Hospital Pharmacist
Hospital Pharmacist
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Job Description
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..
Top 15 specific things you need to know
As a Hospital Pharmacist, you will need to master following:
- accept own accountability
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply context specific clinical competences
- biological chemistry
- check information on prescriptions
- counsel healthcare users on medicines
- ensure pharmacovigilance
- maintain pharmacy records
- monitor patients' medication
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information
- pharmacognosy
- pharmacotherapy
- provide pharmaceutical advice
- provide specialist pharmaceutical care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Top 12 general things you need to know
More generally, a hospital pharmacist is also versed in:
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- communicate in healthcare
- dispense medicines
- ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy
- follow clinical guidelines
- maintain adequate medication storage conditions
- manage medical supply chains
- medicines
- pharmacokinetics
- pharmacy law
- prepare medication from prescription
- toxicology
Other things it helps to know to be an excellent hospital pharmacist
It also helps to know the following:
- applied therapeutics related to medicines
- evaluate scientific data concerning medicines
- follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health
- manage medication safety issues
- perform therapeutic drug monitoring
- prescribe medication
- promote inclusion
- test medicinal products
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- conduct health related research
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- educate on the prevention of illness
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- listen actively
- physics
- process medical insurance claims
- provide health education
Top employers for this job
Hospital Pharmacist (0-2 Yrs Exp.)
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Prereqs Technology Pvt.Ltd
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California
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$250 - $800 / month
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