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31120.01 – Community pharmacists and hospital pharmacists

Community pharmacists and hospital pharmacists compound and dispense prescribed pharmaceuticals and provide consultative services to both clients and health care providers.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Community pharmacist
  • Hospital pharmacist
  • Pharmacist
  • Retail pharmacist

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Check prescriptions for proper dosage
  • Compound prescribed pharmaceutical products by calculating, measuring and mixing the quantities of drugs and other ingredients required and filling appropriate containers with correct quantity
  • Dispense prescribed pharmaceuticals to customers or to other health care professionals and advise them on indications, contra-indications, adverse effects, drug interactions and dosage
  • Maintain medication profiles of customers including registry of poisons and narcotic and controlled drugs
  • Ensure proper preparation, packaging, distribution and storage of vaccines, serums, biologicals and other drugs and pharmaceuticals
  • Order and maintain stock of pharmaceutical supplies
  • Advise customers on selection and use of non-prescription medication
  • Renew existing prescriptions in limited circumstances
  • May adapt the formulation, regimen, duration or route of administration of medication
  • May supervise and coordinate the activities of other pharmacists, pharmacy assistants, pharmacy technicians and other staff.

Additional information

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Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Chemists (21101)
  • Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants (33103)
  • Pharmacy technicians (32124)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

3 – Health occupations

TEER

1 – Occupations usually require a university degree

Major group

31 – Professional occupations in health

Sub-major group

311 – Health treating and consultation services professionals

Minor group

3112 – Pharmacists and dietitians

Unit group

31120 – Pharmacists

Occupational profile

31120.01 – Community pharmacists and hospital pharmacists

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