Murdoch University MBS538: Job Description and Specification Analysis

This assignment presents a job description and person specification for a Clinical Pharmacist, addressing key responsibilities, skills, and qualifications. The document outlines the principal accountabilities, including optimizing patient outcomes through judicious medicine use, patient education, and research. It details essential skills such as effective communication and analytical abilities, along with required knowledge in pharmacology and clinical evidence. The qualifications section specifies the need for a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and relevant experience. Furthermore, the assignment includes a critical reflection, where the student discusses the challenges encountered, the learning process, and how the experience will inform future work in human resources, emphasizing the importance of understanding the nuances of a clinical role and professional development. The references used in this assignment are also listed.

Running head: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Human Resource Management
Name of the student
Name of the University
Author note

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1. Job Description
Principle Accountabilities of Clinical Pharmacist
 Optimize the patient outcome with the help of the judicious use of the medicines
 Educating the patients pertaining to appropriate use of the medicines
 Engaging in the research that can help in improving use of the medicines (Saseen et
al., 2017).
 Develop the clinical pharmacy programs based on the policies along with the
regulations
 Reviewing the records of the patients for determination of appropriateness of the
medication therapy
 Evaluate the condition of the patient that can help in ensuring that the heath of the
patient is restored
Skills
 Communicating effectively with the patients, caregivers along with their families
 Developing the ability of the written communication that is appropriate for the
audience
 Using the verbal communications that is tailored to the patient-specific environment
 Having the appropriate level of assertiveness, empathy along with the respect that can
help in dealing with the problems of the patients (Dunn et al., 2015).
Knowledge
 Should possess in-depth knowledge in relation to pharmacology, pharmacotherapy
and the pathophysiology that can help them in effectively treating the patient

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 Assimilation of the clinical evidence along with the other kinds of the important
information that can help in the area of the therapeutic decision-making (Ravn-
Nielsen et al., 2018)
 Enhancing the pharmacotherapy knowledge that includes the recertification along
with the appropriate method of the self-assessment
Qualifications and Experience
 Should have the Doctor of the Pharmacy Degree from the Accreditation Council for
Pharmacy Education
 Should have 3 years of that of patient care experience
2. Person Specification of Clinical Pharmacist
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Job title: Clinical Pharmacist
QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s Degree in pharmacy
Membership as the practicing pharmacist alongside with General
Pharmaceutical Council
Essential
KNOWLEDGE
Proficiency in the computer skills
Having excellent oral along with the written communication skills
Having the scientific knowledge that can help in treating the
Essential

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patients in the right manner
Knowledge in relation to the medicinal chemistry
Different aspects of the biological, medical along with the
pharmaceutical sciences
Should have the intellectual rigour that can work to the benefits of
the patients in the health care profession (Goldfien et al., 2016).
SKILLS
Having excellent analytical along with the problem solving skills
Having the diplomatic skills
Having the ability of working in an independent manner and also
within part of the team
Should have the professional relationships with the patients that
can help them in providing the advice that can help in meeting the
needs of the patient (Ourth et al., 2016).
Have the skills about using the risk stratification tools that can act
to the advantage of the clinical profession
Having the collaborative skills with that of the administrative staff
that can help in ensuring that he patients get the proper dosage of
the medicine
Essential

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Have the ability of making the critical decisions
Have the skill of selecting best combination of the drugs in
relation to the condition of the patient
EXPERIENCE
Having 3 years of the relevant professional experience
Have the board certification that can help in providing the
opportunity for the growth of the clinical pharmacist
Desirable
3. Critical Reflection
In my opinion, I would in the next time in the event of writing down the job
description would consult a clinical pharmacist that can help me in understanding the various
kinds of responsibilities relating to the profession. The clinical pharmacists have to perform
various kinds of jobs and carrying out discussion with them can help in understanding the
varying responsibilities of the clinical pharmacist. The process can be improved with the help
of the constant interaction with the person working in the professional position of the Clinical
Pharmacist that can help in understanding the nuances in relation to the clinical profession. In
the position of the HR professional, I would like to go through journals that are closely
related to the clinical profession. It can help in understanding the implications of carrying out
the duties in relation to the profession of the Clinical Pharmacist. This can help the HR
professional in writing down accurately about the responsibilities that can help in the
progress of an organization. In my view, the challenging thing was to write the job
description in a professional manner that can help in drawing the potential candidates towards
the organization. I think that it was challenging as I had to think about the various kinds of
responsibilities that a clinical pharmacist needs to perform that can help in carrying out the

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duties in an effective manner. I thought it was challenging to find out about the skills along
with the experience that can help in the effective performance of the Clinical Pharmacist. I
was able to learn after writing down the job description along with the job specification the
multiple duties that has to be performed by a professional that can help him in his
professional development. It can help in sharpening the skills of the clinical pharmacist that
can help him in achieving a prestigious position in the healthcare institution. I found easy the
process of searching the internet that helped me in understanding about the multifarious
duties that a clinical pharmacist has to perform that can help him in carrying out the duties in
an effective manner. This process helped me in understanding the skills that has to be
imbibed within a clinical pharmacist that can help him in lending useful help to the other
people in the healthcare profession. It can help him in carrying out the duties in the right
manner that can serve the cause of welfare of a large number of people. I was able to learn
with the help of this activity that understanding the primary aim of a professional can help in
furnishing important details in relation to the job description in relation to a particular
profession. It helped me in understanding the fact that the long term goal of a person can be
achieved in the event of a person taking into account the short term goals. I was able to learn
that understanding the job description can help an employee in fulfilling the aims in relation
to his particular profession.

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References
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