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A hospital pharmacist already meets 50% of what the pharmacist role asks for. The move turns on 31 required skills not yet in the profile.
50%
66.8/ 100
1 Share of the 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 this move works
A pharmacist role treats 34 of its required skills as things a hospital pharmacist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- accept own accountability
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- applied therapeutics related to medicines
- biological chemistry
- check information on prescriptions
- communicate in healthcare
What stands in the way is 31 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 40 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A 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.
- already held applied therapeutics related to medicines health and welfare
- already held evaluate scientific data concerning medicines information skills
- already held monitor patients' medication communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held counsel healthcare users on medicines communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held dispense medicines communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain pharmacy records information skills
All 40 carried skills, including the 34 the pharmacist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 46 missing skills fall into 11 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.
- required, not held provide medicines information required
- required, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice required
- required, not held contribute to continuity of health care required
- required, not held ensure safety of healthcare users required
- required, not held prepare doses of medication according to patient needs required
- required, not held refer healthcare users required
- required, not held comply with legislation related to health care required
- required, not held empathise with the healthcare user required
- required, not held botany required
- required, not held microbiology-bacteriology required
- required, not held analytical chemistry required
- required, not held inorganic chemistry required
- required, not held organic chemistry required
- required, not held pharmaceutical chemistry required
- required, not held pharmacology required
- optional, not held medical statistics optional
- required, not held supervise pharmaceutical staff required
- required, not held apply organisational techniques required
- required, not held contribute to public health campaigns required
- required, not held manage personal professional development required
- required, not held perform project management required
- optional, not held operate cash register optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- required, not held communicate with customers required
- required, not held ensure client orientation required
- required, not held interact with healthcare users required
- optional, not held apply blended learning optional
- optional, not held teach in academic or vocational contexts optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- required, not held handle the logistics of medicinal products required
- required, not held manufacture medicines required
- required, not held participate in medical inventory control required
- required, not held human anatomy required
- required, not held pharmaceutical technology required
- optional, not held radiopharmaceuticals optional
- optional, not held nutrition optional
- optional, not held phytotherapy optional
- optional, not held homeopathy optional
- optional, not held medical devices optional
5 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a pharmacist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 provide medicines information skill · occupation specific
- 02 supervise pharmaceutical staff skill · occupation specific
- 03 botany knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 40 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
- already held applied therapeutics related to medicines knowledge
- already held biological chemistry knowledge
- already held check information on prescriptions skill
- already held communicate in healthcare skill
- already held counsel healthcare users on medicines skill
- already held deal with emergency care situations skill
- already held dispense medicines skill
- already held ensure pharmacovigilance skill
- already held ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy skill
- already held evaluate scientific data concerning medicines skill
- already held follow clinical guidelines skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held maintain adequate medication storage conditions skill
- already held maintain pharmacy records skill
- already held manage medical supply chains skill
- already held manage medication safety issues skill
- already held medicines knowledge
- already held monitor patients' medication skill
- already held obtain healthcare user's medical status information skill
- already held perform therapeutic drug monitoring skill
- already held pharmacognosy knowledge
- already held pharmacokinetics knowledge
- already held pharmacotherapy knowledge
- already held pharmacy law knowledge
- already held physics knowledge
- already held prepare medication from prescription skill
- already held process medical insurance claims skill
- already held provide health education skill
- already held provide pharmaceutical advice skill
- already held test medicinal products skill
- already held toxicology knowledge
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
- already held advise on poisoning incidents skill
- already held conduct health related research skill
- already held improve safety of medicines skill
- already held manage adverse reactions to drugs skill
- already held provide anti-cancer medical treatment skill
- already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held sales strategies required
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
- required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
- optional, not held maintain medical devices optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held radiopharmaceuticals optional
- optional, not held nutrition optional
- optional, not held operate cash register optional
- optional, not held phytotherapy optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held apply blended learning optional
- optional, not held homeopathy optional
- optional, not held maintain medical devices optional
- optional, not held medical devices optional
- optional, not held medical statistics optional
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- optional, not held teach in academic or vocational contexts optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
12 held skills the pharmacist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
- not needed by the target role develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
- not needed by the target role educate on the prevention of illness skill
- not needed by the target role follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health skill
- not needed by the target role inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
- not needed by the target role manage hospital-acquired infections skill
- not needed by the target role perform diagnostic testing for allergies skill
- not needed by the target role prescribe medication skill
- not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
- not needed by the target role provide specialist pharmaceutical care skill
- not needed by the target role treat endocrine disorders skill
19 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held botany required
- required, not held microbiology-bacteriology required
- required, not held sales strategies required
- required, not held analytical chemistry required
- required, not held human anatomy required
- required, not held hygiene in a health care setting 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
- required, not held pharmacology required
- optional, not held radiopharmaceuticals optional
- optional, not held nutrition optional
- optional, not held phytotherapy optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held homeopathy optional
- optional, not held medical devices optional
- optional, not held medical statistics optional
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
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.