Clinical Pharmacologist

Key Responsibilities

1. Handling of Medicines

• Indent verification- whether correct indent done in SRIT as per the consultant clinical notes in doctors progress notes and medication chart filled by the Medical Officer.
• Receivable verification-Physical verification of all medicines received on floor from OP/IP pharmacy.
• Administration verification- Whether drug indented is administered to the patient in timely manner as per the mentioned dosage. Bedside physical verification for the same.
• Thorough checking of Expiry date for all medicines on floor including crash cart medicines. Segregation of expired medicines and sending them back to the pharmacy.
• Ensure NABH standards for medication prescription/indent/dispense/administration/documentation at all levels.
• Coordination with purchase department regarding availability of alternate medications if any specific brand is not available on floor.
• Coordinating with doctors about any queries regarding changes or substitute medicines from the patients prescription and taking their approval.
• Conducting prescription audit based on the parameters mentioned as per the guidelines.
• Preparing indent on the basis of shortage list and frequently prescribed medicines.
• Daily audit of high value medicines (chemotherapy drugs/antibiotics/albumin) in all wards and critical areas.
• Capacity building of nursing staff and Medical Officers regarding proper documentation in medicine chart.

2. Record Keeping

• Maintaining temperature register of fridge and making entries thrice a day after checking the same
• Maintaining incident reports, with RCA and CAPA of individual report and timely escalation of the same.
• Data of medication error with RCA and CAPA maintained in both hard copy and soft copy.
• Data of high value medication administration (chemotherapy/antibiotics).
• ADR reporting in timely manner.