Clinical Pharmacist at Karen Hospital

CP/P/10/2021

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with professional and legal practice and standard operating procedures
• Fill prescriptions for inpatients and outpatients
• Attend ward rounds and participate in multidisciplinary patient care.
• Conduct drug utilization reviews and engage in clinical and operational research.
• Undertaking clinical checks on all treatment sheets and prescriptions for suitability of treatment.
• Monitor drug therapy and carry out clinical pharmacy interventions for both in patients and outpatients in liaison with the patient care team.
• Reporting, Monitoring and analysis of medication errors, adverse drug reactions and other quality and patient safety indicators.
• Carry out medication use counselling and adherence monitoring for patients on chronic treatment.
• Ensure institutional compliance with antibiotic stewardship guidelines restrictions
• Undertake medication reconciliation during patient admission and discharge.
• Participate and supervise staff in sterile compounding, chemotherapy reconstitution and extemporaneous preparations.
• Provide information and education on drugs and medication therapy to patients, healthcare workers and other hospital personnel.
• To prepare articles on important medication related updates for publication in the hospital newsletter and patient education leaflets.
• Conduct continuous professional development sessions for pharmacy staff

Minimum requirement:

• Master’s in clinical pharmacy
• Registration with the Pharmacy and Poisons Board with a valid annual practicing license.
• Experience of 1 – 2 years after postgraduate in clinical pharmacy.
• Mature, well organized, reliable and shows initiative.
• Good supervisory, interpersonal and communication skills.
• A team player with a problem-solving mind-set.