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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
Also Known As…
- 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 “Pharmacists”
- Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.
- 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.
- Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure.
- 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.
- Update or troubleshoot pharmacy information databases.
- Refer patients to other health professionals or agencies when appropriate.
- 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.
- Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
- 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.
- 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.
- Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications.
- Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.
- Publish educational information for other pharmacists, doctors, or patients.
- Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.
- Contact insurance companies to resolve billing issues.
- Manage pharmacy operations, hiring or supervising staff, performing administrative duties, or buying or selling non-pharmaceutical merchandise.
- Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
- Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.
Related Technology & Tools
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- Vertical air flow laminar hoods
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- Manual blood pressure equipment
- Hospital beds
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- Mortars
- Metric weights
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- Filters for glass containers/ampoules
- Ostomy products
- Torsion balances
- Area survey meters
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- Electronic blood pressure monitors
- Laminar flow hoods
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- Radiation shields for syringes and vials
- Single channel well scintillation counters
- Pestles
- Horizontal air flow laminar hoods
- Oxygen therapy equipment
- Radiochemical fume hood and filter systems
- Intravenous IV therapy equipment
- Medication pulling/dispensing systems
- Geiger-Muller counters
- Needles
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Personal computers
- Multiple channel well scintillation counters
- Capsule counters
- Glucometers
- Tablet computers
- Wheelchairs
- Barcode scanning/prescription tracking systems
- Radionucleide dose calibrators
- Ampoule filling machines
- Lead transport shields
- Cardinal Health Pyxis CII Safe
- TTP LabTech comPOUND
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Word processing software
- Computer records systems
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- MedTeach
- RxKinetics UD Labels for Windows
- Recordkeeping software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Epic Systems
- Healthprolink MedAtlas
- MEDITECH software
- Multitask software
- Insurance claim processing software
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