Pharmacist

Checks and verifies medication reconciliation on admission and discharge.
- Performs Drug-Drug, Drug-Lab, Drug Food and Drug-Disease Monitoring and offers alternatives when applicable.
- Provides medication information to healthcare professionals such as Prescribers and Nurses through pharmacy newsletters and lectures.
- Participates in patient care round to assess the status of the patient’s health problems and determines whether the prescribed medications are optimally meeting the patient’s needs and goals of care.
- Participates in Clinical Pharmacy activities such as antimicrobial stewardship, drug protocol development and management for the facility.
- Documents all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely, as per policy and procedure.
- Is responsible for publishing monthly pharmacy educational bulletin.
- Demonstrates proficiency in aseptic technique during the preparation of sterile pharmaceutical admixtures.
- Demonstrates working knowledge of departmental equipment and software where applicable for assigned duties.
- Communicates effectively with healthcare professionals, patients, and patient family members where appropriate.
- Provides in-service education to Medical, Nursing and Pharmacy personnel on medication intricacies as well as Medication management policy and procedure manual.
- Participates in the orientation and training of newly hired Pharmacists and Technicians.
- Serves as a speaker on various QCHP approved CPD activities organized in the facility.
- Maintains professional competency and skills enough to meet current and future needs of the facility.
- Adheres to policies and procedures relating to Medication Safety and works on strategies to minimize medication errors and patient harm.
- Monitors and reports medication errors in the facility.
- Provides patients with thorough medication counselling, including how to best take his or her medications.
- Develops instruction cards on all the drugs included in the hospital formulary.
- Supports and participates in the goals of the organization's quality improvement.
- Maintains and monitor all records of narcotics and psychotropic drugs transactions in the hospital as regulated by M.O.P.H., and to report to pharmacy head about any error related.
- Verifies medication orders for accuracy and clinical appropriateness, checks medications prepared for accuracy prior to dispensing and notifies appropriate persons if changes are required.
- Contributes to the achievement of goals of the department through personal effort and influence over others.
- Provides professional, courteous customer service to all customer types (patients/family, Nursing, Medical Staff, others).
- Actively collaborates and demonstrates teamwork with pharmacy teams to ensure drug distribution is communicated and delivered safely and effectively.
- Is responsible for monitoring and standardization of crash trolley medication as per the MOPH List.
- Is responsible for creating and review of Hospital Formulary for updating and deletion of products.
- Is also sharing in revising Medication Management policy and procedures if needed.
- Additional responsibilities as directed by the department head.

Application Question(s):

- Notice Period

**Experience**:

- pharmacist : 3 years (required)

**Language**:

- English Arabic (preferred)

License/Certification:

- QCHP (required)

**Location**:

- Doha (required)