Pharmacist Jobs

 

Pharmacists work at the frontline of healthcare providing an increasing range of services. Typical work activities include:

• dispensing prescription medicines to the public
• ensuring that different treatments are compatible
• checking dosage and ensuring that medicines are correctly and safely supplied and labelled (pharmacists are legally responsible for any dispensing errors)
• supervising the preparation of any medicines (not all are supplied ready made-up by the manufacturer)
• keeping a register of controlled drugs for legal and stock control purposes
• liaising with doctors about prescriptions
• selling over-the-counter medicines
• counselling and advising the public on the treatment of minor ailments
• advising patients of any adverse side-effects of medicines or potential interactions with other medicines/treatments
• undertaking Medicine Use Reviews (MUR), an advanced service to help patients understand how their medicines work and why they have to take them
• providing a prescription intervention service
• managing a needle and syringe exchange
• measuring and fitting compression hosiery
• monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol levels
• offering a diabetes screening service
• providing pregnancy testing
• arranging the delivery of prescription medicines to patients
• overseeing the ordering and safe storage of medical products
• maintaining computerised records
• managing, supervising and training pharmacy support staff
• selling healthcare and other products, such as toiletries, cosmetics and photographic items
• budgeting and financial management
• promoting sales and developing the business
• keeping up to date with current pharmacy practice, new drugs and their uses