Pharmacist

Role Overview

Pharmacist at NMC Healthcare, Dubai, U.A.E. Performs with full professional authority, knowledge and judgment as a generalist with advanced level of responsibility and experience across all aspects of total pharmacy operations.

Role Purpose

To deliver comprehensive pharmacy services with professional expertise and judgment, ensuring safe and appropriate medication management, inventory control, quality assurance, and patient safety across ward and outpatient settings.

Key Responsibilities

Prescription Review & Patient Care

• Review and interpret each prescription and medication order in ward and outpatient settings.
• Provide appropriate patient information concerning medications when required.
• Advise, question, and clarify any prescription abnormality with the prescribing physician.
• Refer any unresolved problems to the chief pharmacist.
• Answer drug-related inquiries received from physicians, dentists, and nurses.
• Refer inquiries that cannot be answered with certainty to the chief pharmacist.

Inventory & Stock Management

• Maintain sufficient inventory of material supplies and equipment for performance of duties.
• Report shortage of materials to supervisor at earliest convenience.
• Maintain records for ordering and replenishments.
• Check and review medication stock registers in wards to ensure drug availability and correct inventory.
• Inspect wards and clinics for outdated, deteriorated, or excessive stocks.
• Inspect pharmacy inventory and nursing cabinets and remove outdated or deteriorated medications.
• Replenish crash cart medications including controlled drugs.
• Maintain a register for crash cart locks.

Quality & Safety

• Promote and maintain quality in all services and ensure continuous quality improvement measures are in place.
• Conduct method evaluation and development as per standard policies and procedures.
• Comply with all safety and quality control programs and procedures as applicable.
• Comply with applicable precautions for environmental safety and infection control using interventions that minimize or prevent cross infections.
• Ensure that safety procedures and quality assurance tests are maintained within all sections.
• Comply with and support clinical audit processes within the service and report as agreed.
• Communicate in a professional and courteous manner with patients, families, and other medical personnel to obtain information for records, explain procedures, clarify orders, and communicate status.
• Perform drug utilization and administration evaluations and systematic internal reviews.

Education & Professional Development

• Participate in education sessions for department staff, doctors, and nurses on safe and secure handling of equipment including teaching, induction, peer review, case studies, and clinical presentations.
• Participate in department programs, committees, various hospital committees, and staff meetings when requested.
• Participate in the orientation and training of new employees.
• Assist in the training of new pharmacy staff as per direction of the chief pharmacist.
• Maintain professional knowledge by attending lectures, seminars, or online education sessions.
• Complete and maintain all regulatory requirements including licensure, certification, and other mandatory training within established timeframes.

Occupational Safety & Health Management

• Comply with all OSH and infection control policies, standards, and procedures and cooperate with hospital management to comply with those requirements.
• Notify OSH hazards, incidents, near misses, and issues and assist with preparation of risk assessments and incident reports.
• Attend applicable OSH and infection control training programs, mock drills, and awareness programs.
• Comply with reasonable OSH instructions, policies, and safe working procedures.
• Use appropriate personal protective equipment and safety systems.
• Be familiar with emergency and evacuation procedures.
• Not willfully or recklessly endanger anyone's health and safety.
• Comply with waste management procedures and policies. Reduce, reuse, and recycle waste as much as possible.
• Participate in OSHMS audits and inspections, ensuring standards are maintained.

Infection Prevention & Control

• Read and implement the NMC Infection Prevention and Control Policy and Strategy to maintain the highest possible standards of cleanliness at all times and reduce the risk of infection in patients, staff, and visitors.
• Maintain the strictest hand hygiene, implementing the 5 moments of hand hygiene.
• Maintain bare below the elbows standards and environmental care at all times.

General Duties

• Perform other miscellaneous duties as directed by the chief pharmacist.

Qualifications & Experience

Education

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college or school of pharmacy.

Licensing & Certification

• Currently licensed in country of origin.
• DHA license to practice in Dubai, U.A.E.

Professional Knowledge

• Thorough knowledge of UAE laws, company policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to the area of work.
• Basic knowledge of pharmaceuticals, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacotherapeutics.
• Knowledge of professional pharmacy practice.
• Basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and physics.

Skills & Competencies

Technical & Professional Skills

• Ability to read, interpret, and apply complex written instructions.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
• Basic computer skills and IT competencies.
• Ability to analyse drug-related medical problems.
• Skill in preparing sterile products.

Language

• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Spoken and written Arabic is desirable but not essential.

Soft Skills & Attributes

• Self-motivation and ability to work under pressure.
• Supportive and caring disposition.
• Adaptability and good time management skills.
• Confidence in dealing with stressful situations.