Chief Pharmacist

Manages the daily operations of the pharmacy to ensure alignment with departmental and organizational objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical Service & Administrative Services:

• Direct, review, and rectify pharmacy procedures.
• Make formal requests for all supplies needed.
• Set up and maintain a certified system of keeping records and the preparation of yearly budgets.
• Establish and support pharmacy services in line with DHA requirements.
• Design and organize job descriptions and prepare annual performance evaluation for all direct reports.
• Support supervising staff with the annual budget and hand over capital expenditures in line with standard policies.
• Implement quality improvement initiatives for the department.
• Plan, administer, organize, and successfully implement all activities in relation to the pharmacy operations.
• Provide guidance on medications and prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs in line with hospital policies.
• Determines and justifies needs for systems/equipment/supplies purchases, monitors usage, and oversees proper working order and/or stock supplies.
• Help in resolving pharmacy problems, administrative and customer’s complaints.
• Act as the main source for information about medicines, DHA regulations, and all pharmacy related issues.
• Meet the hospital management on a regular basis in order to identify, discuss and resolve the Pharmacy department related issues.

Quality Management:

• Contribute to quality assurance and audit initiatives.
• Reports prepared and files/records maintained according to guidelines of regulatory agencies.
• Quality Assurance tests carried out in compliance with statutory and manufactures guidelines
• Standards laid down by the Approved International Accreditation Standards complied with and perform the duties necessary to support and achieve accreditation.

Medical Records:

• Documentation must be done at the time of clinical activities or as soon as possible afterwards.
• Records comply with legal requirements.
• Relevant coding information is recorded or communicated

Ethical Responsibilities:

• Make the care of your patient your first concern.
• Treat patients as individuals and respect their dignity.
• Respect patients' right to confidentiality.
• Work in partnership with patients.
• Keep up to date with, and adhere to, the laws and codes of conduct relevant to the hospital.

Client Satisfaction:

• Adopt a patient-centered approach in the management of a patient’s presenting problem.
• Client expectations are met, and quality client service principles maintained.
• Professional ethics company values are demonstrated in behaviour

Knowledge / Technical Skills:

• Able to relate to people from different cultural backgrounds.
• Readily and effectively communicate with others, both verbally and in writing.
• Fluent in written and spoken English, Arabic fluency is an advantage.
• Planning Skills.
• Demonstrated organizational skill.
• Work effectively both independently and as part of a collaborative team.
• Follow specific instructions with a high degree of accuracy.
• A High Degree Of Motivation And Self-Discipline.
• Excellent computer skill.
• Ability to make sound decisions and take the appropriate action when needed.

Personal Abilities / Competencies:

• Interpersonal skill- exercise tact, patience and understanding
• Time management skills to organize daily workload
• Communications skills
• Computer skills

Qualification & Experience:

• B Pharm degree or Pharm.D degree from an accredited institution.
• Must hold a valid DHA license.
• Minimum of ten (10) years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.

License / Registration:

Valid DHA Eligibility Letter / License