Table 1Transition record

pharmacisttohospital pharmacist

A pharmacist already meets 82% of what the hospital pharmacist role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

Coverage of the target role1: 82%
Skills carried over: 4026 of them required
Required, not held: 4plus 8 supplementary
Difficulty2: 26.7adjacent

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 26.7

This move: 26.7 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the hospital pharmacist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 40 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hospital pharmacist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a pharmacist background worth leading with.

Held Skill the target role also needs Area

✓ monitor patients' medication communication, collaboration and creativity
✓ applied therapeutics related to medicines health and welfare
✓ evaluate scientific data concerning medicines information skills
✓ counsel healthcare users on medicines communication, collaboration and creativity
✓ dispense medicines communication, collaboration and creativity
✓ maintain pharmacy records information skills

All 40 carried skills, including the 26 the hospital pharmacist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 4 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.

Tier Skill to acquire Type

01 assisting and caring 3 required, 3 supplementary

REQ manage hospital-acquired infections skill
REQ provide specialist pharmaceutical care skill
REQ adhere to organisational guidelines skill

sup prescribe medication skill
sup treat endocrine disorders skill
sup promote inclusion skill

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary

REQ apply context specific clinical competences skill

sup develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
sup educate on the prevention of illness skill
sup inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill

03 handling and moving 1 supplementary

sup follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health skill

04 information skills 1 supplementary

sup perform diagnostic testing for allergies skill

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a hospital 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 40 skills that carry over

Tier Skill Type

REQ accept own accountability skill
REQ advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
REQ advise on poisoning incidents skill
REQ biological chemistry knowledge
REQ check information on prescriptions skill
REQ communicate in healthcare skill
REQ counsel healthcare users on medicines skill
REQ dispense medicines skill
REQ ensure pharmacovigilance skill
REQ ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy skill
REQ follow clinical guidelines skill
REQ maintain adequate medication storage conditions skill
REQ maintain pharmacy records skill
REQ manage medical supply chains skill
REQ medicines knowledge
REQ monitor patients' medication skill
REQ obtain healthcare user's medical status information skill
REQ pharmacognosy knowledge
REQ pharmacokinetics knowledge
REQ pharmacotherapy knowledge
REQ pharmacy law knowledge
REQ prepare medication from prescription skill
REQ provide anti-cancer medical treatment skill
REQ provide pharmaceutical advice skill
REQ toxicology knowledge
REQ work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
sup applied therapeutics related to medicines knowledge
sup conduct health related research skill
sup deal with emergency care situations skill
sup evaluate scientific data concerning medicines skill
sup improve safety of medicines skill
sup listen actively skill
sup manage adverse reactions to drugs skill
sup manage medication safety issues skill
sup perform therapeutic drug monitoring skill
sup physics knowledge
sup process medical insurance claims skill
sup provide health education skill
sup test medicinal products skill
sup use e-health and mobile health technologies skill

8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Tier Skill to acquire Type

sup follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health skill
sup perform diagnostic testing for allergies skill
sup prescribe medication skill
sup treat endocrine disorders skill
sup develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
sup educate on the prevention of illness skill
sup inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
sup promote inclusion skill

46 held skills the hospital pharmacist role does not ask for

Skill Type

· accounting techniques knowledge
· analytical chemistry knowledge
· apply blended learning skill
· apply organisational techniques skill
· botany knowledge
· communicate with customers skill
· comply with legislation related to health care skill
· comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
· contribute to continuity of health care skill
· contribute to public health campaigns skill
· empathise with the healthcare user skill
· ensure client orientation skill
· ensure safety of healthcare users skill
· handle the logistics of medicinal products skill
· homeopathy knowledge
· human anatomy knowledge
· hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
· inorganic chemistry knowledge
· interact with healthcare users skill
· maintain medical devices skill
· manage healthcare users' data skill
· manage personal professional development skill
· manufacture medicines skill
· medical devices knowledge
· medical statistics knowledge
· microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
· nutrition knowledge
· operate cash register skill
· organic chemistry knowledge
· participate in medical inventory control skill
· pedagogy knowledge
· perform project management skill
· pharmaceutical chemistry knowledge
· pharmaceutical technology knowledge
· pharmacology knowledge
· phytotherapy knowledge
· prepare doses of medication according to patient needs skill
· provide medicines information skill
· radiopharmaceuticals knowledge
· recruit employees skill

6 further entries not listed here

Index

Other moves recorded from pharmacist

Full index of moves from 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.