Job Description
The Clinical Pharmacist plays a pivotal role in delivering high-quality pharmaceutical care within a tertiary hospital. This position involves optimizing medication therapy, ensuring the safe and effective use of medications, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient outcomes. The Clinical Pharmacist will also contribute to education, research, and quality improvement initiatives
Responsibilities
Medication Management:
- Evaluate and interpret prescriptions to ensure appropriate medication therapy.
- Dispense medications and provide detailed instructions to patients.
- Monitor patient health and progress to ensure medications are effective and adjust dosages as necessary.
- Identify potential drug interactions or adverse effects and take appropriate steps to prevent or manage them.
Patient Care:
- Conduct clinical medication reviews and provide recommendations for therapy adjustments.
- Participate in patient care rounds and collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
- Provide medication-related counseling and education to patients and their families.
- Assess patient needs and incorporate age and disease-specific characteristics into drug therapy and patient education.
Clinical Interventions:
- Provide clinical interventions to detect, mitigate, and prevent medication adverse events.
- Conduct research and practice advancement projects to improve medication-use processes.
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives and ensure regulatory compliance.
Education and Training:
- Serve as a departmental resource and liaison to other departments and hospital personnel.
- Provide medication and practice-related education/training to healthcare staff.
- Actively serve as a preceptor for pharmacy students and residents.
Operational Support:
- Support centralized and decentralized medication-use systems.
- Track and evaluate pharmacy programs for operational, quality, and financial efficiency.
- Design and implement stewardship activities and restriction/surveillance programs.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree from an accredited institution.
- Current pharmacist license in the state of practice.
- Completion of a pharmacy residency program (PGY1 and/or PGY2) preferred.
- Strong understanding of pharmacology and medication therapy management.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
- Minimum of 2 years of clinical pharmacy experience in a hospital setting.
- Experience with electronic health records (EHR) and pharmacy information systems.
About Us
Abu Dhabi Healthcare Company (SEHA) is the largest and most comprehensive healthcare network in the UAE that was established in 2007 with the objective of operating all public hospitals and clinics across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
SEHA is committed to delivering world-class healthcare services using the most advanced diagnostics and systems across its network of public healthcare centers and hospitals in addition to partnering with global leaders in healthcare, including world renowned organizations such as the Mayo Clinic.
About the Team
Tawam Hospital is a premier 461 bed tertiary care facility located in Al Ain and is one of the largest hospitals in the UAE.Tawam offers services in specialties including oncology, neonatal care, emergency medicine, intensive care, surgery, urology, family medicine, fertility services, neurosurgery,
