Sample Resume for a Pharmacist

Pharmacists give medicine to people when a doctor says that they need it. They tell people how to use the medicine correctly.

Pharmacists are experts in medicine and its side effects. They sometimes help doctors choose which medicines to give patients. Pharmacists also warn doctors if the doctors have asked their patients to take any medicine that might hurt their patients.

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Sample Pharmacist Resume

Doreen Joseph
26 Balmoral Ct
Marrytown, NY 10021,
(345)-545 3672.

Resume Objective:
To obtain a challenging career as a licensed pharmacist that will enable me to utilize my skills in an environment that will offer me job satisfaction and opportunity for advancement.

Education:
Rutgers College, College of Pharmacy, NewYork, NY

Honors:
Phi Lambda Delta International Leadership Honor Society
Deans Listt

Training:
CVS/Pharmacy, Train the Trainer August 1996- August 1997 and October 1997

• Topics included professionalism, facilitaion skills, behaviors and techniques, establishing a comfortable learning environment, developing and managing participation, providing clear and concise instructions, dealing with aggressive behavior, and providing and receiving feedback.

Skills and Certifications:

• Editor-In-Chief-University of Pharmacy 1997 Yearbook
  • Organized and conducted meetings
  • Created and supervised yearbook staff and events pertaining to production.
  • Set and implemented in-plan and mini deadlines.
  • Prepared and sent documents to publishing plant.
• 1997 Student Graduation Committee
  
• Pharmacy Governing Council
  Student-Faculty Outreach Co-coordinator
  • Created a system to facilitate open communication between students and faculty regarding job opportunities.
• New Student Orientation Assistant Coordinator and Team Member
  
• Beta Gamma Fraternity
  • Alumnae Chairperson.
  • Honor Board Member-at-Large.
  • Rush Counselor.
• College Tours Campus Representative For Rutgers University
  • Organized and sold trips to Cancun and Barbados.

EXPERIENCE:
CVS/Pharmacy, 289 South Street, New York NY
May 2001 - present
Pharmacist in Charge

• Performed all functions consistent with the day to day operations of a retail pharmacy including processing, compounding, and preparing prescriptions, advising physicians, inventory control, counseling patients on prescriptions, OTC & health related items with necessary instructions, and processing third party plans.
• Organized store's documentation and pharmacy layout in order expedite and ensure the accuracy of drug processing.
• Drafted and revised as needed, the schedule for the pharmacy staff.
• Prepared and submitted the weekly drug order for the pharmacy.
• Conducted job interviews, hired new employees and responsible for firing employees who not meet the standards of CVS/Pharmacy.
• Ensure good customer service is provided to all patients, and complaints are handled in an appropriate and professional manner.

CVS/Pharmacy, Nutley, NJ
December 1997 - May 2001
Pharmacist

• Performed all functions consistent with the day to day operations of a retail pharmacy including processing, compounding, and preparing prescriptions, advising physicians, inventory control, counseling patients on prescriptions, OTC, and health related items with necessary instructions, and processing third party plans.
• Organized store's documentation and pharmacy layout in order expedite and ensure the accuracy of drug processing.
• Responsible for conducting job interviews and developing store hiring procedures.
• Assist in the scheduling of pharmacy staff.

• Worked with helpdesk and hardware technicians to trouble shoot and design solutions during initial and pre-rollout phases of system implementation.
• Responsible for training pharmacists and pharmacy staff on the CVSRX2000 computer system for Revco, Thriftway and Arbor Drugs in North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virgina. Training included the supervision of staff, fielding questions, creation of quick reference guides, implementation of policy and procedures, scheduling and conducting group and one on one training sessions.
• Assessed store performance through feedback, reports and collaboration with district managers. As a result of assessments, made recommendations as to the success and future direction of the project and training.

• Utilized aseptic technique to prepare various IV admixtures.
• Filled floor carts and immediate medication orders.
• Maintained proper pharmaceutical inventory on nursing units.

• Assisted pharmacist with chemotherapy, IV, and TPN preparations, filling, logging, and checking medication orders, and counseling newly released patients on high-risk medications.
• Aided in chart reviews
• Attended administration and nursing unit meetings.

• Supervised and trained employees.
• Responsible for non-prescription merchandise purchasing.
• Assisted pharmacist in counseling patients on OTC and legend drugs.
• Assisted pharmacist in extemporaneous compounding of prescriptions.
• Performed various dispensing function.
• Responsible for monetary transactions and deposits.

Description for Pharmacist

JOB TITLE:
Pharmacist
JOB PURPOSE:
Pharmacists distribute drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners and provide information to patients about medications and their use. They advise physicians and other health practitioners on the selection, dosages, interactions, and side effects of medications. Pharmacists also monitor the health and progress of patients in response to drug therapy to ensure the safe and effective use of medication. Pharmacists must understand the use, clinical effects, and composition of drugs, including their chemical, biological, and physical properties. Compounding—the actual mixing of ingredients to form powders, tablets, capsules, ointments, and solutions—is a small part of a pharmacist’s practice, because most medicines are produced by pharmaceutical companies in a standard dosage and drug delivery form. Most pharmacists work in a community setting, such as a retail drugstore, or in a health care facility, such as a hospital, nursing home, mental health institution, or neighborhood health clinic.
REPORTS TO: Doctors, Senior Doctors, Depends on employment.

LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY: Pharmacists in community and retail pharmacies counsel patients and answer questions about prescription drugs, including questions regarding possible side effects or interactions among various drugs. They provide information about over-the-counter drugs and make recommendations after talking with the patient. They also may give advice about the patient’s diet, exercise, or stress management or about durable medical equipment and home health care supplies. In addition, they also may complete third-party insurance forms and other paperwork. Those who own or manage community pharmacies may sell non-health-related merchandise, hire and supervise personnel, and oversee the general operation of the pharmacy. Some community pharmacists provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure. Some community pharmacists also are trained to administer vaccinations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Pharmacists must have a license from the State in which they work. After high school, it usually takes at least 6 years of study, including college and pharmacy school, to become a pharmacist. The person must also pass a test. People who want to be pharmacists should be good at science and math. They should be good at dealing with people. They should also be able to work carefully, because they often deal with strong medicine.

Duties and responsibilities:

Pharmacists distribute drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners and provide information to patients about medications and their use. They advise physicians and other health practitioners on the selection, dosages, interactions, and side effects of medications. Pharmacists also monitor the health and progress of patients in response to drug therapy to ensure the safe and effective use of medication. Pharmacists must understand the use, clinical effects, and composition of drugs, including their chemical, biological, and physical properties. Compounding—the actual mixing of ingredients to form powders, tablets, capsules, ointments, and solutions—is a small part of a pharmacist’s practice, because most medicines are produced by pharmaceutical companies in a standard dosage and drug delivery form. Most pharmacists work in a community setting, such as a retail drugstore, or in a health care facility, such as a hospital, nursing home, mental health institution, or neighborhood health clinic.

Pharmacists in health care facilities dispense medications and advise the medical staff on the selection and effects of drugs. They may make sterile solutions to be administered intravenously. They also assess, plan, and monitor drug programs or regimens. Pharmacists counsel hospitalized patients on the use of drugs and on their use at home when the patients are discharged. Pharmacists also may evaluate drug-use patterns and outcomes for patients in hospitals or managed care organizations.

Pharmacists who work in home health care monitor drug therapy and prepare infusions—solutions that are injected into patients—and other medications for use in the home.

Some pharmacists specialize in specific drug therapy areas, such as intravenous nutrition support, oncology (cancer), nuclear pharmacy (used for chemotherapy), geriatric pharmacy, and psychopharmacotherapy (the treatment of mental disorders by means of drugs).

Most pharmacists keep confidential computerized records of patients’ drug therapies to prevent harmful drug interactions. Pharmacists are responsible for the accuracy of every prescription that is filled, but they often rely upon pharmacy technicians and pharmacy aides to assist them in the dispensing process. Thus, the pharmacist may delegate prescription-filling and administrative tasks and supervise their completion. Pharmacists also frequently oversee pharmacy students serving as interns in preparation for graduation and licensure.

Increasingly, pharmacists are pursuing nontraditional pharmacy work. Some are involved in research for pharmaceutical manufacturers, developing new drugs and therapies and testing their effects on people. Others work in marketing or sales, providing expertise to clients on a drug’s use, effectiveness, and possible side effects. Some pharmacists work for health insurance companies, developing pharmacy benefit packages and carrying out cost-benefit analyses on certain drugs. Other pharmacists work for the government, public health care services, the armed services, and pharmacy associations. Finally, some pharmacists are employed full time or part time as college faculty, teaching classes and performing research in a wide range of areas.

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Time loads of Pharmacist

Pharmacists work in clean, well-lighted, and well-ventilated areas. Many pharmacists spend most of their workday on their feet. When working with sterile or dangerous pharmaceutical products, pharmacists wear gloves and masks and work with other special protective equipment. Many community and hospital pharmacies are open for extended hours or around the clock, so pharmacists may work nights, weekends, and holidays. Consultant pharmacists may travel to nursing homes or other facilities to monitor patients’ drug therapy.

About 21 percent of pharmacists worked part time in 2004. Most full-time salaried pharmacists worked approximately 40 hours a week. Some, including many self-employed pharmacists, worked more than 50 hours a week.

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How to Write A Good Resume Objective

1. Avoid job titles - Resume Objective.

Job titles such as "Secretary" or "Market Manager" can involve very different activities in different organizations. The same job can often have different titles in different organizations and using such a title may very well limit your being considered for such jobs as "Office Manager" or "Marketing Assistant." It is best to use broad categories of jobs rather than specific titles, so that you can be considered for a wide variety of jobs related to the skills you have. For example, instead of "Secretary" you could say "Responsible Office Management or Clerical Position" if that is what you would really consider - and qualify for.

2. Define a "bracket of responsibility" to include the possibility of upward mobility - Resume Objective.

While you may be willing to accept a specific job drawing on your current skills keep yourself open for jobs that require higher levels of responsibility and pay. Use categories of skills and titles so that the person reviewing your resume might consider you for other openings.

In effect, you should define a 'bracket of responsibility' in your objective that includes the range of jobs that you are willing to accept. This bracket should include the lower range of jobs that you would consider as well as those requiring higher levels of responsibility, up to and including those that you think you could handle. Even if you have not handled those higher levels of responsibility in the past, many employers may consider you for them if you have the skills to support the objective.

3. Include your most important skills - Resume Objective.

What are the most important skills needed for the job you want? Consider including one or more of these as being required in the job that you seek. The implication here is that if you are looking for a job that requires 'Organizational Skills,' then you have those skills. Of course, your interview (and resume) should support those skills with specific examples.

4. Include specifics if these are important to you - Resume Objective.

If you have substantial experience in a particular industry (such as 'Computer Controlled Machine Tools') or have a narrow and specific objective that you really want (such as 'Art Therapist with the Mentally Handicapped'), then it is OK to state this. But, in so doing, realize that by narrowing your alternatives down you will often not be considered for other jobs for which you might qualify. Still, if that is what you want, it just may be worth pursuing (though I would still encourage you to have a second, more general objective just in case).

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Finalize Your Resume Objective Statement

The most important is that you can clearly state what sort of a job you want and know what kinds of skills and experiences are needed to do well in that job. Even if you decide to change your job objective later, it is very important that you decide on one now for effective marketing.

Don’t be afraid to interview for jobs that seem far outside your skill set. If you don’t force yourself to reach higher you will never be considered. Don’t expect lady luck to come knocking when you could have opened the door and walked thru. Ask about opportunities for advancement. Apply for jobs above your last experience and challenge yourself.

Having spent years working with highly paid executives it is obvious most executives are learning as they go. Few know exactly what they are doing. What they do know is how to take chances, accept risk and turn everyday events into income producing opportunities. Make yourself reach for that next level up. You too can make it to the top of your field/company. See you there.