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