Chief Pharmacist
najjar hospital
Total years of experience :9 years, 4 Months
• Execute pharmacy regulations, billing, teamworkandworkflow
• Perform contract negotiationswith pharmaceutical companies
• Apply budgeting, changes inmanagementandworking with other departments
• Provide specialist expertise and, delegated from the Chief Executive, have corporate responsibility for all aspects of medicines management with all statutory responsibilities
• Deliver high quality, progressive pharmacy services, ensuring that they are centered on the patient, are safe, modern and are delivered by competent staff within agreed budgets.
• Provide strategic and professional leadership for Medicines Optimisation services.
• Provide professional leadership to all staff and be responsible for their development.
• Compare prescription details against safety standards and insurance requirements to support patients
• Provided consultations and answered inquiries from patients, healthcare professionals and physicians regarding drugs, potential side effects and specified uses
• Supervise dispensation of controlled substances
• Administer prescription medicines to the public
• Register specialized drugs for stock control and legal purposes
• Sell medicines over-the-counter
• Counsel and advise patients on the treatment of minor ailments
• Monitor blood pressure, as well as cholesterol levels of customers when the need arises
• Supervise, manage and train pharmacy support staff
• Participate in budget and financial management
• Recruit, train, and manage staff
• Order, sell, and control medicines together with other stock
• Attend regular meetings with medical representatives
• Check prescriptions for errors, ensuring they're appropriate and safe for the individual patient
• Provide advice on the dosage of medicines and the most appropriate form of medication, which could be by tablet, injection, ointment or inhaler
• Make sure medicines are stored appropriately and securely
• Supervise the work of less experienced and less qualified staff
• Answer questions about medicines from within the hospital
• Keep up to date with, and contribute to, research and development
• Prepare and quality-check sterile medications, for example, TPN preparation
• Supervise clinical trials
• Carry out teaching within the pharmacy department for interns
• Ensuring safety in the compounding and dispensing of chemotherapy
• Maintaining an adequate supply of medications, minimizing drug waste, minimizing unnecessary exposure to hazardous drugs, and managing cost for cancer drugs
• Become knowledgeable about the goals and objectives of thestructured/unstructured training program of the students.
• Establish a learning objectives with the student for the training period.
• Be aware of the expected level of knowledge and skills of the student.
• Act as a role model in the development of the student or student-intern’s professional and ethical values and attitudes.
• Encourage active participation and involve the student in appropriate decision making situations under supervision.
• Provide time to answer questions or discussion with the student.
• Provide instruction and demonstrate desired skills before the student or student-intern is expected to undertake new tasks or skills.
• Encourage critical thinking and problem solving by frequently posing problems to the student and asking him or her to formulate answers or responses.
• Supervise the student and provide constructive feedback to assist in the further development of his or her skills and competencies.
graduated from lebanese american university with a bachelor degree in pharmacy with honors
Sep 2006 - June 2011 Lebanese American University (LAU) • Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy (with Honors)
University College of London (UCL) • Master in Clinical Pharmacy Practice (with Distinction)