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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
- Druggist
- Doctor of Pharmacy
- Apothecary
Tasks for “Industrial Pharmacist”
- Update or troubleshoot pharmacy information databases.
- 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.
- Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure.
- Contact insurance companies to resolve billing issues.
- Offer health promotion or prevention activities, such as training people to use blood pressure devices or diabetes monitors.
- Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.
- Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.
- Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment, or healthcare supplies.
- Publish educational information for other pharmacists, doctors, or patients.
- Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications.
- Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
- 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.
- Teach pharmacy students serving as interns in preparation for their graduation or licensure.
- Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.
- 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.
- Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
- Prepare sterile solutions or infusions for use in surgical procedures, emergency rooms, or patients' homes.
- Refer patients to other health professionals or agencies when appropriate.
- Manage pharmacy operations, hiring or supervising staff, performing administrative duties, or buying or selling non-pharmaceutical merchandise.
- Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.
Related Technology & Tools
- Hospital beds
- Area survey meters
- Manual blood pressure equipment
- Needles
- Oxygen therapy equipment
- Electronic blood pressure monitors
- Metric graduates
- Metric weights
- Geiger-Muller counters
- Horizontal air flow laminar hoods
- Multiple channel well scintillation counters
- Medication pulling/dispensing systems
- Hemacytometers
- Ostomy products
- Glucometers
- Lead transport shields
- Radiation shields for syringes and vials
- Filters for glass containers/ampoules
- Radiochemical fume hood and filter systems
- Tablet computers
- Torsion balances
- Sealing machines
- Pestles
- Single channel well scintillation counters
- Capsule counters
- Syringes
- Vertical air flow laminar hoods
- Ampoule filling machines
- Automated drug dispensing equipment
- Lead shielded drawing stations
- Intravenous IV therapy equipment
- Electronic toploading balances
- Laminar flow hoods
- Wheelchairs
- Personal computers
- Barcode scanning/prescription tracking systems
- Label-making machines
- Mortars
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Radionucleide dose calibrators
- Web browser software
- MedTeach
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Insurance claim processing software
- Microsoft Word
- Word processing software
- MEDITECH software
- Label-making software
- RxKinetics UD Labels for Windows
- Recordkeeping software
- Multitask software
- Cardinal Health Pyxis CII Safe
- Epic Systems
- TPNassist
- Microsoft Outlook
- Healthprolink MedAtlas
- Computer records systems
- Microsoft Excel
- TTP LabTech comPOUND
- Microsoft Office