The posting
Join NUHS@Home, an innovative and transformative healthcare initiative at the National University Health System. We are looking for a forward-thinking Principal Clinical Pharmacist to play a key role in revolutionising patient care within our Hospital-at-Home program. This flexible role, available as full or part-time, allows you to practice at the top of your license, leveraging your expertise in pharmaceutical care and medication management to make an impact on patient outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Attend daily interdisciplinary rounds to collaborate closely with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to develop and implement patient care plans in a home-based hospital setting
- Conduct daily virtual ward rounds with the patients, driving innovation in pharmacological care and ensuring optimal patient outcomes.
- Utilize your extensive knowledge of inpatient care to manage complex cases across a wide range of specialties
- Innovate and optimize medication regimens, enhancing patient adherence and minimising adverse effects, while contributing to the transformation of clinical care models
- Provide expert consultation on medication management, ensuring the highest standards of safety and efficacy
- Engage in patient education, empowering patients with the knowledge they need to manage their therapies effectively at home
- Contribute to clinical governance, strategic planning, and the development and implementation of protocols and guidelines that will shape the future of hospital-at-home care at NUHS
- Embrace continuous learning and professional development opportunities, positioning yourself at the forefront of healthcare innovation
Clinical Practice also includes the following pharmacy duties:
- Provide general clinical pharmacy services to promote wellness and ensure optimization of medication therapy outcomes for patients, including ensuring accurate medication records, medication reconciliation, and ensuring medication adherence
- Identify and define patient-specific medical problems, recommend, implement and manage patient pharmacotherapy, review, counsel, dispense and/or supply medications as needed
- Provide ongoing monitoring and adjustment of patient's drug therapy, resolve and/or prevent patient's drug-related problems in accordance with departmental policies and procedures, work and/or consult with other health care providers to improve patient outcomes
- Promote and monitor for adherence to prescribing guidelines or drug use protocols.
- Provide professional advice and evidence-based drug information to patients and the health care team
- Work with patients, caregivers and other health care providers to ensure safe, cost-effective, timely distribution and quality use of medication that will best meet the patient's needs, achieve desired patient outcomes and assure continuity of services
- Communicate with patients and/or caregivers on a group or individual basis to ensure understanding of prescribed drugs, to resolve or prevent drug- related problems and to assure optimal patient cooperation in drug therapy
- Document clinical activities as defined in the competency development framework and/or department guidelines
- Lead and/or serve on departmental and/or institutional clinical practice committees and/or other relevant committees as assigned
- EducationIdentify, plan, implement and provide educational programs and training to entry level health care professionals and the public Plan and contribute to the development or publication of high quality patient education materials and articles targeted at general professional education Lead the development and implementation of pharmacy professional standards, competency framework and/or assessments for future clinical pharmacists for this ACP telehealth service Lead and contribute to the continuing professional development strategy
- ResearchLead, initiate and participate in clinical research independently or in collaboration with other health care disciplines Publish scientific papers in peer reviewed journals and/or present findings at key local or overseas scientific meetings
Secondary Duties (10%)
- Lead and contribute to the review and evaluation of services, policies and processes, and identify and implement medication safety and quality improvements initiatives to ensure optimal outcomes under NUHS@Home
- Participates in and/or undertakes responsibility for projects and activities which supports the goals of the department and organisation at department or institution level
- Maintain and up-to-date professional portfolio
- Any other duties or responsibilities as assigned
Requirements
- Possess MSc (Clinical Pharmacy) or Pharm D or Board Certification
- Completion of a Collaborative Prescribing Course within last 2 years
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in clinical experience (ideally in inpatient care)
- Registered with the Singapore Pharmacy Council
- Possess extensive and current knowledge of pharmaceuticals, clinical practice guidelines and protocols
- Possess strong leadership qualities
- Possess good supervisory, negotiation and managerial skills
- Excellent clinical pharmacy and evidence-based medicine knowledge and skills
- Excellent clinical problem solving, judgment and decision making skills
- Excellent knowledge of drug information research tools, clinical research methodologies and outcomes evaluation
- Excellent listening and communication skills, with the ability to educate and engage patients, and work collaboratively with a diverse healthcare team. Ability to speak in a second language in addition to English will be helpful.
- Passion for transforming traditional healthcare models through innovative care delivery
