Clinical Pharmacist – Outpatient Care at Bupa Arabia in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Job Description
The Clinical Pharmacist – Outpatient Care ensures safe, effective, and patient-centered medication use in ambulatory care settings. The role includes direct clinical services, medication management, and collaboration with healthcare team members to enhance therapeutic outcomes, promote adherence, and ensure continuity of care.
Patient-Centered Clinical Services:
- Conduct comprehensive medication therapy management (MTM) for chronic disease patients.
- Provide face-to-face or virtual patient education and adherence support.
- Adjust and optimize medication regimens under collaborative practice protocols
Medication Review & Safety:
- Perform medication reconciliation during care transitions.
- Identify and resolve drug therapy problems and prevent adverse drug events (ADEs).
- Ensure appropriate documentation and reporting of ADEs and interventions
Collaboration & Care Integration:
- Participate in clinical case reviews, huddles, and interprofessional care planning.
- Support chronic disease clinics and contribute to guideline-based care.
- Coordinate follow-up plans in collaboration with physicians and care teams.
Operational & Quality Support:
- Ensure compliance with formulary guidelines, policies, and documentation standards.
- Participate in cost-containment efforts and therapeutic interchange programs.
- Contribute to policy development and clinical pathway updates
Education & Development:
- Educate patients and caregivers on new therapies and safe medication use.
- Support continuing education and training for pharmacy staff and care teams.
- Develop and deliver educational materials or presentations as needed
- Clinical decision-making and pharmacotherap knowledge
- Patient communication and motivational interviewing skills
- Familiarity with electronic health records and clinical documentation
- Strong organizational and time management abilities
- Team-oriented and proactive approach
Skills
- Clinical decision-making and pharmacotherapy knowledge
- Patient communication and motivational interviewing skills
- Familiarity with electronic health records and clinical documentation
- Strong organizational and time management abilities
- Team-oriented and proactive approach
Education:
- bachelor’s degree in pharmacy (BPharm) or Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
Licensure:
- Valid license in KSA
- Board certification preferred (e.g., BCACP, BCPS)
Experience:
- 5 years in a clinical outpatient or ambulatory care pharmacy role
- Experience with virtual care platforms is a plus
About Bupa Arabia
Bupa Arabia is part of Bupa Group which provides healthcare services for over 70 years to more than 30 million members in 190 countries by 80 thousand employees. We pride ourselves for having an exceptional work environment that attracts talents and develops leaders to create innovative healthcare products and services which have enabled us to assume market leadership in Saudi Arabia.
Our aim is to be the best healthcare company in the Arab world. Come and join our team of Saudi men and women who are innovating new healthcare products and services every day and serve our customer segments – Saudi families, SME and large corporates – in an exceptional way to make all their experiences with us positive and to raise the bar when it comes to health insurance and the entire healthcare sector.
We continuously and effectively develop our people to create leaders at all levels and in all departments and we motivate and incentivize them to achieve higher performances.
Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance Company, CR# 403017888.
Head Office: 3538 Alkhalideya, Noor Elihsan, Unit 1, Jeddah 7505-23423
The authority license number ت م ن/20088/18 – License Date: 09/08/ 1429هـ
National address:
Bupa Arabia, Prince Saud AlFaisal St. Al Khalediya District
P.O.Box 23807 Jeddah 21436, Saudi Arabia
Bupa Arabia is subject to the supervision and control of the Insurance Authority.