job profile for B.pharma
Pharmacists understand the composition & effect of drugs and how they are tested for purity & strength, and eventual use for prevention & treatment of disease.
Job Profile
Pharmacists work in four areas:
- Hospital pharmacy
- Retail pharmacy
- Industrial pharmacy
- Research pharmacy
Hospital pharmacists
- Procure, stock, prepare and dispense medicines, drugs and other medical accessories
- Undertake responsibility for stock control, storage, placing orders, labeling and financial budgeting and account keeping for the dispensary
- Meet patients, doctors and nurses to discuss the supply of medicines and the appropriate form of drugs for administration
Retail pharmacists
- Prepare and dispense drugs on prescription to the general consumer
- Monitors the drug sale on the basis of prescriptions and dosages, and gives over the counter advice on how to use prescribed drugs
- Run chemist's shops
- Inform and educate the medical practitioners of the potential uses of the drug or health product and its administration along with side effects or precautions for its use
- Make regular visits to medical practitioners, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, health centers
Industrial pharmacists
- Carry out clinical trials, where drugs are tested for safety and effectiveness
- Work in research and development to develop new formulations
- In the production job entails management and supervision of the production process, packaging, storage and delivery
- Work in marketing, sales and quality control
Research pharmacists
- Carry out research activities in pharmaceutical firms, research organizations and laboratories
Employment Opportunities
- Health centres
- Hospitals
- Medical dispensing stores
- Pharmaceutical Industries
- In Manufacturing, Analytical and Research & Development divisions
- In Drug Control Administration as Drug Inspector, Analytical Chemist,
- Office of Customs as expert (Drugs & Pharmaceuticals)
- Ministry of Supplies and Rehabilitation as Assistant Director of Supplies
- Medical Representatives and Executives in Pharmaceutical Sale Division
- Multinationals pharmaceutical firms
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