Clinical Pharmacist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC), Jeddah
Total years of experience :11 years, 10 Months
-Actively participate in patient care rounds with other members of the healthcare team.
- Assist medical staff with the selection of drug therapy and patient monitoring.
- Parenteral nutrition support initiation and follow ups; patient assessment and monitoring.
- Assume responsibility for patient-specific pharmacotherapy plan to ensure optimal outcomes.
- Act as drug information and education resource for patients, students, colleagues, medical and nursing staff, and other healthcare professionals.
- Document therapeutic recommendations in the patient’s medical record and pharmacy intervention forms.
-Review and interpret medication orders for clarity, accuracy, rationality, compatibility, feasibility and suitability for the patient’s specific needs.
- Officially assigned as a preceptor for pharmacy residents by the Saudi Commission forHealthcare Specialties- Pharmacy Residency Program.
- Detect, analyze and report adverse drug reactions.
-Detect and report medication errors.
-Drug monograph preparation for evaluation via P&T Committee.
- Evaluation of non-formulary medications ordered by physician for specific patients.
-Participate in the departmental performance improvement, educational, and other clinical activities.( JCIA- MMU Chapter participant).
-Assure adherence to the departmental policies and procedures and provides monthly reports on clinical activities and other relevant workload statistics.
-Perform any other duties assigned by the Clinical Pharmacy Manager.
-Ward pharmacist: Order processing, Checking, Dispensing Medication, Pharmacokinetics, Dosing adjustment based on renal/hepatic function, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Reconciling at admission, Drug- Drug Interaction, Drug- Disease Interaction, Medication Administration Record (MAR) checking at nurse stations. Maintained complete medication profiles for all patients in the ward.
-I.V Admixture Pharmacist: calculations, determine stability, and checking.
Training new pharmacist and technician on Aseptic Technique and Sterile Compounding.
Parenteral Nutrition: patient assessment and monitoring, order checking, order processing, calculations, and final product checking.
Appropriate record keeping & documentation for quality assurance.
-Ambulatory Care pharmacist: Prescription checking for proper dosage, dispensing and counseling and educating patients on indications, contra-indications, adverse effects, drug interactions and dosage. Computer processing and checking of prescription
-Drug information pharmacist: Received calls from other health care professionals and answer their inquiries regarding medications using Micromedex and on-line searching.
Participated in pharmacy education program by preparing lectures to educate staff.
-Pharmacy Quality Coordinator.
Participated in Quality Improvement/Medication Safety activities and policy and procedure updating.
-Preceptor for pharmacy interns.
-Medication Error Reporting.
- Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting.
Helped in establishing I.V Admixture program and parenteral nutrition protocol in accordance with standards of Makkah Region Quality Improvement Program (MRQP) for Healthcare Facilities.
Participated in infection control weekly meetings.
Participated in Pain Management taskforce weekly meeting.
Trained I.V Admixture staff on the Aseptic Technique, Quality Assurance of Pharmacy Prepared Sterile Products, TPN preparation and calculation, and order processing (checking of age, weight, frequency, drug - drug and drug- disease interactions, infusion rate, compatibility and stability).
Certified IV admixture pharmacist and technician.
Helped in developing I.V admixture room policy and procedure (added infection control policy and quality assurance).
Developed TPN policy about order processing, preparation, stability and monitoring.
Developed with cooperation of I.V Admixture team various I.V administration guidelines (NICU, Pediatrics, Adults) for nurses.
Created documentation forms and communication slips with hospital laboratory.
Prepared I.V Admixing guidelines (including stability, infusion rate, suitable diluent and doses).
In-Service education for Nurses (Performing several educational lectures about: calculation, stability issues, how to use IV Administration Guidelines and precautions on handling TPN).
Helped in implementing MRQP Standards and Survey (preparing for survey and developing the needed polices to comply with standards like Potassium Administration Guideline, Pharmacy Infection Control Policy).
I.V. Admixture (Preparation, Calculations, Determine Stability, Checking, Training new staff for 1 month)
-TPN (Preparation, Calculation)
-Cytotoxic Drugs "rarely": (Handling, Preparation &Calculation).
-Daily I.V rounds in the nursing stations for inspection.
-Appropriate documentation and record keeping.
-Ensure proper preparation of biologicals and other drugs and pharmaceuticals.
Unit Dose: Dispensing and Checking.
-Extemporaneous preparation & compounding of prescribed pharmaceuticals by calculating, measuring and mixing the quantities of drugs and other ingredients required and filling appropriate containers with correct quantity.
Stock management: ordered and maintained stock of pharmaceutical supplies by ordering from the main store.
-Monthly inspection of nursing stations to ensure packaging, distribution and storage of
vaccines, serums, biologicals and other drugs.
Medication Error Reporting.
Appropriate record keeping.
Doctor of Pharmacy = Pharm.D = Clinical Pharmacist. Included a 7 months clerkship in following fields: ICU, Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Pediatrics, Adult Medicine, Anti-coagulation Clinic, and Transitional Care.
6 months training in community pharmacies