pharmacist
Code 2262.1
The pharmacist (químico farmacéutico) dispenses, advises on medicines and upholds safe, rational drug use. Use this Job Dictionary profile to profile community, hospital or industrial pharmacy per the ad.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- human anatomy
- botany
- sales strategies
- pharmacokinetics
- pharmacognosy
- pharmacology
- pharmacotherapy
- physics
- hygiene in a health care setting
- pharmacy law
- medicines
- microbiology-bacteriology
- analytical chemistry
- biological chemistry
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- inorganic chemistry
- organic chemistry
- pharmaceutical technology
- applied therapeutics related to medicines
- toxicology
Skills and competences
- speak different languages
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply context specific clinical competences
- counsel healthcare users on medicines
- accept own accountability
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- communicate with customers
- communicate in healthcare
- contribute to continuity of health care
- contribute to public health campaigns
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- operate open source software
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- dispense medicines
- empathise with the healthcare user
- write scientific publications
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- evaluate research activities
- perform therapeutic drug monitoring
- manufacture medicines
- provide medicines information
- ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy
- ensure pharmacovigilance
- ensure client orientation
- manage research data
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage medical supply chains
- manage healthcare users' data
- handle the logistics of medicinal products
- manage open publications
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- integrate gender dimension in research
- perform scientific research
- conduct research across disciplines
- maintain pharmacy records
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information
- participate in medical inventory control
- think abstractly
- listen actively
- mentor individuals
- prepare doses of medication according to patient needs
- prepare medication from prescription
- promote inclusion
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- monitor patients' medication
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- interact with healthcare users
- check information on prescriptions
- follow clinical guidelines
- follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health
- apply for research funding
- maintain adequate medication storage conditions
- process medical insurance claims
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
Transversal competences
- deal with emergency care situations
- respond to changing situations in health care
- apply organisational techniques
- refer healthcare users
- educate on the prevention of illness
- evaluate scientific data concerning medicines
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage personal professional development
- manage medication safety issues
- perform project management
- think analytically
- test medicinal products
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- provide pharmaceutical advice
- provide health education
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- synthesise information
- supervise pharmaceutical staff
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
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What to assess for this role
Assess technical rigour, patient/user care and control of sensitive inventory.
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Common questions about this role when you are hiring or writing the job profile.
- What does a pharmacist do?
- Validates prescriptions, dispenses, educates on interactions and side effects and sustains basic pharmacovigilance on site.
- Is químico farmacéutico the same title?
- In Chile it is the usual university title for the professional who practises as a pharmacist.
- What to assess when hiring?
- Accuracy, clear communication and compliance with controlled-drug rules.
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