Senior Pharmacist

• Quality and Accuracy
• 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.
• Provides leadership qualities and proper scheduling, and daily staffing
• Maintains high level of extemporaneous compounding utilizing up to date references and procedures.
• Clarifies any physician’s medication order with the physician and transcribes physician’s telephoned orders onto physician’s order sheet for Counter-signing by the physician.
• Conducts quality improvement tasks in conjunction with other staff members.
• Quantity /Organizational Skills
• 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Baccalaureate degree in pharmacy or equivalent
• Current license or registration to practice pharmacy
• Current D.O.H. and M.O.H. Dubai Pharmacist Licensure
• NOC from the current employer