frames.
- Able to evaluate, identify, prevent and manage drug-related problems.
- Assume responsibility for patient-specific pharmacotherapy plan to ensure optimal outcomes.
- Assists medical staff with the selection of evidence- based drug therapy and patient monitoring
- Reviews medications orders and patient medication profiles for appropriateness of therapy.
- Monitors for drug interactions, duplication of therapy, allergies, adverse reactions, appropriate formulary alternatives and identifies medications.
- Recommends changes in medication therapy based on appropriateness and medication management initiatives (example: policies)
- Demonstrates sound judgments, good decision making and conclusions
- Calculates and confirms pharmaceutical dosage calculations (pediatric doses, IV admixtures, chemotherapy, etc.).
- Identifies and capable of using resources to ensure safe medication practices.
- Report and investigate adverse drug reaction and medication errors to ensure safe medication use system.
- Maintains professional knowledge by attending lectures, seminars or on-line education units.
- Participates in departmental competency examinations.
- Shares drug information accurately with physicians and other health care workers.
- Responds to physician, health care workers and patient drug related questions appropriately.
- Researches drug information using appropriate resources.
- Provides in- service education to nurses, pharmacy staff and other health care worker as needed.
- Represents pharmacy in appropriate committees.
- Maintain proper documentation on patient profiles or prescriptions.
- Maintain progress notes and care plans documentation.
- Responsible for documenting all intervention in appropriate format.
- Actively participates in patient care rounds with other members of the healthcare team
- Counsels patients/nurses with clear and accurate instructions.
- Accepts and adjusts to changes in departmental procedures.
- Effectively communicate with physicians and nurses by delivering timely information pertaining to pharmaceutical care.
- Other related duties as assigned.
Position
Requirements/Qualifications
Education: BSc or Doctor of Pharmacy (Phar.D.) degree from an
accredited college of pharmacy.
Experience: BSc. Degree at least 3 years of experience as a clinical pharmacist. Doctor of Pharmacy degree (Pharma D) at least 1 year experience as a clinical pharmacist. Post baccalaureate Pharm D at least 1 year experience as a clinical pharmacist. Post baccalaureate M.S. at least 1 year experience as a clinical pharmacist.
Desired: a post graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy
(Preferably Master Degree)
Licenses/Registration
- Must have a valid UAE MOH Evaluation.
Position criteria
- Dispensary experience working in a complex healthcare environment such as hospital or large clinical setting.
- Experience in meeting KPI’s
