What You'll Do

  • Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
  • Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
  • Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.
  • Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.
  • Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, or registries of poisons, narcotics, or controlled drugs.
  • Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions, such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure.
  • Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment, or healthcare supplies.
  • Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, or evaluate the quality or effectiveness of drugs or drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications or characteristics.
  • Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.
  • Refer patients to other health professionals or agencies when appropriate.

Essential Skills

Reading Comprehension 4.0/5
Active Listening 4.0/5
Speaking 4.0/5
Writing 3.88/5
Critical Thinking 3.88/5
Monitoring 3.88/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.75/5
Active Learning 3.62/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.62/5
Service Orientation 3.62/5
Complex Problem Solving 3.62/5
Time Management 3.62/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Analyst: Investigating problems and finding patterns keeps you engaged.
  • Helper: Supporting people and making a difference matters to you.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.

Common styles

Attention to Detail, Dependability, Integrity, Cautiousness, Cooperation

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Expression 4.25/5
Oral Comprehension 4.12/5
Written Comprehension 4.12/5
Problem Sensitivity 4.0/5
Near Vision 4.0/5
Written Expression 3.88/5
Deductive Reasoning 3.88/5
Inductive Reasoning 3.88/5

Technologies & Tools

Computer records systems eClinicalWorks EHR software Epic Systems Freedom MedTEACH Healthprolink MedAtlas Insurance claim processing software Label-making software MEDITECH software Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office software Microsoft Outlook Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft SharePoint Microsoft Word Multitask software Pyxis MedStation software Recordkeeping software RxKinetics UD Labels for Windows Spreadsheet software TPNassist

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 5.0/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.95/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.95/5)
  • Cautiousness (High importance: 4.91/5)
  • Cooperation (High importance: 4.53/5)

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How to Become One

This career requires extensive preparation, typically including a graduate degree (Master's or Doctoral) and several years of experience. Most professionals in this field have invested significant time in education and training.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Apothecary Clinical Pharmacist District Pharmacy Supervisor Druggist Float Pharmacist Hospital Pharmacist Industrial Pharmacist Informatics Pharmacist Pharm D (Pharmacy Doctor) Pharmacist Pharmacist in Charge (PIC) Pharmacy Consultant Pharmacy Coordinator Pharmacy Informaticist Pharmacy Operations Manager Pharmacy Resident Pharmacy Services Clinical Coordinator Prescriptionist Radiopharmacist Registered Pharmacist Retail Pharmacist Travel Pharmacist

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Can this help if I want to stay in my field

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