Posted on: Thu 20-08-2026

The African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) Abuja is a 500-bed specialty hospital offering world-class comprehensive diagnostics and treatment in oncology, cardiovascular, and haematological care, and general medical and surgical services, along with top notch research and education. The AMCE will provide exceptional care to people on the African continent, regardless of their financial means. Developed by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in clinical partnership with King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust., AMCE Abuja is the first of five centres planned for development in Africa.

We are  recruiting to fill the position below: Talentsourcing services

Job Title: Clinical Pharmacist (ICU)

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Employment Type: Full Time (Onsite)

Level: GL 3A

 

Job Objective

The Clinical Pharmacist (ICU) will provide specialized clinical pharmacy support for critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit.

The role holder will review medication orders, optimize pharmacotherapy, monitor high-risk medicines, support antimicrobial stewardship, and work closely with intensivists, nurses, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, effective, evidence-based, and patient-centered medication management across critical care services.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities

Critical Care Clinical Pharmacy and Medication Review:

• Review ICU medication orders for appropriateness, dosing accuracy, interactions, contraindications, allergies, organ function, route of administration, infusion requirements, and patient-specific clinical factors.
• Provide evidence-based pharmaceutical care for critically ill patients, including medication optimization for sepsis, shock, organ dysfunction, sedation, analgesia, anticoagulation, nutrition support, and other complex ICU conditions.
• Participate in multidisciplinary ICU rounds and collaborate with intensivists, nurses, laboratory, respiratory therapy, and other clinical teams to resolve medication-related issues and improve patient outcomes.

Therapeutic Monitoring, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Medication Safety:

• Monitor high-alert and narrow therapeutic index medicines, including antimicrobials, vasopressors, anticoagulants, insulin, sedatives, analgesics, and other critical care medicines.
• Support antimicrobial stewardship by reviewing antibiotic selection, dosing, de-escalation, duration of therapy, culture results, renal/hepatic adjustments, and infection prevention considerations.
• Identify, prevent, document, and escalate medication errors, adverse drug reactions, near misses, drug interactions, therapeutic duplications, and opportunities for safer medication use.

ICU Medication Management and Patient Care Support:

• Support accurate medication reconciliation, transitions of care, discharge planning, and continuity of therapy for patients admitted to, transferred from, or discharged from the ICU.
• Provide medication information, counselling, and professional guidance to patients, caregivers, and clinical teams where appropriate, ensuring clear communication on medicines, risks, and monitoring requirements.
• Coordinate with pharmacy operations, stores, procurement, and clinical teams to ensure timely availability, safe storage, and appropriate use of critical care medicines and consumables.

Documentation, Compliance, and Quality Improvement:

• Maintain accurate documentation of clinical interventions, medication reviews, therapeutic monitoring activities, adverse event reports, controlled medicines, and ICU pharmacy-related records.
• Ensure ICU pharmacy practice complies with hospital policies, pharmacy regulations, patient safety standards, infection prevention requirements, and relevant international best practice.
• Support audits, SOP implementation, staff training, protocol development, medication-use evaluations, and quality improvement initiatives within the ICU and wider pharmacy service.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy (B.Pharm/PharmD) from a recognized institution.
• Current registration and valid practising licence with the relevant Pharmacy regulatory authority.
• Relevant training or certification in clinical pharmacy, critical care pharmacy, antimicrobial stewardship, medication safety, or advanced pharmacotherapy will be an added advantage.
• Good knowledge of critical care pharmacotherapy, ICU medication protocols, antimicrobial stewardship, therapeutic drug monitoring, medication safety, and infection prevention requirements.
• Proficiency in pharmacy information systems, electronic medication records, clinical decision support tools, inventory systems, and Microsoft Office tools.
• Strong clinical judgement, attention to detail, communication, documentation, confidentiality, problem-solving, and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.
• Minimum of 3 years of post-qualification clinical pharmacy experience, preferably in a hospital, ICU, critical care, emergency, infectious diseases, or acute care environment.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing medication orders, optimizing therapy, and providing pharmaceutical care for acutely ill or critically ill patients.
• Practical experience with high-alert medicines, therapeutic drug monitoring, renal/hepatic dose adjustment, IV compatibility, infusion therapy, and medication safety processes.
• Experience supporting antimicrobial stewardship, reviewing culture results, monitoring antibiotic therapy, and collaborating with clinical teams on infection management.
• Good understanding of medication reconciliation, pharmacovigilance, controlled medicine documentation, cold-chain management, inventory control, and clinical pharmacy reporting.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary ICU setting while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, professional judgement, and patient-centered service delivery.
• Experience supporting audits, SOP implementation, staff training, clinical guideline development, quality improvement, and safe critical care pharmacy operations will be an added advantage.

Application Closing Date

Not Specified.

 

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

Click here to apply online

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