Hospital Pharmacist

Provides pharmacy services to patients and medical practitioners. Fills prescriptions, dispenses medicines, counsels’ patients and medical practitioners regarding the nature and use of drugs, and trains and/or supervises assistant pharmacist. Prepares and maintains all necessary records on prescriptions, patient charges, and inventory.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Makes decisions regarding generic substitution of prescribed pharmaceuticals.
• Provide information about over-the-counter drugs and make recommendations after talking with the patient.
• Counsel patients and/or medical practitioners on drug indications/contraindications, dosage, drug interactions, and side effects; provides other drug and pharmaceutical information as appropriate.
• Provides guidance and training to assistant pharmacist during course of work and monitors performance.
• Establishes and maintains methods and manner of storage and record-keeping systems to provide for safekeeping of pharmaceuticals.
• Take patient histories as required; makes initial clinical assessments and refers patients to appropriate clinicians.
• Follow established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
• In addition is also responsible for completion of third-party insurance forms and other paperwork.
• Responsible for keeping confidential computerized records of patients’ drug therapies to prevent harmful drug interactions.
• Follows insurance companies’ policies and procedures.
• Follows DHA regulations
• Monitor the nearing expiry/expired items in order to dispose them according to policy.
• Assure the accuracy of every prescription processed.
• Report any violation of departments’ policies and procedure to chief Pharmacist.
• Follow established departmental policies, procedures and objectives continuous quality improvement objectives and ensure pharmacy staff compliance
• Perform any job-related duties as assigned by chief pharmacist.
• Stays current on developments within your field of specialization by reading industry publications and seeking information on industry best practices
• Consistent with the organization’s values of “teamwork,” “partnership,” and “quality,” works in collaboration with other departments to maximize the patient experience.

Qualification:

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy.

Experience:

• Minimum of (2) two years recent experience.

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

License / Registration:

Valid DHA Eligibility Letter / License