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