From pharmacist to specialist pharmacist
31 of the 50 essential skills of a specialist pharmacist are already essential for a pharmacist — about 62% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from pharmacist in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 31
- skills carry over
- 19
- would be new
- 62%
- of the target job covered
- 50
- essential skills of a specialist pharmacist
What a specialist pharmacist does
Specialist pharmacists provide specialist services for companies in the pharmacy industry and in hospital pharmacies. The role of the specialist pharmacist varies throughout Europe, subject to national rules and training.
What carries over
31 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- accept own accountability
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply organisational techniques
- botany
- communicate in healthcare
- 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 safety of healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- human anatomy
- inorganic chemistry
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- microbiology-bacteriology
- organic chemistry
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- pharmaceutical technology
- pharmacognosy
- pharmacokinetics
- pharmacology
- pharmacotherapy
- pharmacy law
- physics
- provide health education
- provide pharmaceutical advice
- toxicology
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
19 skillsEssential for a specialist 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.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on poisoning incidents
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply person-centred care
- cancer risks
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- educate on the prevention of illness
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- pharmaceutical industry
- promote inclusion
- provide anti-cancer medical treatment
- provide medication information
- provide specialist pharmaceutical advice
- provide specialist pharmaceutical care
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- respond to changing situations in health care
- review patient's medical data
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
Other moves from pharmacist
2 roles- pharmacy assistant25 skills in common
- hospital pharmacist24 skills in common
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How far are you from being a specialist pharmacist?
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