Hospital Pharmacist

Description

Prepares, dispenses, reviews and monitors medication of individual patients, and provides medication-related advice to patients in a multidisciplinary team of Health Professionals to deliver safe, patient-centred care in a hospital or clinical setting.

Description

Apply in-depth knowledge of medicines and medication management to ensure the safe use of medicines, and optimise health outcomes by contributing to prescribing, dispensing, administering, monitoring and evaluating medicine therapy.

Tasks include

• Obtains medication histories, reviews inpatient charts and medication action plans, and administers and prescribes medications to ensure quality use of medicines
• Provides medication information to doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, patients and carers
• Facilitates the safe continuity of medication management and counselling to patients and carers on discharge from hospital
• Performs medication monitoring and adverse drug reaction management
• Collaborates with Health Professionals to develop medication management plans, including partnered pharmacist medication charting
• Maintains records of the supply of prescription medicines, controlled drugs and other restricted substances
• Supervises and coordinates the work of pharmacy technicians and pharmacy interns
• Stores and preserves vaccines, serums and other drugs subject to deterioration
• Participates in research, education, quality improvement activities, peer review and interdisciplinary ward rounds and meetings
• May compound and manufacture medicines when preparations are not available