Pharmacists provide advice and guidance on medicines to patients and medical staff. The role requires life-long learning to keep up to date with new drugs and treatments.

Typical duties include:

• dispensing medications as prescribed by doctors and other medical professionals
• reviewing prescriptions to ensure accuracy and to evaluate their suitability for the patient
• providing information and advice about drugs, their side effects, correct dosage and proper storage
• providing other health advice, such as guidance on stopping smoking
• keeping records such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, and registries of poisons, narcotics or controlled drugs
• planning, implementing and maintaining procedures for mixing, packaging and labelling pharmaceuticals to ensure they meet legal requirements
• assessing the identity, strength or purity of medications
• working with other healthcare professionals to plan, monitor, review, or evaluate the quality or effectiveness of drugs
• ordering and purchasing pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs.
• maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly
• analyzing prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions
• advising patients on medication brands, medical equipment or healthcare supplies

Required Skills:

• .Key skills for pharmacists
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate with people from all sections of the community
• Analytical skills
• The ability to think critically
• Strong numerical skills
• Attention to detail
• Problem-solving
• Observation skills

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