Job Description
Summary
Responsible for verifying medication orders, preparing, compounding, dispensing medications, and counselling patients in accordance with accepted standards and established pharmacy policies and procedures.
Essential Responsibilities and Duties
- Reviews,evaluates, processes, and medication orders for demographic data (e.g., gender,age, and weight), appropriateness of therapy, dose, frequency, route, dosageform, interactions, allergies, related laboratory values, and possible druginteractions.
- Advises/counsels patients and answers questions aboutmedications (including indication, possible side effects, interactions amongdifferent drugs as applicable to the area of practice.
- Documentsinterventions and recommendations/ clarifications in the electronic HealthInformation System as applicable.
- Maintains control and security of all medications includingcontrolled, narcotic substances and supplies. Maintains dispensing and recordkeeping as per laws and regulations.
- Provides druginformation including but not limited to drug selection, dosage, interactions,monitoring, and side effects, etc to all health care providers.
- Supervises, precepts,checks, and monitors medication related acties/performance of lower/ junior pharmacists,residents, trainees/students.
- Assists andguides health care providers with issues related to the medication managementand use system.
- Participates/assists in conducting performance/qualityimprovement projects.
- Follows all Hospital’s related Policies andProcedures.
- Participates in self andothers' education, training and development, as applicable.
Education
Master’s or Pharm.D./Bachelor’sDegree in Pharmacy is required.
Experience Required
Two (2) years of relatedexperience with Master’s, or four (4) years withPharm.D./ Bachelor’s Degree is required.
Other Requirements(Certificates)
N/A.
Job Details
- Job Location
- Jeddah Saudi Arabia
- Company Industry
- Other Business Support Services
- Company Type
- Unspecified
- Employment Type
- Unspecified
- Monthly Salary Range
- Unspecified
- Number of Vacancies
- Unspecified