Clinical Pharmacist (1) at Gertrude's Children's Hospital

Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital is a not-for-profit Children’s Hospital established in 1947. Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital is the most established paediatric hospital in Eastern and Central Africa, providing healthcare to children in Kenya as well as those referred from neighbouring countries. The hospital attends to over 300,000 outpatients annually through a network of 15 facilities in and around Nairobi and admits over 9,000 patients annually at its 100-bed facility located at Muthaiga, Nairobi. Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital is licensed to provide healthcare to children and teens up to 21 years, and provides the full range of healthcare services including preventive care, accident and emergency, outpatient care, inpatient medical and surgical care, and rehabilitation services. The hospital provides specialist care covering more than 20 aspects of paediatric specialisation, and also runs a teens’ clinic providing comprehensive healthcare to teenagers and young adults. Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital is licensed and recognised as a Level 5 Healthcare Facility, a Tertiary Referral and Teaching Children’s Hospital. The hospital operates on a self-sustaining financing model through charging fee for services.
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Clinical Pharmacist (1)

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationMBA/MSc/MA
  • Experience3 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldPharmaceutical 

Main Duties and Responsibilities

  • Provide individualized pharmaceutical care and participate in multidisciplinary care plans for in-patients.
  • Develop and run the medication therapy management service.
  • Review medication therapy and carry out clinical pharmacy interventions for both inpatients and outpatients in liaison with the patient care team.
  • Conduct medication utilization reviews and engage in clinical and operational research.
  • Reporting, monitoring and analysis of medication use problems e.g., errors, adverse drug reactions and other quality and patient safety indicators
  • Carry out medication use counselling and adherence monitoring for high-risk patients and patients on chronic treatment.
  • Prepare & submit clinical and management reports
  • Participate in the development and support compliance to medication management and use policies
  • Undertake medication reconciliation during patient admission and discharge.
  • Participate and supervise staff in sterile compounding, chemotherapy reconstitution and extemporaneous preparations.
  • Provide medicine information and education to patients, healthcare workers and other hospital personnel.
  • Prepare articles on important medication related updates for publication within the hospital and externally as well as patient education leaflets.
  • Maintain close interaction with relevant professional bodies ensuring that the department is kept abreast with all new developments in the pharmaceutical and related fields
  • Conduct continuous professional development sessions for pharmacy staff
  • Serve as an active member in appointed hospital committees and process improvement action teams.

Qualifications,Experience and Skill

  • Master’s Degree in Clinical Pharmacy.
  • At least 3 years after Master’s Degree in Clinical Pharmacy.
  • Registration with the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
  • Possession of valid annual practicing license.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Demonstrable supervisory skills
  • Commitment to excellence and a can-do attitude
  • ICT Proficiency

Method of Application

Interested qualified for the position, well, send in your application enclosing your CV together with a one-page testimony detailing why you feel you are best suited for this position.

Applications should be sent via the recruitment portal https://apps.gerties.org:8073/login to be received not later than 7th July 2023.

“Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital is an equal opportunity employer”.

Interested and qualified? Go to Gertrude's Children's Hospital on apps.gerties.org to apply

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