Position: Senior Pharmacist
Location: Dubai, UAE
Employment Type: Full-time
A reputable healthcare organization in Dubai is seeking an experienced Senior Pharmacist to join its team.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor and evaluate patient drug therapy, including appropriateness of medication, dosage, route of administration, drug interactions, therapeutic duplication, and adverse drug reactions.
- Review and verify inpatient and outpatient prescriptions for accuracy prior to dispensing.
- Provide pharmaceutical information and advice on new and investigational drugs, side effects, contraindications, compatibility, stability, and therapeutic risks.
- Provide patient education and counselling on medication therapy, proper medication use, and drug-related disease prevention.
- Manage and control narcotic and investigational medicines in accordance with approved policies and procedures.
- Prepare, package, dispense, and deliver medications and sterile products in line with established standards.
- Prepare sterile products, including IV admixtures and TPN.
- Maintain accurate electronic records and documentation of medications dispensed.
- Conduct routine inspections of medication storage areas and floor stocks to ensure expired or unusable medications are removed.
- Support the training and development of pharmacy students.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy is required.
- Master's Degree in Pharmacy is preferred.
- Valid DHA license is required.
- Relevant pharmacy experience in accordance with the required experience criteria.
- Strong knowledge of medication therapy, drug interactions, prescription review, and pharmaceutical care.
- Experience in hospital or clinical pharmacy, sterile preparations, IV admixtures, and TPN is an advantage.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
