An interview with a Pharmacist

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An interview with a Pharmacist

• By Felicia

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What do you do? The duties of the job.

• As a Pharmacist our job is to verity patient
  orders written by the physician, make sure the
  drugs administered are compatible with one
  another and check over all the work the pharmacy
  technicians do.

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What kind of decisions do you make?

• We make sure the best drug/medicine is the
  correct one and will work the best.

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What percentage of your time is spent doing what.

• About 70 of are time is verifying med orders and
  30 is checking the work of the pharmacy
  technician.

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How did pharmacy interest you and how did you get
started?

• I find it very enjoyable and interesting I always
  have found it interesting to know what medicines
  do what and how they work.

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Did your job experiences have led you to you
present position.

• Just learning what happens to people if the wrong
  drug is administered and how it affects people
  led me to work in the hospital.

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Can you suggest some ways a student could obtain
this necessary experience?

• Shadowing a pharmacist for a day and working in a
  pharmacy while in high school/collage really
  helps.

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What do you like and dislike about working in
this industry?

• Personal satisfactions knowing your helping
  people dissatisfaction working in the industry
  long hours and holidays

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What other job can you get with the same
background?

• I work at another hospital doing the same thing.

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What are the various jobs in this field or
organization?

• Pharmacist pharmacy director retarl inventory at
  a hospital.

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Why did you decide to work for this company?

• Good location nice people

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What do you like most about this company?

• The people are great here working with nice
  people make your job a lot easier.

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Do you find your job exciting or boring?

• Both because you get a rush when you have to get
  a STAT Med. To someone and boring because it is
  very slow at times.

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How does your company different from its
competitors?

• The computer system is a little different.

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Why do customers choose this company?

• In the out patient pharmacy in the Washington
  hospital the pharmacist is extremely kind and
  gives great detail to patients.

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Are you optimistic about the companys future and
your future with the company?

• Yes, the company functions very well.

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What is the best way to enter this occupation?

• Start applying early it is extremely hard to get
  into school.

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How did you get where you are and what are your
long range goals?

• A lot of hard work studying long hours and
  holidays. I plan to stay with the same company.

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What are the skills that are most important for a
position in the field?

• You know what medicine to give right on cue.

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What particular skills or talents are most
essential to be effective in your job?

• Being able to catch mistakes.

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How would you describe the working atmosphere and
the people with whom you work?

• Sometime crazy and loud, but very entertaining.

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What is the average length of time for an
employee to stay in the job you hold?

• As long as they want.

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What are the salary ranges for various levels in
this field? Is there a salary ceiling?

• Salary usually starts in the higher thousands and
  can easily go into six digits.