Pharmacist

Role Overview

Pharmacist at NMC Healthcare. The role dispenses medications following prescriptions issued by physicians, dentists, or other authorized medical practitioners.

Role Purpose

Dispense medications to inpatients according to prescription, review and verify medication orders for accuracy, provide patient counseling, and maintain compliance with international guidelines and regulatory standards.

Key Responsibilities

Dispensing and Medication Management

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

Patient Care and Counseling

• Provide appropriate patient information concerning dispensed medications.
• Clarify any prescription abnormality with the prescribing physician.

Clinical Support and Quality Assurance

• Answer drug-related inquiries received from doctors, nurses, and customers.
• Refer inquiries that cannot be answered with certainty to the chief pharmacist.
• Refer unresolved prescription problems to the chief pharmacist.
• Follow appropriate international guidelines, DHA regulations, and Joint Commission International norms while treating or managing patients and discharging professional duties.

Training and Development

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

General Duties

• Perform other miscellaneous duties as directed by the chief pharmacist.
• Be willing to work across departments when necessary.

Qualifications & Experience

• Hold an appropriate license to work as a registered pharmacist in the relevant regulatory health authority with all qualifications and experience these mandate.
• Manage own professional re-licensure.
• Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card.

Skills & Competencies

Core Competencies

• Drive Performance and Results (Proficient level).
• Coaching and Mentoring (Developing level).

Essential Skills

• Communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written).
• Organizational and administrative skills to use the electronic medical record platform for clinical documentation.

Desirable Skills

• Communicate effectively in Arabic.
• Demonstrate ability to work as part of an inter-professional team.