International Medical professionals are invited to apply for these exiting 3 year contract job opportunities in Qatar. Qatar’s national healthcare delivery system is rapidly developing. This group strives to lead in developing the national health system by operating new facilities, implementing state-of-the art technologies, and recruiting the best, most qualified international talent to care for Qatar’s future. Here, you will have the opportunity to team with the best and the brightest professionals in healthcare and to provide world class patient care service for the population. This medical group has one of the biggest workforces in Qatar, with more than 2 million people living and working in Qatar, this diverse and exciting organization has more than 90 different nationalities working to deliver the best care always to their patients and the Qatar community.

PACKAGE
3 Year contract (renewable)
Single and family contracts available.
Generous Tax free basic salary. Offered according to experience.
From 11400 QAR up to 21000 QAR per month. 21 000 QAR is +/- 83 000 South-African Rand/ 8700 LBP /4100 JOD/ 17300 TND.
Free fully furnished accommodation provided.
Transport allowance of 1250 QAR per month added to your basic salary.
Free "round trip" (to and from home country) flight tickets on joining, annual leave, and on repatriation. For those with family contract offered this will be also be applicable for your family (wife and up to 3 children up to 18 years old).
School allowance: 21 000 QAR (maximum) for up to 3 children (ages 5- 18) per child per academic year provided that they are studying in private schools in Doha.
40 days paid annual vacation days.
End of Service Award (at end of contract) which is one month's salary for each year worked.
Etc.

The benefits outlined here are those that apply to most employees. Salary offer packages are determined by the employer. Global Medical Recruiting can assist the applicant with salary offer negotiations with the employer, but in the end the final salary package offered is at the sole discretion of the employer and not of Global Medical Recruiting.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education & Experience:

Advance Pharmacy Degree (APD)* and 1 year licensed hospital pharmacy experience as clinical pharmacist after completion of APD.

PharmD/BS Pharmacy from recognized Pharmacy Program with 2 years licensed hospital pharmacy experience in clinical pharmacist role.

Advance Pharmacy Degree (APD)*: For clinical positions this includes Accredited graduates of Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or clinically relevant MSc (e.g Master degree in Hospital or clinical pharmacy) or an Accredited hospital residency program.

Required certification/licensure:

Valid Primary License from the country of origin if applicable AND should be eligible for license in the State of Qatar within the Supreme Council of Health.

Minimum Experience: (LICENSED OR REGISTERED EXPERIENCE)

As mentioned above in Educational Requirements.

Language Skills:

Fluent in English - Oral and Written.

JOB SPECIFICATION
POSITION SUMMARY:
The main responsibilities of the job holder are to provide clinical pharmacy services, including advising health care providers on matters pertaining to drug selection while assessing for optimal drug therapy, dosage regimen, effective administration and drug therapy monitoring; and participate in the development and delivery of continuing education programs for pharmacy, patient care services, medical staff and students. May also be providing non-clinical pharmacy services in another part of the pharmacy service.

COMMON RESPONSIBILITIES:
Patient Care.
Drug Utilization Review.
Research.
Patient information and education programs.
Clinical Risk Management.
Training and Education.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
Patient Care:

Conduct medication reconciliation; identifying the most complete and accurate list of medications a patient is taking and using this list to provide correct medications for the patient anywhere within the organization upon admission or transition of care.
Participate in the multidisciplinary ward rounds/meeting
Assess current medication therapy; patient’s medical record should be reviewed in conjunction with the medication administration record and medication history obtained. Recent consultations, pathology results and investigations, treatment plan and daily progress should be taken into account when determining the appropriateness of current medication therapy and when planning patient car
Prevent, detect, and resolve medication-related problems, make appropriate evidence-based, patient-centered medication therapy recommendations as part of the interdisciplinary team.
Evaluate response to drug therapy using patient’s existing parameters.
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM): interpretation, monitoring, and communication of measured drug concentrations in body fluids to optimize medication efficacy and minimize toxicity.
Provide concise, applicable, comprehensive, and timely responses to requests for drug information from patients and health care providers.
Provide medication counseling throughout patient’s journey.
Management of medication errors and adverse drug reactions.

Conduct and participate in Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) to evaluate and improve medication use process.

Participate in development of clinical guidelines, protocols or pathways.

Research:

Perform and collaborate on research project
Disseminate research results through meetings, conferences, or publications

Complete the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements (e.g. credit hours) for maintaining a pharmacist license in the state of Qatar or the Employer’s requirements if these are higher.

Training and Education:

Provide educational activities for pharmacy staff and other healthcare provider’s e.g physician and nurses.
Participate in the orientation and training of the new staff and pharmacy students.
Participate in patient education, e.g. presentations and education programs.
Development of patient information materials.

Ensure appropriate and safe system of care in collaboration with other healthcare professionals (Nurses, physicians, etc...)

Documentation:

Write in the medical record to communicate with clinicians and to document pharmacist contributions to patient care as per the Employer’s policies and procedures.
Documentation of clinical pharmacist interventions.
Report medication errors and adverse drug reactions.

Medicine Distribution Responsibility:

Provide operational support in the pharmacy as determined by departmental needs
Provides leadership and oversight for pharmacy technician.
Maintains knowledge of changes in medication delivery systems to provide accurate and timely service.
Demonstrate understanding of the process to access medications through the various technological systems.
Participate in opportunities to improve the quality, effectiveness, and/or efficiency in distributing medications to patients.
Demonstrates quality and safety in the distribution process.
Actively collaborates and demonstrates teamwork with pharmacy teams to ensure drug distribution is communicated and delivered safely and effectively.
ABOUT THE EMPLOYER
Premier non-profit health care provider in Doha, Qatar and the main provider of secondary and tertiary healthcare in Qatar and one of the leading hospital providers in the Middle East. Since its establishment the healthcare provider rapidly developed medical facilities capable of providing state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment of disease. It currently manages 12 hospitals – 9 specialist hospitals and 3 community hospitals – as well as the National Ambulance Service and home and residential care services.