Thursday 15 May 2014

Pharmacy Job Description in London

London is the perfect place to start a lucrative career. If you are thinking about taking up Pharmacy related jobs as career in London, you must understand job description clearly. Every place has different job description for different jobs. Before opt for any career you have to check if you have the necessary qualification needed.  If you want to become a pharmacist in London You have to fulfill few eligibility criteria. 

Pharmacists are the person who responsible for dispensing medications to the public who need it. Before starting practice as a pharmacist you must get a license from authorized organization. Students from science background who studied chemistry and other science subjects can go for a professional course. After getting license for practicing pharmacy check out the job description you need to perform.

Distribute medication as per requirement: Check the prescription and distribute prescribed medication properly. 

Co ordinate with Physicians:  Pharmacists need to co ordinate with physician if they found any in accuracy in the prescription or need to alter any prescribed medication.

Co ordinate with patients: Communicate with patients and describe them the dosage of the drugs. Also need to tell them when and how they need to take those medications.

Monitor general ailments: Pharmacists need to check and measure few general ailments. Measuring blood pressure level, or cholesterol level are few of them.

Provide non-prescribed medication: Advice public abound few general and minor ailments and provide non prescribed medicines when required. 

Storing of medicines: Pharmacists need to do all the measures to keep and store medicines in a proper and safe place.

Working with other pharmacy employees: Other staff of the pharmacy gets proper supervision and training from pharmacists.

Customer satisfaction: Pharmacists should be good in public relation and communication. They have talk with unhappy customers and try to resolve their issues.

Maintain the quality of drugs: Pharmacists need to keep a computer record for all the stored drugs and check the expiry dates to maintain its quality.

Hospital pharmacists: There are few pharmacists who are working with a organization directly related to public health; such as hospitals. Pharmacists associated with hospital have to monitor the medication of the whole hospital. They visit the wards and communicate with patients and check if they are getting correct medication and dosage.

Handle needle and syringe: They check carefully the usage of needles and syringe. They have to dispose them carefully after using them.

Monitor the stock: Pharmacists check if there is any deficiency of any medicines in their stock. They have to Order and purchase new medicines to maintain their stock properly.

Updated with current tendencies: Pharmacists have to be updated with the current changes and tendencies related to medication to provide the most useful medication.

These are the basic job description of a pharmacist. As they are dealing with public health, they have to very efficient and careful towards their duties. Moreover for opting any career candidate should love and be passionate about their job. 

Get to know for more information about pharmacy jobs in London : http://www.pharmacyjobs-mp.co.uk/

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