Staff Pharmacist

Manila Doctors Hospital (Manila Medical Services Inc.); Manila; On-site; PHP 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Manila Doctors Hospital is seeking a pharmacist to manage outpatient and inpatient dispensing, unit-dose dispensing, oncology pharmacy, and satellite operations across operating rooms, delivery rooms, and emergency departments.

You will verify, prepare, dispense, counsel patients, monitor patient drug profiles, manage inventory, and collaborate with other healthcare practitioners to ensure safe, effective medication use.

Qualifications

• Ability to verify, prepare and dispense drug products per policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of medication use, drug information and patient counseling.
• Ability to interpret appropriateness of medication orders including age-related factors.
• Competency in preparing and labeling medication requests using proper technique.
• Ability to compound preparations including TPN and IV admixtures.
• Identify and report pharmacy-related patient care problems and medication errors.
• Provide drug information and respond to pharmacy-related queries.
• Competency in preparing antineoplastic IV admixtures and boluses with aseptic technique.

Responsibilities

• Verify, prepare, dispense and charge drug products in accordance with policies and regulatory requirements.
• Provide written and verbal counseling concerning medication use and drug information.
• Assure completeness and appropriateness of medication orders, including age factors.
• Maintain accuracy of patient drug profiles.
• Prepare and label medication requests using proper technique.
• Ensure policies related to drug distribution are followed.
• Compound preparations including TPN and IV admixtures.
• Identify and report pharmacy-related patient care problems and medication errors.
• Check daily census and review medication orders for changes.
• Notify physicians of incompatibilities or interactions.

Skills

Verified dispensing

Medication counseling

Drug information

Clinical interpretation

IV admixtures / TPN

Inventory management

Pharmacy policy adherence

Patient confidentiality

Job description

About the role

This is a pharmacy role involving outpatient and inpatient dispensing, unit dose dispensing, oncology pharmacy, and satellite pharmacy operations across operating rooms, delivery rooms, and emergency departments. The role encompasses medication verification, preparation, dispensing, patient counseling, inventory management, and coordination with other healthcare practitioners.

Key responsibilities

• Verify, prepare, dispense and charge drug products in accordance with established policies, procedures and pertinent statutory and regulatory requirements

• Provide written and verbal counseling concerning medication use and other drug information suitable to patient needs

• Assure completeness and interpret appropriateness of medication orders including age-related factors before preparing or permitting distribution of drug products

• Maintain accuracy of patient drug profiles

• Prepare and label medication requests using appropriate technique and following health system policies and procedures

• Ensure policies and procedures related to drug distribution are followed

• Compound preparations not available commercially such as compounded prescriptions, Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) and other I.V. admixtures

• Display initiative in preventing, identification and reporting pharmacy-related patient care problems and medication errors

• Check daily census and admission status of patients and review medication orders for newly ordered, discontinued, shifted, or adjusted medications

• Notify physicians of therapeutic incompatibility, potential drug interactions and duplicate prescriptions

About you

• Ability to verify, prepare and dispense drug products in accordance with established policies and procedures

• Knowledge of medication use, drug information and patient counseling

• Ability to interpret appropriateness of medication orders including age-related factors

• Competency in preparing and labeling medication requests using appropriate technique

• Ability to compound preparations including compounded prescriptions, Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) and I.V. admixtures

• Skill in identifying and reporting pharmacy-related patient care problems and medication errors

• Ability to provide drug information and respond to pharmacy-related queries

• Competency in preparing antineoplastic IV admixtures and boluses using standard antiseptic technique

• Ability to conduct inventory monitoring and management of base stock and emergency-cart medicines

• Commitment to confidentiality of records and adherence to data privacy law and hospital data privacy policy