hospital pharmacist
Hospital pharmacists prepare, dispense and provide medication to patients in hospitals. They collaborate with healthcare personnel such as doctors and nurses to treat patients and also offer advice and information on medications.
Also called: site lead pharmacist, head of hospital pharmacy, relief pharmacist, hospital locum pharmacist, clinical pharmacist, hospital pharmacy specialist
- 30
- essential skills
- 22
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2262
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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- pharmacy assistantWhat changes?11 skills in common
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- pharmacy technician9 skills in common
- dietitian8 skills in common
- industrial pharmacist8 skills in common
- nurse responsible for general care8 skills in common
Essential skills
30- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advise on poisoning incidents
- apply context specific clinical competences
- biological chemistry
- check information on prescriptions
- communicate in healthcare
- counsel healthcare users on medicines
- dispense medicines
- ensure pharmacovigilance
- ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy
- follow clinical guidelines
- maintain adequate medication storage conditions
- maintain pharmacy records
- manage hospital-acquired infections
- manage medical supply chains
- medicines
- monitor patients' medication
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information
- pharmacognosy
- pharmacokinetics
- pharmacotherapy
- pharmacy law
- prepare medication from prescription
- provide anti-cancer medical treatment
- provide pharmaceutical advice
- provide specialist pharmaceutical care
- toxicology
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Optional skills
22- applied therapeutics related to medicines
- conduct health related research
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- educate on the prevention of illness
- evaluate scientific data concerning medicines
- follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health
- improve safety of medicines
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- listen actively
- manage adverse reactions to drugs
- manage medication safety issues
- perform diagnostic testing for allergies
- perform therapeutic drug monitoring
- physics
- prescribe medication
- process medical insurance claims
- promote inclusion
- provide health education
- test medicinal products
- treat endocrine disorders
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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