Pharmacists

• 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.
• Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.
• Update or troubleshoot pharmacy information databases.
• Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
• Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
• 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.
• Publish educational information for other pharmacists, doctors, or patients.
• Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications.
• 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.
• Contact insurance companies to resolve billing issues.
• Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.
• Offer health promotion or prevention activities, such as training people to use blood pressure devices or diabetes monitors.

• Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.
• Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions, such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure.
• Refer patients to other health professionals or agencies when appropriate.
• Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment, or healthcare supplies.
• Manage pharmacy operations, hiring or supervising staff, performing administrative duties, or buying or selling non-pharmaceutical merchandise.
• Teach pharmacy students serving as interns in preparation for their graduation or licensure.
• 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.

No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (65%).