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