well according to what i learned in my two weeks placement in hospital, a pharmacist main job is to support medics through ward rounds, assessing new patient's medication, sorting out any queries, providing information etc... i.e. doing the job the 4 year degree taught them to do. Dispensing and all the running around is done by technicians who btw are paid quite well for it, the better of them quite similar to what a newly qualified pharmacist gets paid in hospital.
technicians dont check drug charts for interactions, they make sure all the medicines on the drug chart are e.g. there, in date, working properly in the case of devices (inhalers) etc... this would also be double checked by the pharmacist. Technicians are to pharmacists what nurses are to doctors, and let me assure you the knowledge base alot of nurses have is atleast comparable to most junior doctors.
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clinically check the charts and then how often is there a problem
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well let me assure you there are more clinical issues in hospital for a pharmacist to sort out than in community pharmacy.
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What are hospital pharmacists views?
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i can only laugh at this comment, have long have you been a pharmacist, you do realise presence of pharmacist in hospital has shown to increase outrcomes etc... and also pharmacists have a totaly different role in hospital than they have in community, they are more clinically orientated, and are respected and treated like health care professionals should be,
on the other hand locuming is a lot easier, id be surprised if one encounters more than 1 clinical issue, community pharmacy issues are more to do with quantities, out of stock, manufactueres delays, special orders, etc... which when locuming you dont need to worry about as you (hopefully) wont be there the next day!!!