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