Clinical Pharmacist

Role & responsibilities

• Review and validate medication prescriptions for safety, efficacy, and appropriateness.
• Participate in clinical rounds and provide evidence-based drug therapy recommendations.
• Perform medication reconciliation during patient admission, transfer, and discharge.
• Monitor and document adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and medication errors.
• Coordinate pharmacovigilance activities and ADR reporting.
• Provide drug information services to clinicians, nursing staff, and patients.
• Conduct patient counseling on medication use, dosage, side effects, and adherence.
• Support antimicrobial stewardship and rational drug use initiatives.
• Maintain clinical pharmacy intervention records and reports.
• Assist in formulary management and drug utilization evaluations.
• Develop and update medication-related SOPs, policies, and guidelines.
• Participate in clinical research, audits, and quality improvement projects.
• Support teaching and training activities for healthcare professionals and students.
• Ensure compliance with hospital quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate and support NABH accreditation activities, including Medication Management & Use (MMU) standards.
• Participate in NABH internal and external audits and closure of audit observations.
• Maintain documentation required for NABH assessments and quality indicators.
• Support NABL compliance activities related to laboratory processes, critical value reporting, and quality documentation.
• Conduct audits of medication storage, high-alert medications, LASA drugs, narcotics, and expiry management.

Preferred candidate profile

• PharmD (Preferred)
• Registered Pharmacist with State Pharmacy Council