Pharmacy Supervisor
Almana General Hospitals
Total years of experience :21 years, 8 Months
2002 -2015 (Present) Almana General Hospital - Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia
(JCIA accredited hospital)
Hospital pharmacist -
Inpatient Pharmacy Supervisor 2009-Present
• My current position is inpatient pharmacy supervisor (managing stocks, staff duties & schedule, TPN, chemotherapy, IV fluids and preparations, OPD prescriptions during closing hours of OPD- pharmacy, ….)
• Member in medication management committee ( to maintain JCIA standards).
• Member in pharmacy & therapeutic committee.
• Member in waste management committee.
• Member in JCIA standard-tracers for quality improvement.
• Quality improvement officer for the department (conducting quality improvement studies e.g., medication errors, STAT orders, illegible handwriting).
• Safety officer of the department.
• Updating Pharmacy Policy and procedure
• Communicate policy and procedure changes, system enhancements and clinical updates to all pharmacy staff.
• Part of new hire staff nurse orientation program, giving lectures regarding IV-preparations Aseptic techniques.
“Hospital Pharmacist”. 2006- 2009
• Computerized unit dose distribution system: dispensing, preparing extemporaneous preparations, and preparing Total Parental Nutrition (TPN)
• Applying interventions, endorsement, drug food interactions, antibiotics follow up….
• Running the Satellite pharmacy (requesting medication medications, checking all record and files, expiries..)
• Conducting competency assessment for pharmacists and staff nurses in the preparation of IV-admixtures.
• Familiar with Phaseal system in the preparations of chemotherapy agents.
• Preparing pharmacy newsletters.
Drug Information Center Pharmacist. 2003- 2006
• Answering/interacting with, drug related queries.
• Coordinating and participation in continuous education programs.
• Responsible for promoting clinical pharmacy services in the hospital.
• Evaluating medications files.
• Following and assisting patients with chronic diseases in long term units (adult and pediatric)
• Pharmacy Newsletters preparation.
• Member of the pharmacy and therapeutic committee
Evaluating drug Literature for addition of new drugs or/and deletion for drug/s in the formulary
• Member in Drug Utilization Committee (preparing protocols for selected drugs, conducting studies, auditing, and following after that.)
o Conducting a study in Albumin Usage in the Hospital
o Participating in a study that evaluate and control
the use of Proton Pump Inhibitors in the hospital.
o Participating in another study for the evaluation of antibiotic use in the hospital.
o Updating Hospital formulary
Teaching: 2003- 2006
Teaching pharmacology in AGH Collage (as part timer)
Hospital pharmacist - Inpatient Department. 2002- 2003
• My current position is inpatient pharmacy supervisor (managing stocks, staff duties & schedule, TPN, chemotherapy, IV fluids and preparations, OPD prescriptions during closing hours of OPD- pharmacy, ….)
• Member in medication management committee ( to maintain JCIA standards).
• Member in pharmacy & therapeutic committee.
• Member in waste management committee.
• Member in JCIA standard-tracers for quality improvement.
• Quality improvement officer for the department (conducting quality improvement studies e.g., medication errors, STAT orders, illegible handwriting).
• Safety officer of the department.
• Updating Pharmacy Policy and procedure
• Communicate policy and procedure changes, system enhancements and clinical updates to all pharmacy staff.
• Part of new hire staff nurse orientation program, giving lectures regarding IV-preparations Aseptic techniques.