Poison Control Specialist
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Provides clinical information and case management advice for poisoning incidents. Requires 7+ years experience in an accredited Poison Control Center or extensive acute care experience.
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Responsibilities
- Provide verbal and written clinical information and case management advice in response to emergency and informational telephone calls
- Obtain pertinent information from caller to determine seriousness of poisoning incident and assess caller's understanding
- Independently determine whether poisoning incident can be handled by poison control center or requires health care provider
- Answer caller inquiries with complete, concise, and relevant recommendations
- Initiate follow up calls to assess patient status and alter case management recommendations as appropriate
- Document all calls and consultations on computerized medical record system
- Provide telephone and/or bedside management recommendations for consultative cases
- Precept PharmD students, Pharmacy residents, emergency medicine residents, and other trainees
- Participate in educational courses and outreach education efforts
- Participate in ongoing clinical research projects
Requirements
- Clinical Pharmacist, Degree in Pharma
- 7+ years relevant experience in an accredited Poison Control Center
- If no previous experience in a Poison Control Center, extensive experience working in acute care area department or critical care unit
- Clinical pharmacist licensed in country of origin and Qatar
- Knowledge of clinical management of poisonings and operational characteristics of a poison control center
- Ability to provide direct client services at the level of a certified poison information specialist
- Experience and skill using Toxicall database
- Fluency in written and spoken English
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Job Description
- Provides verbal and written sound clinical information and case management advice in response to emergency and informational telephone calls and consultations to the clinical toxicology service.
- Obtains pertinent and appropriate information from the caller in order to independently determine the seriousness of the poisoning incident and assess the caller’s level of understanding/state of mind.
- Based on the seriousness of the incident and the caller’s level of cognition, independently determines whether the poisoning incident can be handled by the poison control center or whether the poisoning victim should be seen by a health care provider.
- Answers caller inquiries with complete, concise and relevant recommendations for action in terms that are appropriate to the calling party’s level of understanding.
- Initiates follow up calls to assess patient status and alters case management recommendations as appropriate.
- Documents all calls and consultations on the poison control center’s computerized medical record system.
- For consultative cases, provides telephone and/or bedside management recommendations as necessary. Conducts rounds and follow up on consultative cases under oversight of supervising medical toxicologist.
- Precepts PharmD students, Pharmacy residents, emergency medicine residents, and any other trainees undergoing a toxicology rotation. Prepares and delivers lectures on poisoning topics to internal and external audiences.
- Participates in the educational courses provided by the poison control center and Section of Clinical Toxicology.
- Investigates case history, researches medical literature and consults appropriate sources to provide informed and proper treatment and triage recommendations and develops protocols that are medically and economically appropriate.
- Develops and provides reference information regarding availability and toxicology of new drugs.
- Communicates with on call staff concerning medical and toxicological related issues.
Qualifications
- Clinical Pharmacist, Degree in Pharma
- 7+ year’s relevant experience in an accredited Poison Control Center.
- Achievements in clinical care, research, education or administration.
- If no previous experience in a Poison Control Center, extensive experience working in acute care area department or critical care unit.
- Clinical pharmacist licensed in country of origin and Qatar
- Knowledge of the clinical management of poisonings and operational characteristics of a poison control center.
- Ability to advice, train, and assess performance of clinical professionals and/or students within area of expertise.
- Ability to provide direct client services at the level of a certified poison information specialist.
- Ability to foster a cooperative work environment; Work under pressure and make clinical decisions with limited amounts of information
- Ability to clearly and concisely transmit information to all callers in high stressful situations is critical.
- Ability to assess the circumstances of a poisoning situation and function effectively to manage life threatening exposures.
- Experience and skill using Toxicall database.
License/Certification
- Clinical Pharmacist License in Qatar (Required)
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