About this role
Hospital Pharmacists prepare and dispense pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines in a hospital pharmacy.
What you might do day-to-day in this job
Typical tasks for a Hospital Pharmacist include:
- receives prescriptions, checks patients' medicine histories, and ensures optimal dosage and methods of administration and drug compatibility before dispensing
- prepares or supervises the preparation and labelling of liquid medicines, ointments, powders, tablets and other medications to fill prescriptions
- advises patients on drug incompatibility and contra-indications
- maintains prescription files and records issue of narcotics, poisons and habit-forming drugs
- stores and preserves vaccines, serums and other drugs subject to deterioration
- supervises and co-ordinates the work of pharmacy technicians, pharmacy interns and pharmacy sales assistants.
Courses that can lead to a career as a Hospital Pharmacist
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2 courses
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- 1–2 years
- Cost varies
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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- 6 months – 1 year
- Cost varies
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available