Pharmacist
Provide medications to patients based on prescriptions from medical practitioners.
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- What's it like to be a Pharmacist?
- How to become a Pharmacist
- Latest Pharmacist jobs
- Top skills and experience for Pharmacists
- Pharmacist role reviews
What's it like to be a Pharmacist?
Pharmacists educate customers on their medication options according to the prescription provided by their doctor. Aside from filling prescriptions and labelling medication, Pharmacists may also recommend over-the-counter medicines for minor health issues. They may advise customers on proper dosage, frequency, duration, drug interactions and side effects of their purchased medicines.
Tasks and duties
- Ensuring the correct type and dosage of medication is provided to customers.
- Answering patient queries on medication matters.
- Checking a patient’s medication history if needed.
- Storing medicines properly to ensure their efficacy.
- Monitoring and maintaining drug inventory.
- Working with other pharmacists and medical practitioners to best provide medicines for patients.
- Staying updated with new developments in the field of medicine.
How to become a Pharmacist
Pharmacists are front-line healthcare providers with extensive training and education. You need a bachelor degree and work experience to enter this role.
- Complete a Bachelor of Pharmacy with a university accredited by the Pharmacy Board under the Ministry of Health in Malaysia. This usually takes three to four years to finish.
- After a year of compulsory service in a public hospital, you are required to finish a year of training in a private or government facility recognised by the Pharmacy Board.
- Within the duration of your training, you need to take and pass the Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination.
- In order to practise your profession, you need to register yearly with the Pharmacy Board.
- Pharmacists may expand their career by taking a masters degree in pharmacy. They can work as educators, researchers, pharmacologists, toxicologists and pharmacy owners, among other roles.
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Pharmacist employers on Jobstreet are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Pharmacy
Pharmaceuticals
Medicine
Pharmacology
Malaysian Board of Pharmacy Registration
Counselling
Dispensing
Tally Software
Outlet Operation
Pharmacy Practice
Product Promotion
Stock Take
Stock Control
Communication Skills
Pharmaceutical Care
Pharmacy Services
Nutrition
Beauty Care
Stock Inventory
Teaching
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Latest Pharmacist reviews
Nov 2022
Demanding but also rewarding
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Science
Experience10+ years
Organisation sizeLarge (200+ employees)
SpecialisationHealthcare & Medical
The good thingsFlexible hours, able to help people in healthcare matters & making a difference to their quality of life
The challengesOdd working hours, unreasonably demanding clients, cheapskates
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Nov 2022
Meaningful
Reviewer's QualificationMaster of Pharmacy Practice
Experience1 – 4 years
Organisation sizeMedium (20-199 employees)
SpecialisationHealthcare & Medical
The good thingsThe good things
If you are passionate about pharmacy business incorporate with technologies, it an exceptionally rewarding career. You can learn on how technologies would help in a pharmacy business a...
The challengesThe most challenging about my role is about time management and we need to manage a lot of things including human management, product management, customer services and others
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