Industrial pharmacist to hospital pharmacist
An 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.
71.9/ 100
1 How much of what a hospital pharmacist is expected to do is already part of an industrial pharmacist’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 hospital pharmacist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A hospital pharmacist role treats 11 of its required skills as things an industrial pharmacist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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 · 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 an industrial pharmacist background worth leading with.
- 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 · What you may need to learn
The 34 missing skills fall into 8 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 advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
- still to learn advise on poisoning incidents required
- still to learn counsel healthcare users on medicines required
- still to learn monitor patients' medication required
- still to learn work in multidisciplinary health teams required
- still to learn communicate in healthcare required
- still to learn 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
- still to learn manage hospital-acquired infections required
- still to learn provide anti-cancer medical treatment required
- still to learn provide specialist pharmaceutical care required
- still to learn follow clinical guidelines required
- still to learn 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
- still to learn check information on prescriptions required
- still to learn maintain pharmacy records required
- still to learn 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
- still to learn maintain adequate medication storage conditions required
- optional, not held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health optional
- still to learn medicines required
- optional, not held applied therapeutics related to medicines optional
- still to learn ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy required
2 further areas in the appendix
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.
- 01 advise on healthcare users' informed consent practise this
- 02 advise on poisoning incidents practise this
- 03 biological chemistry 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 18 skills that carry over
- 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
- still to learn biological chemistry required
- optional, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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
- 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.
- still to learn biological chemistry required
- still to learn medicines required
- optional, not held applied therapeutics related to medicines optional
Other moves recorded from industrial pharmacist
Common questions about this move
Can an industrial pharmacist become a hospital pharmacist?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An industrial pharmacist already covers 36% of what a hospital pharmacist is expected to do: 18 skills carry over, 11 of which the hospital pharmacist role treats as required.
What skills does an industrial pharmacist need to become a hospital pharmacist?
19 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is advise on healthcare users' informed consent.
How hard is the move from industrial pharmacist to hospital pharmacist?
Its learning distance is 71.9 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.