pharmacy assistant
Pharmacy assistants perform general duties, such as stock management, serving at the cash desk, or performing administrative duties. They deal with the inventory within the pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist.
Also called: pharmacy service assistant, pharmacy dispensing assistant, assistant in pharmacy, dispensing assistant
- 41
- essential skills
- 10
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 3213
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
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Essential skills
41- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply organisational techniques
- check for medication expiry terms
- check information on prescriptions
- communicate by telephone
- communicate in healthcare
- communicate with customers
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure quality assurance for pharmaceutical products
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy
- follow clinical guidelines
- follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health
- handle petty cash
- handle the logistics of medicinal products
- hygiene in a health care setting
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- maintain adequate medication storage conditions
- maintain pharmaceutical records
- manage healthcare users' data
- medicines
- medicines for self-medication
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information
- prepare prescription labels
- process medical insurance claims
- promote inclusion
- provide health education
- respond to changing situations in health care
- take pharmaceutical inventory
- transfer medication
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Optional skills
10- apply context specific clinical competences
- communicate in foreign languages with health service providers
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- educate on the prevention of illness
- homeopathy
- operate cash register
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- pharmacokinetics
- phytotherapy
- provide pharmaceutical advice
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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