From pharmacist to hospital pharmacist
24 of the 30 essential skills of a hospital pharmacist are already essential for a pharmacist — about 80% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 24
- skills carry over
- 6
- would be new
- 80%
- of the target job covered
- 30
- essential skills of a hospital pharmacist
What a hospital pharmacist does
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.
What carries over
24 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- accept own accountability
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- 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 medical supply chains
- medicines
- monitor patients' medication
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information
- pharmacognosy
- pharmacokinetics
- pharmacotherapy
- pharmacy law
- prepare medication from prescription
- provide pharmaceutical advice
- toxicology
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
6 skillsEssential for a hospital pharmacist and not for a pharmacist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from pharmacist
2 roles- specialist pharmacist31 skills in common
- pharmacy assistant25 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a hospital pharmacist?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.