Director of Pharmacy

Role Overview

Director of Pharmacy at American Hospital Dubai. This role oversees all aspects of pharmacy operations, ensuring safe and effective medication use, managing staff and resources, developing policies and procedures, and maintaining compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Role Purpose

To establish and maintain effective pharmacy operations that prioritize patient and staff safety, ensure regulatory compliance, optimize resource utilization, and support the clinical and therapeutic goals of the hospital.

Key Responsibilities

Drug-Use Control & Compliance

• Establish and maintain effective systems of drug-use control for patients and staff in compliance with relevant laws, rules, regulations, and pharmaceutical care standards of governing bodies.
• Oversee all Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) Standards implementation for Pharmacy.
• Assist medical staff in the development of drug-use criteria and performance of drug-use evaluations based on those criteria.
• Comply with Hospital Policy and Procedure regarding safety, infection control, and security.

Quality Management

• Develop and perform quality management studies based on professionally acceptable criteria.
• Participate in department Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities.
• Ensure all team members attend quality improvement programs.

Staffing & Scheduling

• Supervise scheduling of departmental personnel to ensure adequate staffing levels and equitable distribution of routine assignments based on institutional needs.
• Participate in the recruitment process of departmental staff to ensure qualified and competent staff.
• Analyze job functions and prepare job descriptions; perform annual reviews of job descriptions and prepare revisions as needed.

Budget & Resources

• Prepare, submit, and monitor performance of departmental budget for equipment, supplies, pharmaceuticals, and personnel.
• Establish standards for the purchase of pharmaceutical products.
• Review pharmacy space and resource requirements to ensure patient care needs are met.

Policies, Procedures & Planning

• Develop and implement policies and procedures for various aspects of departmental operations in concert with other staff members; perform annual reviews of policies and procedures making revisions as needed.
• Develop and implement plans for the achievement of short-term and long-term goals and objectives in conjunction with departmental, administrative, and other staff members.

Stakeholder Management & Collaboration

• Provide staff resources as necessary for the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee for the Medical Staff.
• Cooperate and participate actively with Unimed in the processing of all pharmacy drugs and supplies.
• Maintain effective and timely communication with departmental and other hospital staff.
• Work closely with and support Nursing staff pharmacy needs.
• Participate actively on assigned inter-departmental committees of the hospital.

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain appropriate records and documentation of activities.
• Prepare and submit reports per routine schedules and as needed.

General

• Perform all duties in a professional, effective, and confidential manner.
• Perform all other duties required or assigned.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Licensure as required by country of origin.
• Minimum of five (5) years of supervisory experience in hospital pharmacy practices.
• Knowledge of all aspects of drug-use control functions including purchasing.
• Knowledge of pharmacy computerization.
• Knowledge of Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) standards.
• Knowledge of principles of asepsis and related aseptic techniques for sterile products.
• Working knowledge of the Pharmaceutical Laws of the U.A.E.

Skills & Competencies

• Skills in inventory control, drug storage, drug distribution, drug information, applied pharmacokinetics, and principles of drug therapy monitoring.
• Ability to speak and write in English and Arabic fluently.
• Ability to apply accepted principles of management.