Coordinates the overall pharmaceutical needs of the patient care areas with the dispensing area.
Responsible and accountable in managing the medication therapy of patients.
Provides medication therapy evaluations and recommendations to patients and health care professionals
Provides patient education and medication counselling.
Counsels patients on medications to be self-administered in the hospital and discharge medications
Reviews the home medicines of discharged patients.
Provides drug information to physicians, nurses, and other health-care personnel.
Attends to adverse drug reaction experience (ADE) in the hospital.
Compounds parenteral, oral, and topical preparations (IV admixtures and Total Parenteral Nutrition for inpatients).
Reviews and interprets each unit dose and IV admixture medication order to ensure that it is entered accurately into the unit-dose or IV admixture system
Insures that good manufacturing techniques are used in compounding intravenous admixtures and extemporaneous preparations.
Provides for proper drug control:
Insures that drugs are stored and dispensed properly.
Insures that all national laws and DDB regulations are followed.
Dispenses drugs and medicine, and other pharmaceutical preparations
Daily inventory of drugs and medical devices.
Monitors drugs at critical level in assigned shelves.
Checks incoming drugs, medicine, chemicals for quality, qualifying in conformity with requested item.
Records inpatients issues of wards covered by unit dosing in individual patients profile.
Monitors correct quantity, expiry date, and proper storage of emergency drugs in the wards and clinics.
Monitors maintenance/use of all equipment, electronic devices, accountable, and official forms.
Participates in the regular meetings of the Therapeutics Committee and other hospital committees involving the Pharmacy.
Communicates with all Pharmacy staff regarding new developments in the area.
Maintains professional competence, particularly in knowledge of drug stability and incompatibilities.
Attend meetings/seminar-workshops/consultative meetings related to clinical and hospital pharmacy practice.
Supervises clerks, Pharmacy Technicians, and pharmacy interns.
Compliance to IMS (Integrated Management System) Standards and Policies.
