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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”
- Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications.
- Publish educational information for other pharmacists, doctors, or patients.
- Manage pharmacy operations, hiring or supervising staff, performing administrative duties, or buying or selling non-pharmaceutical merchandise.
- 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.
- Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.
- 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.
- Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.
- Prepare sterile solutions or infusions for use in surgical procedures, emergency rooms, or patients' homes.
- 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.
- 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.
- Refer patients to other health professionals or agencies when appropriate.
- Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.
- 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.
- 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.
- Update or troubleshoot pharmacy information databases.
Related Technology & Tools
- Medication pulling/dispensing systems
- Electronic blood pressure monitors
- Area survey meters
- Pestles
- Barcode scanning/prescription tracking systems
- Manual blood pressure equipment
- Torsion balances
- Lead shielded drawing stations
- Label-making machines
- Geiger-Muller counters
- Capsule counters
- Metric graduates
- Horizontal air flow laminar hoods
- Hemacytometers
- Ostomy products
- Oxygen therapy equipment
- Intravenous IV therapy equipment
- Personal computers
- Filters for glass containers/ampoules
- Laminar flow hoods
- Vertical air flow laminar hoods
- Electronic toploading balances
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Radiation shields for syringes and vials
- Metric weights
- Glucometers
- Sealing machines
- Lead transport shields
- Ampoule filling machines
- Hospital beds
- Radionucleide dose calibrators
- Tablet computers
- Multiple channel well scintillation counters
- Automated drug dispensing equipment
- Single channel well scintillation counters
- Mortars
- Needles
- Syringes
- Wheelchairs
- Radiochemical fume hood and filter systems
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- MedTeach
- RxKinetics UD Labels for Windows
- TPNassist
- Computer records systems
- Word processing software
- Recordkeeping software
- Microsoft Office
- Web browser software
- MEDITECH software
- Healthprolink MedAtlas
- TTP LabTech comPOUND
- Multitask software
- Insurance claim processing software
- Epic Systems
- Spreadsheet software
- Cardinal Health Pyxis CII Safe
- Microsoft Excel
- Label-making software