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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 Services Director
- Pharmacy Manager
- Pharmacy Intern
- Pharmacy Director
- Pharmacy Consultant
- Pharmacist Apprentice
- Industrial Pharmacist
- Druggist
- Doctor of Pharmacy
- Apothecary
Tasks for “Staff Pharmacist, Hospital”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Manage pharmacy operations, hiring or supervising staff, performing administrative duties, or buying or selling non-pharmaceutical merchandise.
- Contact insurance companies to resolve billing issues.
- Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications.
- Refer patients to other health professionals or agencies when appropriate.
- 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.
- Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.
- Prepare sterile solutions or infusions for use in surgical procedures, emergency rooms, or patients' homes.
- Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.
- Update or troubleshoot pharmacy information databases.
- 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.
- 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.
- Publish educational information for other pharmacists, doctors, or patients.
- Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment, or healthcare supplies.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- Electronic blood pressure monitors
- Radiochemical fume hood and filter systems
- Lead transport shields
- Radionucleide dose calibrators
- Vertical air flow laminar hoods
- Hospital beds
- Glucometers
- Ostomy products
- Single channel well scintillation counters
- Medication pulling/dispensing systems
- Capsule counters
- Mortars
- Sealing machines
- Barcode scanning/prescription tracking systems
- Area survey meters
- Multiple channel well scintillation counters
- Wheelchairs
- Intravenous IV therapy equipment
- Oxygen therapy equipment
- Radiation shields for syringes and vials
- Electronic toploading balances
- Ampoule filling machines
- Laminar flow hoods
- Tablet computers
- Automated drug dispensing equipment
- Pestles
- Horizontal air flow laminar hoods
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Hemacytometers
- Metric weights
- Manual blood pressure equipment
- Syringes
- Label-making machines
- Metric graduates
- Filters for glass containers/ampoules
- Geiger-Muller counters
- Torsion balances
- Needles
- Lead shielded drawing stations
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Computer records systems
- Cardinal Health Pyxis CII Safe
- MedTeach
- Label-making software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Recordkeeping software
- Spreadsheet software
- Epic Systems
- Web browser software
- MEDITECH software
- Word processing software
- Insurance claim processing software
- Multitask software
- Microsoft Excel
- TPNassist
- Healthprolink MedAtlas
- TTP LabTech comPOUND
- RxKinetics UD Labels for Windows
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word