Table 1Transition record

industrial pharmacisttohospital pharmacist

A industrial pharmacist already meets 36% of what the hospital pharmacist role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.

From industrial pharmacist

36%

Overlap1

To hospital pharmacist

18 Skills carried over

19 Required, not held

71.9 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

36%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

71.9/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the hospital pharmacist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the industrial pharmacist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A hospital pharmacist role treats 11 of its required skills as things a industrial pharmacist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

accept own accountability
adhere to organisational guidelines
apply context specific clinical competences
ensure pharmacovigilance
manage medical supply chains
pharmacognosy

What stands in the way is 19 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hospital pharmacist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a industrial pharmacist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held ensure pharmacovigilance assisting and caring
already held pharmacotherapy health and welfare
already held manage medication safety issues management skills
already held test medicinal products information skills
already held manage medical supply chains management skills
already held pharmacognosy health and welfare

All 18 carried skills, including the 11 the hospital pharmacist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 34 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 7 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
required, not held advise on poisoning incidents required
required, not held counsel healthcare users on medicines required
required, not held monitor patients' medication required
required, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams required
required, not held communicate in healthcare required
required, not held dispense medicines required

optional, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship optional
optional, not held educate on the prevention of illness optional
optional, not held listen actively optional
optional, not held provide health education optional

02 assisting and caring 5 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held manage hospital-acquired infections required
required, not held provide anti-cancer medical treatment required
required, not held provide specialist pharmaceutical care required
required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
required, not held prepare medication from prescription required

optional, not held perform therapeutic drug monitoring optional
optional, not held prescribe medication optional
optional, not held treat endocrine disorders optional
optional, not held deal with emergency care situations optional
optional, not held promote inclusion optional

03 information skills 3 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held check information on prescriptions required
required, not held maintain pharmacy records required
required, not held obtain healthcare user's medical status information required

optional, not held evaluate scientific data concerning medicines optional
optional, not held perform diagnostic testing for allergies optional
optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional

04 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held maintain adequate medication storage conditions required

optional, not held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health optional

05 health and welfare 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held medicines required

optional, not held applied therapeutics related to medicines optional

06 management skills 1 required

required, not held ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a hospital pharmacist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 18 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held accept own accountability skill
already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
already held ensure pharmacovigilance skill
already held manage medical supply chains skill
already held pharmacognosy knowledge
already held pharmacokinetics knowledge
already held pharmacotherapy knowledge
already held pharmacy law knowledge
already held provide pharmaceutical advice skill
already held toxicology knowledge
already held conduct health related research skill
already held improve safety of medicines skill
already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
already held manage adverse reactions to drugs skill
already held manage medication safety issues skill
already held physics knowledge
already held test medicinal products skill

The 2 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required

required, not held biological chemistry required

08 working with computers 1 supplementary

optional, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies optional

15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held applied therapeutics related to medicines optional
optional, not held evaluate scientific data concerning medicines optional
optional, not held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health optional
optional, not held perform diagnostic testing for allergies optional
optional, not held perform therapeutic drug monitoring optional
optional, not held prescribe medication optional
optional, not held treat endocrine disorders optional
optional, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies optional
optional, not held deal with emergency care situations optional
optional, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship optional
optional, not held educate on the prevention of illness optional
optional, not held listen actively optional
optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional
optional, not held promote inclusion optional
optional, not held provide health education optional

28 held skills the hospital pharmacist role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role analyse experimental laboratory data skill
not needed by the target role analyse medication's impact on brain skill
not needed by the target role apply safety procedures in laboratory skill
not needed by the target role assist in the production of laboratory documentation skill
not needed by the target role botany knowledge
not needed by the target role comply with legislation related to health care skill
not needed by the target role contribute to public health campaigns skill
not needed by the target role contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products skill
not needed by the target role develop pharmaceutical drugs skill
not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
not needed by the target role inorganic chemistry knowledge
not needed by the target role maintain medical devices skill
not needed by the target role maintain medical laboratory equipment skill
not needed by the target role manufacture medicines skill
not needed by the target role microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
not needed by the target role organic chemistry knowledge
not needed by the target role perform laboratory tests skill
not needed by the target role perform toxicological studies skill
not needed by the target role pharmaceutical chemistry knowledge
not needed by the target role pharmaceutical processes knowledge
not needed by the target role pharmaceutical technology knowledge
not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
not needed by the target role recommend product improvements skill
not needed by the target role report medication interaction to pharmacist skill
not needed by the target role safe management of medicines knowledge
not needed by the target role sales strategies knowledge
not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill

3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held biological chemistry required
required, not held medicines required
optional, not held applied therapeutics related to medicines optional

Index

Other moves recorded from industrial pharmacist

Full index of moves from industrial pharmacist

Note

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.