Clinical Pharmacist📣 إعلان

About Diaverum

Diaverum is a purpose-driven organization focused on delivering life-enhancing renal care to patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), enabling them to live fulfilling lives. As one of the world’s leading providers of renal care and the largest service provider in the Middle East, Diaverum offers standardized, world-class care. Services include hemodialysis, preventive care, peritoneal dialysis, home care, and coordinated management of comorbidities and transplant services. The care delivery model is proprietary and supported by a continuously evolving digital infrastructure.

The Role of Clinical Pharmacist

The Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for pharmaceutical care management within assigned clinics in Al Khobar, Eastern region. This temporary position involves ensuring excellence in service delivery according to Diaverum's clinical governance, which includes clinical standards, medical standards, performance measurement, education, and scientific research. The role focuses on planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating pharmaceutical care services to achieve therapeutic outcomes that improve patient quality of life, well-being, and health promotion. This includes pharmaceutical supply management, scientific research, and preventive care services to provide life-enhancing renal care.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure effective drug therapy, health promotion, and lifestyle management for patients with diverse backgrounds.
• Implement a continuous, accurate, and effective pharmacotherapy plan for all patients, including screening, assessment, diagnosis, intervention/reconciliation, documentation, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Manage clinical parameters to measure, monitor, and evaluate pharmaceutical care in accordance with national and international standards and guidelines in renal care and chronic disease management.
• Utilize clinical knowledge and counseling skills to positively impact patients’ quality of life and medical management.
• Engage and actively participate in dietetic research led by the pharmaceutical care department.
• Manage pharmaceutical supplies, ensuring medication safety, product quality (shipping, delivery, storage, preparation), and product availability.
• Coordinate with Logistics Services regarding quality and availability, submitting accurate reports on needs and critical pharmaceutical items.
• Review pharmaceutical stock data (slow-moving, overstock, nearly expired, zero stock items) and provide recommendations.
• Study drug statistical reports to develop solutions for any deficits and ensure adherence to medication manufacturing recommendations.
• Conduct consumption analysis to improve clinic consumption, considering patient needs, and coordinate with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and Logistics Services to prevent waste.
• Stay updated on pharmaceutical industry advancements to obtain quality products within available capabilities.
• Adhere to all pharmaceutical supplies policies and procedures.

Team Collaboration and Reporting

• The Pharmacist is accountable to the Direct Manager for meeting clinic objectives (administrative, business, medical, operational outcomes) and to the Function Head for ensuring standards of care and quality management.
• Annual performance evaluation, including training and development needs, is a shared responsibility between the Direct Manager and Function Head.
• Cultivate patient-centric, evidence-based pharmaceutical care integrated within Diaverum’s care delivery system.
• Collaborate with the MDT and patients to support navigation of disease, complications, dialysis treatment, and medication/lifestyle changes.
• Initiate and lead pharmaceutical and preventive care projects in coordination with the Head of Pharmaceutical Care and other strategic departmental/organizational projects.
• Serve as the clinic's point of contact for medical, nursing, operations, and other functions regarding patient pharmaceutical care.

Compliance and Quality Management

• Comply with policies and procedures related to scope of care, patient confidentiality/rights, infection control, facility management, safety, time/attendance, and dress code.
• Apply policies and procedures to meet patient needs as determined by medical staff prescription orders.
• Adhere to current and future Diaverum policies and procedures, including quality standards such as Joint Commission International (JCI) and/or Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI), medical KPIs, and all local regulatory requirements governing nutrition care.
• Monitor compliance with all pharmaceutical care policies, procedures, and country regulations.
• Work closely with the Head of Pharmaceutical Care, Clinic Medical Director, Clinic Team, and Operations Management to achieve overall quality goals and medical parameters.
• Participate in Pharmaceutical Care department meetings, clinic management meetings (including Quarterly Management Review and Monthly Business Review), and country/clinic development initiatives, ensuring alignment with Diaverum's Pharmaceutical Care department strategy and vision.

Qualifications and Development

• A minimum of 0-1 years of experience is required for this role.
• Participate and engage in all provided training programs and continuous professional development in pharmaceutical care.
• Participate in the orientation and induction of new pharmaceutical team members and in the education, training, and development of self and others, including assigned pharmacist interns.