Pharmacist

Role Overview

Pharmacist at NMC Healthcare. This role provides clinical and operational pharmacy services in a hospital setting, ensuring safe and accurate medication management and patient care.

Role Purpose

To dispense medications safely, provide patient counseling, maintain pharmaceutical inventory controls, and support prescribers and clinical staff in accordance with international guidelines, DHA regulations, and Joint Commission International norms.

Key Responsibilities

Medication Dispensing & Clinical Review

• Dispense medications to inpatients as per prescription.
• Review and interpret each prescription and medication order before dispensing to ascertain correctness of strength, dose instructions, and dosage form.
• Clarify any prescription abnormality with the prescribing physician; escalate unresolved problems to the chief pharmacist.

Patient Care

• Provide appropriate patient information and counseling concerning dispensed medications.

Inventory & Stock Management

• Monitor medicine stock on a daily basis.
• Monitor near-expiry medicines.
• Update controlled medicine register daily.
• Supervise the repackaging, labeling, and documentation of medications issued to other departments.

Stakeholder Support

• Answer drug-related inquiries received from doctors, nurses, and customers; refer inquiries that cannot be answered with certainty to the chief pharmacist.

Professional Development & Operations

• Assist in the training of new pharmacists and pharmacy staff as directed by the chief pharmacist.
• Perform specialty pharmacy activities as delegated and trained.
• Perform other miscellaneous duties as directed by the chief pharmacist.

Compliance

• Follow appropriate international guidelines, DHA regulations, and Joint Commission International norms while treating or managing patients and discharging professional duties.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college or school of pharmacy.
• At least two years of experience in a hospital as a pharmacist.
• DHA license.
• Thorough knowledge of UAE laws, company policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to the area of work.

Skills & Competencies

• Good command of English.
• Arabic is desirable but not essential.