Pharmacists

Typical job duties performed with this occupation include:

TASK DUTIES
Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.
Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.
Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions, such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure.
Publish educational information for other pharmacists, doctors, or patients.
Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
Teach pharmacy students serving as interns in preparation for their graduation or licensure.
Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.
Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, or registries of poisons, narcotics, or controlled drugs.
Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment, or healthcare supplies.
Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, or evaluate the quality or effectiveness of drugs or drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications or characteristics.
Refer patients to other health professionals or agencies when appropriate.
Prepare sterile solutions or infusions for use in surgical procedures, emergency rooms, or patients' homes.
Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.
Manage pharmacy operations, hiring or supervising staff, performing administrative duties, or buying or selling non-pharmaceutical merchandise.
Work in hospitals or clinics or for Health Management Organizations (HMOs), dispensing prescriptions, serving as a medical team consultant, or specializing in specific drug therapy areas, such as oncology or nuclear pharmacotherapy.
Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications.
Offer health promotion or prevention activities, such as training people to use blood pressure devices or diabetes monitors.
Contact insurance companies to resolve billing issues.
Update or troubleshoot pharmacy information databases.
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*Note: Not all occupations will have a full list of Task Duties or associated programs

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Training for this occupational program or those in a similar family of programs can be located at the following postsecondary institutions in the State of Kansas. Please check with a program advisor at the postsecondary institution for more information on the particular focus of each program listed. Programs nearest the local area appear first. Click on the program to find more information.

INSTITUTION NAME	CITY	INSTITUTION TYPE	PROGRAM TITLE	AWARDS	HOURS
University of Kansas	Lawrence	Public	PHARMACY PRACTICE	Bachelor Degree - BS	138

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