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