| There are more pharmacist jobs going round than | | | | called upon to consult with healthcare professionals. |
| pharmacists, an excellent scenario for job seekers. So | | | | Pharmacists thus need an ethical attitude and good |
| how do you tap into this job market? | | | | communications skills in addition to technical know-how. |
| Different Kinds of Pharmacist Jobs | | | | How Do You Become a Pharmacist? |
| Pharmacists are needed wherever medicines are | | | | It requires years of training to become a licensed |
| prepared or dispensed. Even storage of medicines | | | | pharmacist. |
| should be under their supervision. The pharmacist is | | | | You start with about two years of study at college |
| trained to dispense the correct dosages of medicines | | | | level in chemistry, biology, physics and other science |
| meeting the correct standards of purity. | | | | subjects. Even after this study, you might be required |
| Non-pharmacists can make incorrect decisions on | | | | to take a Pharmacy Colleges Admissions Test before |
| these matters, leading to serious health consequences, | | | | you are accepted into a college of pharmacy. |
| including danger to life. | | | | Pharmacy colleges typically offer 6 year and 5 year |
| So who stores, prepares and dispenses medicines? | | | | curriculum equipping the pharmacist in formulating, |
| - Retail Chemists selling prescription and over the | | | | preparing and dispensing medicines, as well as in other |
| counter drugs to the public | | | | areas such as professional ethics, communicating with |
| - Hospitals and Clinics dispensing medicines to their | | | | patients and healthcare professionals and managing a |
| patients | | | | pharmacy practice. |
| - Healthcare and infusion facilities providing medication | | | | Before obtaining the license to practice, the pharmacist |
| services at home or nursing homes | | | | will also have to undergo internship under a licensed |
| - Government and community centers offering | | | | pharmacist, and pass a state examination. |
| healthcare and medication services | | | | Becoming a pharmacist is thus a painstaking process, |
| - Armed services that have their own medical | | | | and it is no wonder that there are more pharmacist |
| departments and services | | | | jobs going round than pharmacists seeking jobs! |
| All the above establishments will thus need the | | | | The pharmacist jobs also require you to be available |
| services of qualified pharmacists. | | | | 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Illnesses requiring |
| Pharmacists are also needed to research and develop | | | | medication do not go home after "duty hours" (much |
| drugs for pharmaceutical companies, and in their sales | | | | as we might wish them to do)! |
| and marketing departments. Thus the pharmaceutical | | | | The Pharmacist |
| manufacturers are a major employer of pharmacists. | | | | Pharmacists are trusted persons whom patients and |
| Pharmacists work as retail pharmacists, clinical | | | | healthcare professionals consult. They have access to |
| pharmacists, IV pharmacists, pharmacy managers, | | | | confidential information about patients. Naturally, they |
| drug research scientists and so on. When dealing with | | | | need to be persons who can be trusted to behave |
| the public, they have to be more than just medicine | | | | ethically and considerately. |
| dispensers. They have to provide advice on the | | | | If you meet the bill, pharmacist jobs will come looking |
| correct usage of the medicines. They might also be | | | | for you! |