About this role
- DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Dispense medications to inpatient as per prescription.
Reviews and interprets each prescription/ medication order before dispensing to ascertain correctness of strength, dose instructions and dosage form.
- Patient counseling- Provides appropriate patient information concerning the dispensed medications.
- Clarify any prescription abnormality with the prescribing physician. Any unresolved problems are referred to chief pharmacist.
- Supervise the repackaging, labeling and documentation of medications issued to other departments.
- Answers drug related inquiries received from doctors, nurses and customers. Those inquiries which cannot be answered with certainty are to be referred to the pharmacy manager.
- Assists in the training of new pharmacist and pharmacist staff as per the direction of the chief pharmacist.
- Performs specialty pharmacy activities, as delegated and trained.
- Responsible for medicine’s stock, near expiry medicines monitoring & updating controlled medicine register on daily wise.
- Performs other miscellaneous duties, as directed by the chief pharmacist.
- To follow appropriate international guidelines, DHA regulations & Joint Commission International norms while treating or managing patients as well as while discharging their professional duties.
- QUALIFICATION, LICENSURE, EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SPECIAL SKILLS
Education and training. Pharmacists must possess a Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college or school of pharmacy.
- At least two (2) years experience in a hospital as a pharmacist.
- Thorough knowledge of UAE Laws, company policies, regulations precedents applicable to the area of work.
- DHA license.
- Good command of English. Arabic is desirable but not essential.