Rita Mateus, Healthcare Professional

Rita Mateus

Healthcare Professional

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Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Experience
20 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 7 Months

Healthcare Professional at ---
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since March 2016

Have been helping with my family business (remotely because the company is in Portugal)

Pharmacist (Member of Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee) at Regional Health Administration - Lisbon
  • Portugal
  • February 2013 to February 2016

This Committee has as main duties:
- Monitor the prescribing and dispensing of medicines;
- Publish monitoring and follow up reports of medicines prescribing and dispensing, every six months;
- Evaluate the adoption of the Clinical Guidelines from the Directorate- General of Health (DGS);
- Make recommendations on prescription and use of drugs, targeting the hospitals and the primary care health centres (publishing pharmacotherapeutic reviews);
- Notify National Health Service clinical responsible (hospitals and primary care health centres), or doctors practicing private medicine regarding non-compliance with prescription clinical guidelines.

Hospital Pharmacist at Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central
  • Portugal
  • October 2003 to January 2013

Main duties related with medicines at hospital environment, such as: selection, acquisition and storage of medicines, pharmacotechnics and pharmacovigilance, distribution of medicines, clinical pharmacy activities, information about medicines to other healthcare professionals.

Education

Master's degree, Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • at Instituto Superior de Ciencias da Saude Egas Moniz- Lisbon
  • August 2003

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and Internet.

Languages

Portuguese
Native Speaker
English
Expert
Spanish
Intermediate

Memberships

Portuguese Pharmacist Society
  • Partner
  • August 2003

Training and Certifications

Regulatory Affairs in GCC - Dubai Pharmacy College (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2019

Hobbies

  • Cooking and traveling