Staff Pharmacist

Experience - 2 years pharmacy experience OR 1 year experience for Advance Pharmacy degree (APD) holders OR 0 years experience for Qatari candidates and graduates from recognized Qatar based universities / institutes Education - Bachelor Degree in Pharmacy from recognized program Certification - Valid Primary license from the country of origin (if applicable) AND should be eligible for license from the Licensing authority in the State of Qatar to practice Healthcare Profession. Language - Arabic and English JOB Duties Patient care 1. Verify physician orders for appropriateness 2. Gather required patient information. 3. Maintains and updates a patient profile with demographics, diagnosis, allergies, and current medications 4. Identify, prioritize and resolve drug related problems 5. Uses appropriate communication skills, and effectively communicates with patients, physicians, and nurses to solve identified drug related problems 6. Provide patient education (e.g., counselling information and education on adherence issues, either verbal or written). 7. Monitor medication effectiveness by review of the medical record and direct questioning of the patient or their carer 8. Monitors drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, drug, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interaction Drug, Therapeutic and Practice Information 1. Provides drug information to health care professionals and to patients and their carer 2. Utilize medical references and evaluate scientific information to answer drug information questions 3. Identifies and acts upon cost avoidance in drug therapy, by promoting cost effective drugs and by reducing waste.