CLINICAL PHARMACY CONSULTANT

Job Description

SummaryServes as a pharmaceutical caregiver by efficiently designing, recommending, activating, monitoring, and evaluating patient-specific pharmacotherapy to ensure optimal outcomes. Ensures implementation of the pharmaceutical care plan by assuring the accurate and timely distribution of medications to patients. Maintains liaison relations with medical and nursing staff. Plays a fundamental role in the development of clinical pharmacy practice through establishment of new policy and procedure, specialized service, and conducting clinical research.Essential Responsibilities and Duties2. Assists medical staff with the selection of drug therapy and patient monitoring.3. Reviews and interprets medication orders for clarity, accuracy, rationality, compatibility, feasibility, and suitability for the patients specific needs.4. Assumes responsibility for patient-specific pharmacotherapy plan to ensure optimal outcomes.5. Develops, implements and maintains appropriate policies and procedures in the Pharmacy Services Division relevant to clinical practice.6. Conducts daily systematic medication reviews for patients in other floors, other than the floor covered by the clinical pharmacy consultant, whenever assigned.7. Develops and evaluates therapeutic protocols.8. Participates in committees relevant to areas of service.9. Enters and processes medication orders whenever scheduled to do so by the Head of assigned section, or whenever the need arises.10. Determines workload priorities, verifies medication orders, checks the final product for accuracy, and assures timely delivery of the medications to the patient care area.11. Acts as drug information and education resource for patients, students, colleagues, medical and nursing staff, and other healthcare professionals.12. Documents therapeutic recommendations in the patients medical record and pharmacy intervention forms.13. Conducts Medication Utilization Evaluation (MUE) projects.14. Provides real-time collaboration with nurses to create cost-effective medication care plans focusing on medication misadventure prevention.15. Detects, analyzes, and reports adverse drug reactions.16. Assures adherence to the departmental policies and procedures and provides monthly reports on clinical activities and other relevant workload statistics.17. Participates in the departmental performance improvement, educational, and other clinical activities.18. Contributes to positive outcomes and meeting the cultural expectations of the organization by exhibiting professional behavior and expertise .19. Leads teams for clinical projects and departmental initiatives, demonstrating cost saving research.20. Significant Formulary Management Committee involvement as an active member, coordinator or chair of .subcommittee.21. Follows all Hospital related policies and procedures.22. Participates in self and others education, training and development, as applicable.EducationExperience RequiredGeneral Pharmacy Practice Residency and one-year specialty residency accredited by ASHP, or minimum of ten (10) years of clinical experience in a hospital setting after completion of the last education program is mandatory for candidates without residency training. For those with General Pharmacy Practice Residency training only, a minimum of eight (9) years clinical experience is required. Other Requirements(Certificates).Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) certification is required for all candidates. .Minimum of five (5) publications in peer-review prime Pharmacy journals is mandatory.

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The King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (Arabic: مستشفى الملك فيصل التخصصي ومركز الأبحاث) (KFSH&RC) is tertiary referral hospital in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia.