Skills
52 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
7 skills
Essential skills / competences
23 skills
Optional knowledge
2 skills
Optional skills / competences
20 skills
Overview
Hospital pharmacists prepare, dispense and supply medicines for patients in hospital care. They work with doctors, nurses and other healthcare staff to support treatment decisions and provide medicine information.
In job descriptions, look for prescription checks, medication safety, patient counselling, ward cooperation, controlled substances, hospital-acquired infections, e-health tools, preparation routines and clinical documentation.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Hospital pharmacist work connects medicines with patient care inside hospitals. Tasks can include preparing or dispensing medicines, checking prescriptions, advising wards, reviewing medication safety and documenting decisions with clinical teams.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include medicines knowledge, prescription review, sterile or controlled preparation routines, patient counselling, e-health systems, infection-related medicine work, safety checks and clear communication with doctors and nurses.
Salary context
Salary context depends on clinical responsibility, specialist medicines, ward involvement, preparation complexity, shift or on-call patterns, safety accountability, documentation load and whether the role includes team leadership.
Career paths
Paths can move from pharmacy practice into hospital pharmacy, then toward clinical specialism, oncology or infection-related medicines, medication safety, digital pharmacy systems, ward leadership, research support or pharmacy management.
Good to know
Check adverts for the hospital area, medicine groups, dispensing or preparation duties, ward rounds, patient counselling, prescription checks, digital systems, controlled substances and how decisions are documented.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for hospital pharmacist work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
specialist pharmacist (2262.1.2)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5fd099da-218a-460e-bd5b-b42f1b76c67c |
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| ESCO code | 2262.1.2.1 |
| ISCO group | 2262 |
| Concept type | Occupation |