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