Clinical Pharmacist (Health Group) – Vosloorus, Gauteng 45 views

Requirements:

Pharm and / MSc (Med) Pharm or M. Pharm (Clinical Pharmacy)
5 – 7 years’ experience in a clinical pharmacy environment
Hospital experience is non-negotiable
Relevant operational experience and application of clinical pharmacy masters in a hospital setting (non-negotiable)

The main purpose of this position:

To provide clinical pharmaceutical services at hospital facilities in accordance with policies, standards and regulations

Duties & Responsibilities:

Lead assigned patient service lines and therapeutic programmes:

In collaboration with Group Clinical Pharmacist, ensure the adoption of medication utilisation frameworks, standards and system at hospitals
Facilitates pharmaceutical care services, direct patent care programme, medication utilisation systems and care areas to assure medicine utilisation activities are aligned with patient care needs, best practice and regulatory standards
Monitor and review profiles / chart to identify, prevent or mitigate drug related problems, improper medicine use or dose selection, over-indications, medication without indication and treatment failures
Implement stewardship activities and surveillance programmes
Track and evaluate assigned pharmacy programmes at the facility for quality and routinely benchmark against local and international best practice
Ensure clinical pharmacy is an integral part of health-care delivery system by actively collaborating with healthcare providers within the facility
Work within established parameters, protocols and frameworks for medicine use and control
Identify high risk patients and implement interventions to improve quality and safety
Make appropriate evidence based, patient-centred medicine recommendation

Provide pharmaceutical services throughout the hospital facility:

Ensure all transactions are recorded and reported on the approved platforms and systems
Provides accurate, safe and timely medicine therapy based on individual patient need
Follow the established escalation processes pertaining to clinical pharmacy
Ensure recommendations considers cost beneficial initiatives adopted in the group