Provide clinical pharmacy services including daily inpatient rounds, prescription audits, drug interaction and adverse reaction monitoring, dose adjustments for renal/hepatic impairment, antibiotic stewardship, narcotics and formulary management, staff training, medication error reporting, crash cart checks, and ensuring compliance with hospital standards (JCI, NABH) and regulatory storage/temperature requirements.
Position
You will play a critical role in ensuring the safe and effective use of medications for all patients at AHI. The role involves reviewing medication appropriateness, monitoring drug interactions, detecting and analyzing adverse drug reactions, and conducting prescription audits. You will work closely with physicians and other healthcare professionals to adjust doses, monitor restricted antibiotic use, and ensure compliance with hospital policies and standards such as JCI and NABH.
Key Responsibilities
You will play a critical role in ensuring the safe and effective use of medications for all patients at AHI. The role involves reviewing medication appropriateness, monitoring drug interactions, detecting and analyzing adverse drug reactions, and conducting prescription audits. You will work closely with physicians and other healthcare professionals to adjust doses, monitor restricted antibiotic use, and ensure compliance with hospital policies and standards such as JCI and NABH.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct daily morning rounds for all in-patient department (IPD) patients and review prescriptions in wards and ICUs before dispensing.
- Lead the prescription audit team, ensuring thorough reviews and compliance with hospital policies.
- Collaborate with doctors to adjust doses for patients with abnormal pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, particularly in cases of renal and hepatic impairment.
- Monitor restricted antibiotic use and coordinate with the infection control officer for the antibiotic stewardship program.
- Prevent, anticipate, and investigate potential drug interactions and adverse drug reactions, presenting monthly reports on these issues to the quality department.
- Monitor and implement the hospital’s narcotic policy, ensuring compliance.
- Regularly check and verify the contents of crash carts and disaster kits.
- Oversee blood sugar monitoring for all IPD patients and ensure timely incident reporting for any major incidents.
- Provide daily reports on medication errors, adverse drug reactions, incomplete prescriptions, dispensing errors, and patient counseling sessions.
- Ensure proper drug information is provided to both doctors and patients, with detailed counseling during patient discharge.
- Conduct training sessions for ward and ICU pharmacists and nurses, keeping them up to date with clinical practices.
- Coordinate and organize meetings for the Therapeutic Committee, maintain minutes, and follow up on action items.
- Regularly update the hospital’s drug formulary, ensuring compliance with storage regulations and monitor medication expiry dates.
- Maintain room and refrigerator temperatures according to FDA regulations.
- Monitor medication appropriateness, conducting audits, and ensuring safe and effective drug use according to JCI and NABH standards.
- Either Masters or Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharma D) is required
- Minimum 2 years experience.
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