Will “Staff Pharmacist” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
1.2% Chance of Automation
“Staff Pharmacist” will not be replaced by robots.
This job is ranked #54 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.
Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍
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
- Pharmacist Apprentice
- Industrial Pharmacist
- Druggist
- Doctor of Pharmacy
- Apothecary
Tasks for “Staff Pharmacist”
- Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.
- 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.
- Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.
- Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment, or healthcare supplies.
- Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
- 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.
- Contact insurance companies to resolve billing issues.
- Prepare sterile solutions or infusions for use in surgical procedures, emergency rooms, or patients' homes.
- Update or troubleshoot pharmacy information databases.
- 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.
- Publish educational information for other pharmacists, doctors, or patients.
- Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.
- Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications.
- Teach pharmacy students serving as interns in preparation for their graduation or licensure.
- 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.
- Offer health promotion or prevention activities, such as training people to use blood pressure devices or diabetes monitors.
Related Technology & Tools
- Wheelchairs
- Horizontal air flow laminar hoods
- Laminar flow hoods
- Sealing machines
- Single channel well scintillation counters
- Metric weights
- Intravenous IV therapy equipment
- Label-making machines
- Tablet computers
- Hospital beds
- Lead shielded drawing stations
- Barcode scanning/prescription tracking systems
- Vertical air flow laminar hoods
- Oxygen therapy equipment
- Needles
- Electronic toploading balances
- Ampoule filling machines
- Ostomy products
- Medication pulling/dispensing systems
- Hemacytometers
- Pestles
- Metric graduates
- Multiple channel well scintillation counters
- Capsule counters
- Area survey meters
- Syringes
- Mortars
- Radiochemical fume hood and filter systems
- Radiation shields for syringes and vials
- Torsion balances
- Radionucleide dose calibrators
- Geiger-Muller counters
- Automated drug dispensing equipment
- Electronic blood pressure monitors
- Personal computers
- Filters for glass containers/ampoules
- Glucometers
- Manual blood pressure equipment
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Lead transport shields
- RxKinetics UD Labels for Windows
- Label-making software
- Multitask software
- MedTeach
- Microsoft Excel
- TPNassist
- Microsoft Outlook
- Healthprolink MedAtlas
- Microsoft Word
- Computer records systems
- Spreadsheet software
- MEDITECH software
- Cardinal Health Pyxis CII Safe
- Epic Systems
- Web browser software
- TTP LabTech comPOUND
- Recordkeeping software
- Microsoft Office
- Insurance claim processing software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Word processing software