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Typical tasks undertaken in this profession: 19
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Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability. |
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Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage and proper medication storage. |
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Assess the identity, strength and purity of medications. |
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Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, and registries of poisons, narcotics, and controlled drugs. |
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Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities. |
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Plan, implement, and maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal. |
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Teach pharmacy students serving as interns in preparation for their graduation or licensure. |
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Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment and health-care supplies. |
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Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure. |
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Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of drugs and drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications and characteristics. |
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Note: All salaries are in thousands of euros and refer to annual salaries.
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| Job Title |
Pharmacist
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| Salary Range* |
24 - 80
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| Related Information: |
Retail Pharmacist: 30
Hospital Trainee Pharmacist: 24
Hospital Experienced Pharmacist: 34 - 58
Hospital Senior Pharmacist: 55 - 65
Hospital Chief Pharmacist: 80
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FAS
Last Updated: March, 2011 |
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| * The lower figures typically reflect starting salaries. Higher salaries are awarded to those with greater experience and responsibility. Positions in Dublin sometimes command higher salaries. |
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The following information is based on the National Skills Bulletin 2012 and displays some useful information about selected occupations, or occupation groups.
Each occupation is examined in terms of its employment profile (based on the data from the Quarterly National Household Survey by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)), recent employment trends and other available indicators on the demand and supply of skills.
Identified shortages are defined in terms of their characteristics, i.e. skill shortage or labour shortage. For more information see the Labour Market Information section of this site.
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| Labour / Skills shortage indicator |
This provides an indication of shortage for this occupation.
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| Growth Rate 2007 - 2011 |
This shows the average annual employment growth for the period. May be a guide to future trends |
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+0%
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-0%
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| Part-time workers |
This shows the percentage of part-time workers in the total employment of an occupation
Total employed in this occupation: 3300 |
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Part-time
15%
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85%
Full-time
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| Older workers |
This shows the percentage of workers over 55 in the total employment of an occupation |
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Over 55
5%
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95%
Under 55
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| Ratio of Male / Female workers |
This shows the percentage of male and female workers in the total employment of an occupation |
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Male
32%
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68%
Female
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| Non-Irish National workers |
This shows the percentage of Irish national and non-Irish national workers in the total employment of an occupation |
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Non-Irish
7%
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93%
Irish
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