Table 1Transition record

hospital pharmacisttoindustrial pharmacist

A hospital pharmacist already meets 45% of what the industrial pharmacist role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From hospital pharmacist

45%

Overlap1

To industrial pharmacist

18 Skills carried over

9 Required, not held

59.4 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

45%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.4/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the industrial pharmacist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the hospital pharmacist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A industrial pharmacist role treats 10 of its required skills as things a hospital pharmacist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

accept own accountability
adhere to organisational guidelines
apply context specific clinical competences
improve safety of medicines
pharmacognosy
pharmacokinetics

What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A industrial pharmacist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a hospital pharmacist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held pharmacotherapy health and welfare
already held ensure pharmacovigilance assisting and caring
already held manage medication safety issues management skills
already held test medicinal products information skills
already held pharmacognosy health and welfare
already held manage medical supply chains management skills

All 18 carried skills, including the 10 the industrial pharmacist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 4 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held microbiology-bacteriology required
required, not held inorganic chemistry required
required, not held organic chemistry required
required, not held pharmaceutical chemistry required

optional, not held botany optional

02 health and welfare 3 required

required, not held pharmaceutical processes required
required, not held human anatomy required
required, not held pharmaceutical technology required

03 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held comply with legislation related to health care required

optional, not held apply safety procedures in laboratory optional
optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional

04 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held develop pharmaceutical drugs required

optional, not held contribute to public health campaigns optional

05 information skills 6 supplementary

optional, not held report medication interaction to pharmacist optional
optional, not held analyse experimental laboratory data optional
optional, not held analyse medication's impact on brain optional
optional, not held assist in the production of laboratory documentation optional
optional, not held contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products optional
optional, not held perform toxicological studies optional

06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 supplementary

optional, not held maintain medical devices optional
optional, not held maintain medical laboratory equipment optional
optional, not held perform laboratory tests optional

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a industrial pharmacist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 18 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held accept own accountability skill
already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
already held improve safety of medicines skill
already held pharmacognosy knowledge
already held pharmacokinetics knowledge
already held pharmacotherapy knowledge
already held pharmacy law knowledge
already held physics knowledge
already held toxicology knowledge
already held conduct health related research skill
already held ensure pharmacovigilance skill
already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
already held manage adverse reactions to drugs skill
already held manage medical supply chains skill
already held manage medication safety issues skill
already held provide pharmaceutical advice skill
already held test medicinal products skill

The 4 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 business, administration and law 2 supplementary

optional, not held sales strategies optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional

08 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary

optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
optional, not held recommend product improvements optional

09 handling and moving 1 supplementary

optional, not held manufacture medicines optional

10 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held safe management of medicines optional

19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held report medication interaction to pharmacist optional
optional, not held analyse experimental laboratory data optional
optional, not held analyse medication's impact on brain optional
optional, not held apply safety procedures in laboratory optional
optional, not held assist in the production of laboratory documentation optional
optional, not held botany optional
optional, not held safe management of medicines optional
optional, not held sales strategies optional
optional, not held contribute to public health campaigns optional
optional, not held contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products optional
optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
optional, not held maintain medical devices optional
optional, not held maintain medical laboratory equipment optional
optional, not held manufacture medicines optional
optional, not held perform laboratory tests optional
optional, not held perform toxicological studies optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
optional, not held recommend product improvements optional
optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional

34 held skills the industrial pharmacist role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
not needed by the target role advise on poisoning incidents skill
not needed by the target role applied therapeutics related to medicines knowledge
not needed by the target role biological chemistry knowledge
not needed by the target role check information on prescriptions skill
not needed by the target role communicate in healthcare skill
not needed by the target role counsel healthcare users on medicines skill
not needed by the target role deal with emergency care situations skill
not needed by the target role develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
not needed by the target role dispense medicines skill
not needed by the target role educate on the prevention of illness skill
not needed by the target role ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy skill
not needed by the target role evaluate scientific data concerning medicines skill
not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
not needed by the target role follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health skill
not needed by the target role listen actively skill
not needed by the target role maintain adequate medication storage conditions skill
not needed by the target role maintain pharmacy records skill
not needed by the target role manage hospital-acquired infections skill
not needed by the target role medicines knowledge
not needed by the target role monitor patients' medication skill
not needed by the target role obtain healthcare user's medical status information skill
not needed by the target role perform diagnostic testing for allergies skill
not needed by the target role perform therapeutic drug monitoring skill
not needed by the target role prepare medication from prescription skill
not needed by the target role prescribe medication skill
not needed by the target role process medical insurance claims skill
not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
not needed by the target role provide anti-cancer medical treatment skill
not needed by the target role provide health education skill
not needed by the target role provide specialist pharmaceutical care skill
not needed by the target role treat endocrine disorders skill
not needed by the target role use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
not needed by the target role work in multidisciplinary health teams skill

11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held pharmaceutical processes required
required, not held microbiology-bacteriology required
required, not held human anatomy required
required, not held inorganic chemistry required
required, not held organic chemistry required
required, not held pharmaceutical chemistry required
required, not held pharmaceutical technology required
optional, not held botany optional
optional, not held safe management of medicines optional
optional, not held sales strategies optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional

Index

Other moves recorded from hospital pharmacist

Full index of moves from hospital pharmacist

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.