PHARMACIST
King Abdulaziz National Guard Hospital
Total years of experience :16 years, 2 Months
*pharmacist at king abdulaziz National Guard Hospital, Al-Ahsa since 27/6/2009 until now
• Out-Patient Services
- Dispense outpatient’s prescriptions.
- Maintain control and security of all drugs including dispensing, record keeping and secured storage of narcotics and controlled medications.
- Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
- Answer physician’s inquiries regarding drugs.
- Counsel patients about the proper use and handling of medications.
• In-Patient Services
- Compiling ward stock orders
- Prescription monitoring
- Provides in - service training for health care workers and provides consultations on the use and care of prescription drugs and medicines with patients
- Ordering of pharmaceuticals from Bulk Store
- Maintain supplies and oversees security of drugs kept at nursing stations
- Stock Control - Expiry, stock rotation, processing and costing of issues to various
outlets
- Application of the law and encoded instructions, policies and procedures
• Bulk Compounding and Tablet Prepacking
- Preparation of the daily work schedule - tablet and liquid prepacks & prelabelling
- Preparation of labels.
- Compiling of orders from the Bulk store
- Monitor stocks of drugs and chemicals
- Ward stock replenishment
- Manufacture of products required for ward or out-patient use
- Prepare solutions and sterile vehicles
- Maintenance of necessary documentation
• Clinic Services
o Control and management of stock
o ICU word rounds
• Cytotoxics and TPN
- Dosing checking
- Preparation of labels
- Maintenance of necessary documentation
- Preparation of different strengths or formulations
- Reconstitutions and dilutions
- Manufacture of products required
- Preparation of dosage forms and devices required
- Monitor stocks of drugs and chemicals
- Compiling of orders from the Bulk store
- Quality control and assurance testing
pharmacist
*Pharmaceutical planner at King Abdulaziz National Guard Hospital, Al-Ahsa from 17/5/2008 to 12/11/2008
- Ordering and monitoring the pharmaceutical items
- Sharing medications with all government hospitals whenever needed.
- Requesting to return or exchange medications that are no longer required within the hospital.
- Urgent request of life threatening medications or it can cause disruption of operation.
- Reporting of nil, nearly expired and unconsumed medications.
*Pharmacist Trainee at King Abdulaziz National Guard Hospital, Al-Ahsa from 15/9/2007 to 15/12/2007