Position Summary:

• The job-holder is working as a hospital pharmacist on all parts of the pharmacy service.
• Patient care, Operations and Quality Assurance service.
• They provide the main pharmacist input on a day to day basis and may, in the absence of a senior pharmacist, deputize for the Pharmacy Supervisor of their section as required.
• They provide clinical pharmacy services as a part their working day.
• They manage their manpower resources in accordance with the Employer’s policies on Human Resources.
• The job-holder will consistently work to an advanced level, exceeding the performance expected of an entry to practice Pharmacists in all their work

Common Responsibilities:

• Patient Care
• Professional Collaboration and Team Work
• Ethical, Legal and Professional Responsibilities
• Drug, Therapeutic and Practice Information
• Communication and Education
• Drug Distribution
• Understanding Management Principles

Specific Responsibilities:

Patient care:

• Verify physician orders for appropriateness according to the Employer’s policies and procedures.
• Gather required patient information.
• Maintains and updates a patient profile with demographics, diagnosis, allergies, and current medications.
• Identify, prioritize and resolve drug related problems.
• Uses appropriate communication skills, and effectively communicates with patients, physicians, and nurses to solve identified drug related problems.
• Provide patient education (e.g., counseling information and education on adherence issues, either verbal or written).
• Monitor medication effectiveness by review of the medical record and direct questioning of the patient or their carer.
• Monitors drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, drug, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interactions.

Professional Collaboration and Team Work:

• Participate in the pharmacy shift and on-call system for their facility
• Cooperate with and show respect for all members of the inter-professional team.
• Refer patients to other health care providers when required.
• Work with other health care professionals to promote health and wellness in the community.
• Participating in collaborative health related research.
• Detects, monitors, documents, and reports adverse drug reactions and medication errors and near miss.

Ethical, Legal and Professional Responsibilities:

• Knowledgeable of and complies with laws, rules, and regulations that govern the practice of Pharmacy in Qatar.
• Participates in continuing education programs, meetings, training programs, and related activities.
• Precepts pharmacy students consistent with academic credentials and practical experience.
• Drug, Therapeutic and Practice Information
• Provides drug information to health care professionals and to patients and their carer
• Utilize medical references and evaluate scientific information to answer drug information questions
• Identifies and acts upon cost avoidance in drug therapy, by promoting cost effective drugs and by reducing waste.

Communication and Education:

• Demonstrate effective communication skills
• Demonstrate sensitivity, respect and empathy when communicating with diverse groups or individuals.
• Participate in health promotion activities.

Drug Distribution:

• Interpretation of drug orders.
• Performance of pharmaceutical calculations.
• Insures proper technique and accurate preparation of all pharmaceutical products.
• Ensure proper storage and handling conditions
• Acquiring and disposing of drugs.
• Checks accuracy of prescriptions filled by technicians.
• Checks all pharmaceutical products prepared by technicians.
• Insures timely and accurate dispensing of prescriptions.
• Insures compliance with narcotic and controlled substance related policies and procedures
• Assign technician duties.

Understanding Management Principles:

• In the absence of a senior pharmacist, deputize for their Pharmacy Supervisor e.g. in the meetings of the pharmacy senior management team.
• Guide and supervise the Junior Pharmacists, and students who work within their service.
• Ensure the consistency of service to patients and other stakeholders by assisting in the evaluation of the [P/T/QA] service.
• For technicians and Junior Pharmacists, provides input to the initial assessment, departmental appraisal, personal development need.
• Monitor and reports medication errors and near miss, adverse events and complaints that are identified by or involve [P/T/QA] service and works the supervisor to resolve the issue and minimize future risk
• Attends and assists with the end of the fiscal year inventory process.
• Assists with the maintenance and care of department equipment and supplies
• Performs other duties as requested.