Pharmacist II
National Guard Health Affairs
Total years of experience :16 years, 1 Months
A) Chairman - Adverse Drug Reaction Subcommittee
(03/2020 - Present)
Leading a team of a nurse, a pharmacist, a quality professional, and a dermatologist to monitor and analyse the reported adverse drug reactions (ADR) in the hospital.
- Discuss the reported cases and assign the probability and severity of reactions utilizing appropriate scales.
- Plan for staff awareness activities.
- Prepare a summary quarterly report and submit it to the regional chair of Medication Safety Program (MSP):
• Number of reported cases and type of reaction
• Trends in reported incidents
• Rate of reports completion
B) In-Charge Drug and Poison Information Center (DPIC)
(12/2019 - Present)
Establishing drug and poison information service based on the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) drug information residency program requirements.
- Preparing relevant policies and procedures.
- Designing a systematic approach for receiving inquiries.
- Preparation of DPIC training guide.
- Training new staff on the responsibilities of a drug information pharmacist.
- Launching DPIC ON THE GO activity:- A weekly educational activity to share frequent inquiries that are relevant to daily hospital pharmacy practice.
- Assigning key performance quality indicators:
• Number and classification of inquiries
• Average time spent per inquiry.
• Rate of compliance with the systematic approach of replying to inquiries.
• Rate of recommendation acceptance by caller.
C) Managing Inpatient Pharmacy
(06/2013 - 06/2014)
With the support of my talented colleagues, we succeeded in commissioning the inpatient pharmacy services in Prince Mohamed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital.
- Setting scope of service.
- Budget forecast and control.
- Designing the basic work flow of the pharmacy.
- Assigning staff duties, responsibilities, and highlighting possible areas of personal development.
- Training staff on the basic concepts of medication and patient safety associated with different stages of medication management and use.
- Streamlining medication management and use policies and procedures in cooperation with medical, nursing, and information management
departments.
- Training of healthcare practitioners on issues related to proper medication use.
- Assigning key performance quality indicators:
• Number and classification of medication errors
• Rate of medication errors related to high alert medications
• Override rate of system alerts related to wrong doses, allergy, and drug interactions.
• Rate of acceptance of therapeutic interventions by medical staff.
• Rate of compliance with turnaround time for STAT orders
D) Pharmacy Automation
(01/2019 - Present)
Reasonable exposure and involvement in activities related to integration, stocking, and monitoring of utilization.
- Carousel and Automatic Dispensing Cabinets (Omnicell®)
- Intravenous Admixture Compounder (Nutrimix®)
E) Pharmacist II
(12/2012 - 11/2019)
Tasks
- Evaluating drug therapy orders for appropriateness and performing interventions as necessary.
- Reconciling patients' medications.
- Preparing Intravenous admixtures and total parenteral nutrition solutions.
- Suggesting appropriate therapeutic alternatives for non-formulary drugs.
- Patient counselling.
- Participation in continuous education activities for pharmacy staff and other healthcare practitioners.
A) Acting Inpatient Pharmacy Supervisor
(01/2012 - 04/2012)
My colleagues and I succeeded in achieving JCI re-accreditation through fulfilling accreditation requirements.
- Performing gap analysis based on accreditation standards.
- Assigning staff duties and responsibilities.
- Training pharmacy staff and other healthcare practitioners on the accreditation requirements that are related to medication management and use
chapter.
- Analysing medication error trends and implementing solutions to commonly encountered problems
- Launching medication reconciliation program
B) Hospital Pharmacist
(11/2009 - 08/2012)
Tasks
1) Inpatient Pharmacist - Qatif Branch (1 year 6 months)
- Preparing and dispensing medications against physician orders and performing therapeutic interventions as necessary.
- Discharge counselling.
- Preparing intravenous admixtures and total parenteral nutrition solutions
- Patient counselling
- New staff training
- participation in Joint Commission International re-accreditation.
- Floor stock inspection.
2) Outpatient Pharmacist - Dammam Branch (one year)
- Dispensing medications against outpatient prescriptions.
- patient counselling and education.
- Guiding physicians to cost-effective alternatives.
- Stock management.
1) Dispensing medications against outpatient prescriptions with necessary patient counseling.
2) Monitoring and planning for pharmacy stocks.
3) Improve merchandizing.
Dispensing medications against outpatient prescriptions with necessary patient counseling
Monitoring and planning for pharmacy stocks
Bachelor of Pharmaceutical sciences, very good with honor degree (83.95%)