Our client is a public hospital
Responsibilities
- Provide general clinical pharmacy services in assigned patient care area/service.
- Participate within a multidisciplinary health care team to ensure optimization of medication therapy and outcomes for patients.
- Identify and define patient-specific medical problems, recommend, implement and manage patient pharmacotherapy, review, counsel, dispense and/or supply medications as needed, provide ongoing monitoring and adjustment of patient's drug therapy, resolve and/or prevent patient's drug-related problems in accordance with departmental policies and procedures, work and/or consult with other health care providers to improve patient outcomes.
- Promote and monitor for adherence to prescribing guidelines or drug use protocols.
- Provide professional advice and evidence-based drug information to patients, pharmacy students and the health care team
- Work with patients, caregivers and other health care providers to ensure safe, cost-effective, timely distribution and quality use of medication that will best meet the patient's needs, achieve desired patient outcomes and assure continuity of services.
- Communicate with patients and/or caregivers on a group or individual basis to ensure understanding of prescribed drugs, to resolve or prevent drug-related problems and to assure optimal patient cooperation in drug therapy.
- Document clinical activities as defined in the competency development framework and/or department guidelines.
- Serve on departmental clinical practice committees and/or other relevant committees as assigned.
- Provide educational programs and training to trainees, pharmacy students, support staff and the public.
- Contribute to the development or publication of high quality patient education materials.
- Provide guidance to trainees, pharmacy students and support staff and supervise their professional training and development
- Contribute to the development and implementation of pharmacy professional standards, competency framework and/or assessments for pre-registration pharmacists at departmental level.
- Participate in and contribute to continuing professional development
Secondary Responsibilities and Duties (10%)
- Contribute to the review and evaluation of services, policies and processes; and contribute to the implementation of medication safety and quality improvements initiatives to ensure optimal outcomes at institution level.
- Participate, supervise and/or coordinate pharmacy activities relevant to clinical work.
- Any other duties or responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements
- Able to work independently and in a team
- Able to communicate effectively
- Possess clinical skills and knowledge in running ambulatory service(s) and/or Inpatient clinical service
- Hospital experience is preferred but not necessary
- Min 5 years in a clinical setting is preferred
- Masters in clinical Pharmacy, PharmD or Board certification
- Registered with the Singapore Pharmacy Council
