Will “Outpatient Pharmacy Manager” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
1.2% Chance of Automation
“Outpatient Pharmacy Manager” 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
- Hospital Pharmacist
- Clinical Pharmacist
- Retail Pharmacist
- Radiopharmacist
- Prescriptionist
- Pharmacy Services Director
- Pharmacy Manager
- Pharmacy Intern
- Pharmacy Director
- Pharmacy Consultant
- Pharmacist Apprentice
- Outpatient Pharmacy Manager
- Industrial Pharmacist
- Druggist
- Doctor of Pharmacy
- Apothecary
Tasks for “Outpatient Pharmacy Manager”
- Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment, or healthcare supplies.
- 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.
- Update or troubleshoot pharmacy information databases.
- Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.
- Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
- Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
- 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.
- Teach pharmacy students serving as interns in preparation for their graduation or licensure.
- Refer patients to other health professionals or agencies when appropriate.
- Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.
- Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications.
- 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.
- Manage pharmacy operations, hiring or supervising staff, performing administrative duties, or buying or selling non-pharmaceutical merchandise.
- 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.
- Contact insurance companies to resolve billing issues.
- Publish educational information for other pharmacists, doctors, or patients.
- Prepare sterile solutions or infusions for use in surgical procedures, emergency rooms, or patients' homes.
- Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure.
Related Technology & Tools
- Lead shielded drawing stations
- Laminar flow hoods
- Radionucleide dose calibrators
- Syringes
- Glucometers
- Metric graduates
- Ostomy products
- Sealing machines
- Filters for glass containers/ampoules
- Needles
- Pestles
- Automated drug dispensing equipment
- Vertical air flow laminar hoods
- Torsion balances
- Metric weights
- Medication pulling/dispensing systems
- Ampoule filling machines
- Electronic toploading balances
- Area survey meters
- Capsule counters
- Radiation shields for syringes and vials
- Radiochemical fume hood and filter systems
- Lead transport shields
- Barcode scanning/prescription tracking systems
- Horizontal air flow laminar hoods
- Multiple channel well scintillation counters
- Intravenous IV therapy equipment
- Oxygen therapy equipment
- Electronic blood pressure monitors
- Label-making machines
- Wheelchairs
- Hospital beds
- Hemacytometers
- Tablet computers
- Single channel well scintillation counters
- Geiger-Muller counters
- Personal computers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Manual blood pressure equipment
- Mortars
- Cardinal Health Pyxis CII Safe
- Healthprolink MedAtlas
- Microsoft Excel
- MEDITECH software
- MedTeach
- Spreadsheet software
- Multitask software
- TTP LabTech comPOUND
- Web browser software
- Label-making software
- Epic Systems
- Microsoft Word
- Insurance claim processing software
- Microsoft Office
- Computer records systems
- Microsoft Outlook
- Recordkeeping software
- Word processing software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- TPNassist
- RxKinetics UD Labels for Windows