Biomedical scientist advanced to specialist pharmacist
A biomedical scientist advanced already meets 18% of what the specialist pharmacist role asks for. The move turns on 41 required skills not yet in the profile.
87.1/ 100
1 How much of what a specialist pharmacist is expected to do is already part of a biomedical scientist advanced’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the specialist pharmacist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A specialist pharmacist role treats 9 of its required skills as things a biomedical scientist advanced already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply context specific clinical competences
- cancer risks
- listen actively
What stands in the way is 41 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A specialist pharmacist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a biomedical scientist advanced background worth leading with.
- already held cancer risks health and welfare
- already held toxicology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held conduct health related research information skills
- already held use foreign languages for health-related research communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held microbiology-bacteriology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
All 11 carried skills, including the 9 the specialist pharmacist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 49 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn apply person-centred care required
- still to learn comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice required
- still to learn contribute to continuity of health care required
- still to learn ensure safety of healthcare users required
- still to learn provide anti-cancer medical treatment required
- still to learn provide specialist pharmaceutical care required
- still to learn comply with legislation related to health care required
- still to learn deal with emergency care situations required
- still to learn empathise with the healthcare user required
- still to learn follow clinical guidelines required
- still to learn promote inclusion required
- optional, not held manage adverse reactions to drugs optional
- optional, not held prescribe medication optional
- still to learn advise on poisoning incidents required
- still to learn provide pharmaceutical advice required
- still to learn provide specialist pharmaceutical advice required
- still to learn communicate in healthcare required
- still to learn develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship required
- still to learn educate on the prevention of illness required
- still to learn inform policy makers on health-related challenges required
- still to learn interact with healthcare users required
- still to learn provide health education required
- still to learn provide medication information required
- still to learn work in a multicultural environment in health care required
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- still to learn pharmacognosy required
- still to learn pharmacotherapy required
- still to learn human anatomy required
- still to learn pharmaceutical industry required
- still to learn pharmaceutical technology required
- still to learn pharmacokinetics required
- optional, not held homeopathy optional
- optional, not held medical devices optional
- still to learn botany required
- still to learn inorganic chemistry required
- still to learn organic chemistry required
- still to learn pharmaceutical chemistry required
- still to learn pharmacology required
- still to learn physics required
- still to learn provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health required
- still to learn apply organisational techniques required
- still to learn respond to changing situations in health care required
- optional, not held improve safety of medicines optional
- still to learn review patient's medical data required
- still to learn manage healthcare users' data required
- optional, not held perform diagnostic testing for allergies optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a specialist pharmacist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on poisoning incidents practise this
- 02 apply person-centred care practise this
- 03 botany study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
- already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
- already held cancer risks knowledge
- already held listen actively skill
- already held microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
- already held toxicology knowledge
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
- already held conduct health related research skill
- already held use foreign languages for health-related research skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn pharmacy law required
- still to learn use e-health and mobile health technologies required
- optional, not held maintain medical devices optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held improve safety of medicines optional
- optional, not held manage adverse reactions to drugs optional
- optional, not held perform diagnostic testing for allergies optional
- optional, not held prescribe medication optional
- optional, not held homeopathy optional
- optional, not held maintain medical devices optional
- optional, not held medical devices optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
49 held skills the specialist pharmacist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling skill
- not needed by the target role analyse body fluids skill
- not needed by the target role analyse cell cultures skill
- not needed by the target role analytical methods in biomedical sciences knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply scientific methods skill
- not needed by the target role assist in the production of laboratory documentation skill
- not needed by the target role biology knowledge
- not needed by the target role biomedical science knowledge
- not needed by the target role biomedical scientists' role in health care system knowledge
- not needed by the target role biomedical techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role biophysics knowledge
- not needed by the target role biosafety in biomedical laboratory knowledge
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role clinical cytology knowledge
- not needed by the target role clinical immunology knowledge
- not needed by the target role clinical immunopathology knowledge
- not needed by the target role clinical microbiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role cryopreservation knowledge
- not needed by the target role dermapathology knowledge
- not needed by the target role embryology knowledge
- not needed by the target role epidemiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role examine samples in dermatology skill
- not needed by the target role explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients skill
- not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
- not needed by the target role hepatology knowledge
- not needed by the target role histopathology knowledge
- not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role immunohaematology knowledge
- not needed by the target role immunology knowledge
- not needed by the target role industrial research and development knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret electromyograms skill
- not needed by the target role intracranial hypertension knowledge
- not needed by the target role make clinical decisions skill
- not needed by the target role medical genetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role medical informatics knowledge
- not needed by the target role neoplasia knowledge
- not needed by the target role pathology knowledge
- not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform cerebrospinal fluid analysis skill
- not needed by the target role perform pathology consultations skill
9 further entries not listed here
15 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn botany required
- still to learn pharmacognosy required
- still to learn pharmacotherapy required
- still to learn human anatomy required
- still to learn inorganic chemistry required
- still to learn organic chemistry required
- still to learn pharmaceutical chemistry required
- still to learn pharmaceutical industry required
- still to learn pharmaceutical technology required
- still to learn pharmacokinetics required
- still to learn pharmacology required
- still to learn pharmacy law required
- still to learn physics required
- optional, not held homeopathy optional
- optional, not held medical devices optional
Other moves recorded from biomedical scientist advanced
Common questions about this move
Can a biomedical scientist advanced become a specialist pharmacist?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A biomedical scientist advanced already covers 18% of what a specialist pharmacist is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 9 of which the specialist pharmacist role treats as required.
What skills does a biomedical scientist advanced need to become a specialist pharmacist?
41 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is advise on poisoning incidents.
How hard is the move from biomedical scientist advanced to specialist pharmacist?
Its learning distance is 87.1 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.