From specialist pharmacist to pharmacist
31 of the 65 essential skills of a pharmacist are already essential for a specialist pharmacist — about 48% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from specialist 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
- 34
- would be new
- 48%
- of the target job covered
- 65
- essential skills of a pharmacist
What a pharmacist does
Pharmacists prepare, dispense, and provide prescriptions for, over the counter medication. They offer clinical information on medicines, report suspected adverse reactions, and provide personalised support to patients. Pharmacists formulate and test medications in laboratories, and store, preserve, and distribute them.
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
34 skillsEssential for a pharmacist and not for a specialist pharmacist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- analytical chemistry
- applied therapeutics related to medicines
- biological chemistry
- check information on prescriptions
- communicate with customers
- contribute to public health campaigns
- counsel healthcare users on medicines
- dispense medicines
- ensure client orientation
- ensure pharmacovigilance
- ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy
- evaluate scientific data concerning medicines
- handle the logistics of medicinal products
- hygiene in a health care setting
- maintain adequate medication storage conditions
- maintain pharmacy records
- manage medical supply chains
- manage medication safety issues
- manage personal professional development
- manufacture medicines
- medicines
- monitor patients' medication
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information
- participate in medical inventory control
- perform project management
- perform therapeutic drug monitoring
- prepare doses of medication according to patient needs
- prepare medication from prescription
- process medical insurance claims
- provide medicines information
- refer healthcare users
- sales strategies
- supervise pharmaceutical staff
- test medicinal products
Other moves from specialist pharmacist
2 roles- physiotherapist29 skills in common
- nurse responsible for general care28 skills in common
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How far are you from being a pharmacist?
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