Pharmacist

Job Description

• Reviews physician’s orders and prescriptions to ensure the appropriateness of drug therapy and prescriptions are dispensed, per prescribers’ intentions.
• Monitors patient medication profiles to prevent drug interactions and allergic and adverse drug reactions. 
• Provides drug information, on the proper use of medication and communicates with prescribers, nurses, and other staff.
• Inputs physician’s medication orders into Pharmacy Patient Medication Profile and maintains this profile and related records. this is applicable only during system downtime and in exceptional cases where verbal orders have been accepted. 
• Performs patient teaching functions on appropriate use of medications, non-prescription medications and/ or over-the-counter drugs. Assist in providing a symptom assessment leading to over-the-counter medication provision and lifestyle advice for community-based health concerns. 
• Adequately Inform patients and the public about the side effects of medication. In addition, to monitor such unwanted effects and their consequences in collaboration with other health care professionals and the appropriate authorities. 
• Supervises Technician Pharmacy and other support staff in the performance of assigned duties.
• Registering all Controlled Drugs (CD) and Semi-Controlled Drugs (SCD) dispensed prescriptions in the corresponding Dubai Health Authority Register Book.
• Monitors and oversees that the Pharmacy is kept in a neat, clean and orderly fashion.
• Medication stock levels are maintained at both the Pharmacy and Ward levels. 
• Medication storage and drug administration inspected to ensure it is in line with laid down standards. 
• Ward stock charged monitored Stock is ordered, received, and issued according to American Hospital Dubai's stock management principles.
• Excess, expiry and obsolete stock is managed.
• Manages stock returned for credits and outstanding orders.
• Follows up on defective products. 
• Establishes Inter-hospital stock transfers that are controlled for doctor / ward-specific medication needs.
• Participates in Inventory according to American Hospital Dubai's policy twice a year. 
• Participate in cycle count as part of inventory management. this includes an investigation of stock variances.