Job Description
Retail pharmacists work in customer-facing roles and provide an increasing range of services.
Their tasks involve:- 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;
- Managing a needle and syringe exchange;
- Measuring and fitting compression hosiery;
- Monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol levels;
- Arranging the delivery of prescription medicines to patients;
- Managing, supervising and training pharmacy support staff;
- Budgeting and financial management;
- Keeping up to date with current pharmacy practice, new drugs and their uses.
- Miscellaneous work
Job Specification
Should be experienced at working on pharmacies
Good communication skills
Computer operating skills