Oncology Pharmacist American Hospital Dubai LLC

Quality and Accuracy:

• Reviews physician’s orders and prescriptions to ensure the appropriateness of drug therapy.

• Dispenses and compounds chemotherapy medications according to established protocols and safety guidelines.

• Ensures accurate dosage calculations and proper labelling of all oncology medications   

• Inputs physician’s medication orders into Pharmacy Patient Medication Profile and maintains this profile and related records.   

• Monitors patient medication profile to prevent drug interactions and allergic and adverse drug reactions.  

• Provides drug information and communicates with prescribers, nurses and other staff regarding drug therapy or safe drug handling.  

• Supervises Senior Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and other support staff in the performance of assigned duties.   

• 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 per departmental procedures.
  

Quantity and Organizational Skills:

• Prepares and supervises the preparation of extemporaneously compounded medications, including products requiring aseptic techniques.

• Prepares and supervises the preparation of cytotoxic drugs, requiring an aseptic technique.   

• Clarifies any physician’s medication order with the physician and transcribes the physician’s telephoned orders onto the physician’s order sheet for Counter-signing by the physician.   

• Supervises and maintains the routine pick-up and delivery of medication and the unit dose cart fill and cassette exchange process.   

• Conducts orientation and educational programs as required

• Provides training to healthcare professionals, pharmacy staff, and patients on the safe and effective use of oncology medications.

• Stays updated on the latest developments in oncology pharmacy and share knowledge with the healthcare team.   

• Conducts quality improvement tasks in conjunction with other staff members.

• Participates in Quality Assurance (QA) activities to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and best practices in oncology pharmacy.

• Contributes to the development and implementation of policies and procedures related to oncology pharmacy services.   

• Participates in assigned hospital committees.

• Reports adverse drug events and medication errors promptly.

• Participates in root cause analysis and contributes to the development of strategies to prevent future occurrences of adverse drug events.    

• Gathers and analyses data for selected drug utilization reviews.   

• Performs all duties in a professional, effective and confidential manner.

• Submits and follows up on insurance approvals for outpatient oncology prescriptions

• Oversees the excess, expiry and obsolete stock.

• Maintains stock returns for credits and outstanding orders.

• Ensures the follow-up for Defective products. 

• Participates in cycle count as part of inventory management such as investigation of stock variances. 

• Dispenses medications with proper labelling and instructions regarding the usage, dosage and information on side effects as well as precautions. 

• Conducts inspections of medication storage and drug administration to ensure it is in line with laid down standards. 

• Ensures that the patient billing process is adhered to.

• Process cash and card transactions in line with American Hospital Dubai's Finance policy.    

• Assists in main pharmacy duties including inventory bi-annually, as and when required.   

• Performs all other duties as required or assigned.    

• Maintains a high level of performance on chemotherapy and other drug preparations utilizing the proper aseptic technique.