Clinical Pharmacist

Client of New World Immigration

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform initial assessment upon admission and evaluating patient s pharmacological and non-pharmacological management with documentation of findings and recommendations.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary patient care rounds, conduct patient profile/chart review for optimizing pharmacotherapeutic outcomes.
• Assess and evaluate patient s pharmacological and non-pharmacological needs.
• Participate in clinical pharmacy consultation services in a timely manner that include but not limited to TPN, patient falls.
• Provide written communications of the pharmacotherapeutic interventions in a timely and professional manner.
• Apply the principles of Pharmaceutical Care to provide optimum medication-related patient outcomes.
• Perform medication order verification for admitted patients as assigned.
• Perform drug use evaluation as assigned by the department.
• Participate in the hospital antimicrobial stewardship program.
• Provide and participate in therapeutic drug monitoring services.
• Conduct clinical evaluation of new drugs for possible addition to the hospital formulary.
• Manage non-formulary drug request.
• Provide medication reconciliation services.
• Develop/implement clinical pathways and clinical practice institutional protocols/guidelines.
• Provide continuing education lectures.
• Provide patient counseling for medication use.
• Actively participates in assigned pharmacy-run ambulatory care clinic(s).
• Report encountered adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
• Participate in investigating suspected or verified adverse drug effects and medication errors with submitting findings and conclusions for review.
• Conduct and participate in clinical researches and/or clinical pharmacy quality project as assigned by the department.
• Collaborate with the healthcare providers in community services and awareness campaigns to promote health, prevent disease, and assure drug therapy regimens are safe and effective.
• Participate in organizational committee(s) as assigned by the department.
• Provide training, teaching and mentorship to new staff, pharmacy residents and pharmacy interns.
• Submit monthly report of performed clinical activities.
• Comply with all security measures and quality standards.
• Ensure safe and effective pharmaceutical service for assigned area of operations.
• Practice within the scope of hospital policy, accepted standards, and Saudi Arabia Law.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Perform other job-related duties as required.

Skills

• Area specific equipment.
• Health Information System.
• Work-stream leads; all involved internal disciplines.
• Multidisciplinary medical teams; in-patients regarding their medications.

Expected to work under minimum supervision.

Interacting with patients, their family members and other healthcare providers.

Frequent contact with in-patients regarding their medications.

Might be required to work overtime, weekends, holidays, on call, etc.