From industrial pharmacist to specialist pharmacist
16 of the 50 essential skills of a specialist pharmacist are already essential for a industrial pharmacist — about 32% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from industrial pharmacist in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 16
- skills carry over
- 34
- would be new
- 32%
- of the target job covered
- 50
- essential skills of a specialist pharmacist
What a specialist pharmacist does
Specialist pharmacists provide specialist services for companies in the pharmacy industry and in hospital pharmacies. The role of the specialist pharmacist varies throughout Europe, subject to national rules and training.
What carries over
16 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply context specific clinical competences
- comply with legislation related to health care
- human anatomy
- inorganic chemistry
- microbiology-bacteriology
- organic chemistry
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- pharmaceutical technology
- pharmacognosy
- pharmacokinetics
- pharmacotherapy
- pharmacy law
- physics
- toxicology
What would be new
34 skillsEssential for a specialist pharmacist and not for a industrial pharmacist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advise on poisoning incidents
- apply organisational techniques
- apply person-centred care
- botany
- cancer risks
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- pharmaceutical industry
- pharmacology
- promote inclusion
- provide anti-cancer medical treatment
- provide health education
- provide medication information
- provide pharmaceutical advice
- provide specialist pharmaceutical advice
- provide specialist pharmaceutical care
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- respond to changing situations in health care
- review patient's medical data
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Other moves from industrial pharmacist
1 roles- pharmacist14 skills in common
← industrial pharmacistspecialist pharmacist →The other way round
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How far are you from being a specialist pharmacist?
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