Job Description
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
