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