Rania Mohammed Rady
Abu Dhabi,UAE
Summary
Experienced Pharmacy Supervisor and Medication Safety Officer with a strong background in pharmacy operations, medication safety system, regulatory compliance, and staff supervision. Proven ability to lead pharmacy teams, ensure safe medication practices, reduce medication errors, and maintain compliance with healthcare standards. Detail-oriented, patient-focused, and committed to continuous quality improvement.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
14092
14092
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Leading Pharmacy Manager and Medication Safety Officer
Corniche Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE
2020.01 - 2026.02
- Supervise daily pharmacy operations to ensure safe, accurate, and efficient medication dispensing.
- Lead and support pharmacists, technicians, and support staff through scheduling, training, and performance evaluation.
- Ensure compliance with national pharmacy regulations, policies, and accreditation standards.
- Oversee inventory management, including ordering, storage, expiry monitoring, and cold chain maintenance.
- Implement and monitor standard operating procedures (SOPs) to improve workflow and patient safety.
- Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and management to optimize medication use and patient outcomes.
- Coordinate mandatory training and ensure staff participation in continuing education.
- Compile monthly key performance indicators and pharmacy productivity.
- Reinforce Joint Commission International standards through educational sessions.
- Use automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) – Pyxis.
- Implementation of automated anesthesia carts in the operating theatres – Pyxis.
- Develop, implement, and monitor medication safety programs to reduce medication errors and adverse drug events.
- Conduct medication error investigations, root cause analyses, and trend reporting.
- Educate healthcare staff on safe medication practices, high-alert medications, and error prevention strategies.
- Review and update medication safety policies, guidelines, and protocols.
- Participate in quality improvement committees and patient safety initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with international patient safety goals and medication safety standards.
- Participate in proactive risk assessment through failure modes and effect analysis (FMEA) exercises, as well as root cause analysis (RCA) in response to severe incidents that have already reached the patient.
- Provide training on medication safety and best standards of medication management practices.
- Address interventions to ensure compliance with and to meet key performance indicator targets.
- Medication management and use (MMU) champion; perform the Gap analysis and suggestions for continuously monitoring the compliance with JCIA standard.
- Participation in quality improvement projects as they relate to enhancing medication management across the hospital.
- Conducted internal audits and implemented corrective and preventive actions.
- Prepared reports for safety committees and regulatory authorities.
Education
Certified Professional In-Patient Safety
American Institute For Medical Sciences And Manage
Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist
American Institute For Medical Sciences And Manage
Health Technology Assessment Fellowship
ISPOR Egypt Chapter And Arab Health Economics Hub
CairoCertified Professional in Healthcare Quality
American Institute For Medical Sciences And Manage
B.Sc. - Pharmaceutical Science
Cairo University
Cairo, EgyptKAPS
Pharmacy Board of Australia
Diploma - Industrial Pharmacy
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt05.2000
Skills
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Analytical and problem-solving abilities
- High attention
- Adept in maintaining good interaction with colleagues to promote a positive and efficient work environment
- Team collaboration, workflow optimisation, training and development
Certification
- Registered Pharmacist, Health Authority of Abu Dhabi (HAAD) License number: GP12596
- Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association (valid until Dec 2027)
- DOH workshop "World Patient Safety Day - Safe Care for Every Newborn" - Abu Dhabi, UAE. October 2025.
- SEHA Licence to Lead 2 Workshop - Abu Dhabi, UAE. October 2023.
- SEHA Joint Commission International (JCI) system-wide workshop on 6th edition changes – Abu Dhabi, UAE. August 2017.
- SEHA Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Workshop – Abu Dhabi, UAE. March 2016.
- Middle East Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare by Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) – Qatar, 2015.
- American Society for Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) 2014 Summer Meeting and Exhibition – Las Vegas, USA, 2014.
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Executive quality Academy: Leadership for Improvement and Innovation – Dubai, UAE. November 2014.
- Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Medication Safety Intensive Course – Las Vegas, USA. May 2014.
- Middle East Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare by Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) – Qatar, 2014.
- Cold Chain Training Workshop, HAAD – UAE, 2013.
- Service Excellence Training, Corniche Hospital – UAE, 2010.
- Medication Safety Course, Corniche Hospital – UAE, 2010.
- Arab Health Medical Congress – Patient Safety – UAE, 2009.
Accomplishments
- Reduced medication error rates through implementation of safety reporting, staff education programs, and introducing new ordersets for prescribing, 2025
- Improved pharmacy workflow efficiency and compliance through updated SOPs, 2025
- Successfully passed audits and inspections with zero or minimal observations during JCIA reaccreditation, 2025
- Clinical audit for Anti-D, premedication for ferric carboxymaltose administration and iron products, 2024
- Enhance medication reconciliation during admission, 2023
- Enhance patient discharge process from inpatient, 2023
- Implement IVSOFT- automatic preparation of IV medication in the IV room, 2023
- Implement the electronic registration for Narcotics, Controlled and semi-controlled Drugs 2019.
- Implementation of Smart Remote Manager at Corniche Hospital – 2016.
- Implementation of Anaesthesia cart at Corniche Hospital – 2016
- Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) on medication prescribing in the labour and delivery suites (LDS) at the Corniche Hospital – 2015.
- Medication reconciliation project at Corniche Hospital, focusing on increasing compliance to this process, to meet the organization's target – 2014.
- Lean sigma project at Corniche Hospital, to improve the work environment in the outpatient pharmacy – 2012.
- Implementation of Automated Dispensing Cabinet at Corniche Hospital – 2011.
Awards/Honours
Nominated for SEHA Best 100 Employee Award – Corniche Hospital, 2013., Nominated for the Q4 2013 Service Excellence recognition program, in the category Excellence in Continuous Performance Improvement – Corniche Hospital, 2013., Nominated for Dubai International Excellence Award 2018
Affiliations
- SEHA medications safety and Quality committee– member (2013 to present)
- Corniche pharmacy and therapeutic committee – member (2019 to present)
- Corniche Hospital Quality Ambassador Group – member (2014 to present)
- Corniche Hospital Clinical Audit and Quality Improvement Committee – member (2014 to present)
- 6th SEHA Medication Safety Conference scientific committee – member (2013)
- Clinical Research Unit Support Committee (CRUSC) – member (2025 to present)
Selected Professional Presentations
- Automated Medication Management System - DOH Med Safety Week Campaign 2025
- Closed-Loop Electronic Medication Management Systems (EMMSs) – NaPhCo Conference 2025
- Use of Automated Dispensing Cabinets as Inventory Controller – Healthcare Supply Chain Conference- February 2025
- JCIA 8th edition MMU update, Corniche Hospital – 2025
- Budget impact analysis, Corniche Hospital - 2024
- Management of narcotic and controlled medications using Automated Dispensing Cabinet - The 3rd Abu Dhabi Pharmacy Conference (ADPHAC) – 2019
- Best Practices for the Use of Automated Dispensing Cabinets - Second Abu Dhabi Pharmacy Conference (ADPHAC) – 2017
- Corniche Hospital’s Educational Sessions (only a selection is provided) – 2016 and 2017:
- 1. Quality and Patient Safety
- 2. Thyroid Dysfunction
- 3. New and Emerging Treatment Options in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- 4. Automated Dispensing Cabinets and Patient Safety
- 5. Medication Management and Use (MMU) Policy Updates
- Measuring to Bridge the Gaps -Health Authority of Abu Dhabi (HAAD) Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) – 2014
References
Adeline, Saliba, Senior Advisor, adelinesa@seha.ae, +97124102367, Dubai Authority, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Formerly Chief of Staff, Group CEO Office, SEHA Corporate, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Pharmacy Manager and Patient Safety & Risk Manager, Corniche Hospital
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
Arabic
Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Leading Pharmacy Manager and Medication Safety Officer
Corniche Hospital
2020.01 - 2026.02
Certified Professional In-Patient Safety
American Institute For Medical Sciences And Manage
Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist
American Institute For Medical Sciences And Manage
Health Technology Assessment Fellowship
ISPOR Egypt Chapter And Arab Health Economics Hub
Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality
American Institute For Medical Sciences And Manage
B.Sc. - Pharmaceutical Science
Cairo University
KAPS
Pharmacy Board of Australia
Diploma - Industrial Pharmacy
Cairo University