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Job Description
Dispense drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners and provide information to patients about medications and their use. May advise physicians and other health practitioners on the selection, dosage, interactions, and side effects of medications.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1051.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 120,270.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 57.00
- Currently, there are 305,510 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Pharmacists”.
Also Known As…
- Pharmacists
- Staff Pharmacist, Hospital
- Staff Pharmacist
- Registered Pharmacist
- Pharmacy Informaticist
- Pharmacist in Charge, Owner (PIC, Owner)
- Pharmacist in Charge (PIC)
- Pharmacist
- Outpatient Pharmacy Manager
- Hospital Pharmacist
- Clinical Pharmacist
- Retail Pharmacist
- Radiopharmacist
- Prescriptionist
- Pharmacy Services Director
- Pharmacy Manager
- Pharmacy Intern
- Pharmacy Director
- Pharmacy Consultant
- Pharmacist Apprentice
- Industrial Pharmacist
- Druggist
- Doctor of Pharmacy
- Apothecary
Tasks for “Hospital Pharmacist”
- Contact insurance companies to resolve billing issues.
- Work in hospitals or clinics or for Health Management Organizations (HMOs), dispensing prescriptions, serving as a medical team consultant, or specializing in specific drug therapy areas, such as oncology or nuclear pharmacotherapy.
- Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications.
- Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment, or healthcare supplies.
- Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.
- Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.
- Update or troubleshoot pharmacy information databases.
- Offer health promotion or prevention activities, such as training people to use blood pressure devices or diabetes monitors.
- Refer patients to other health professionals or agencies when appropriate.
- Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
- Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, or registries of poisons, narcotics, or controlled drugs.
- Teach pharmacy students serving as interns in preparation for their graduation or licensure.
- Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
- Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, or evaluate the quality or effectiveness of drugs or drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications or characteristics.
- Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.
- Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure.
- Publish educational information for other pharmacists, doctors, or patients.
- Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.
- Manage pharmacy operations, hiring or supervising staff, performing administrative duties, or buying or selling non-pharmaceutical merchandise.
- Prepare sterile solutions or infusions for use in surgical procedures, emergency rooms, or patients' homes.
Related Technology & Tools
- Area survey meters
- Manual blood pressure equipment
- Radiation shields for syringes and vials
- Vertical air flow laminar hoods
- Sealing machines
- Label-making machines
- Hospital beds
- Ostomy products
- Automated drug dispensing equipment
- Single channel well scintillation counters
- Tablet computers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Medication pulling/dispensing systems
- Metric graduates
- Pestles
- Hemacytometers
- Syringes
- Intravenous IV therapy equipment
- Capsule counters
- Barcode scanning/prescription tracking systems
- Mortars
- Filters for glass containers/ampoules
- Geiger-Muller counters
- Personal computers
- Horizontal air flow laminar hoods
- Glucometers
- Metric weights
- Lead shielded drawing stations
- Radionucleide dose calibrators
- Electronic blood pressure monitors
- Wheelchairs
- Multiple channel well scintillation counters
- Needles
- Electronic toploading balances
- Ampoule filling machines
- Torsion balances
- Laminar flow hoods
- Oxygen therapy equipment
- Radiochemical fume hood and filter systems
- Lead transport shields
- TPNassist
- Insurance claim processing software
- Multitask software
- TTP LabTech comPOUND
- Computer records systems
- Microsoft Office
- MEDITECH software
- Epic Systems
- Recordkeeping software
- Spreadsheet software
- Word processing software
- MedTeach
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- RxKinetics UD Labels for Windows
- Web browser software
- Label-making software
- Healthprolink MedAtlas
- Microsoft Word
- Cardinal Health Pyxis CII Safe