Table 1Transition record

industrial pharmacisttopharmacist

A industrial pharmacist already meets 34% of what the pharmacist role asks for. The move turns on 42 required skills not yet in the profile.

From industrial pharmacist

34%

Overlap1

To pharmacist

27 Skills carried over

42 Required, not held

78.4 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance A rebuild

78.4/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the 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 pharmacist role treats 23 of its required skills as things a industrial pharmacist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

accept own accountability
botany
comply with legislation related to health care
contribute to public health campaigns
ensure pharmacovigilance
human anatomy

What stands in the way is 42 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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A 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 manage medication safety issues management skills
already held pharmacotherapy health and welfare
already held test medicinal products information skills
already held manage medical supply chains management skills
already held pharmacognosy health and welfare

All 27 carried skills, including the 23 the pharmacist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 59 missing skills fall into 11 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 11 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent 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 communicate with customers required
required, not held dispense medicines required
required, not held ensure client orientation required
required, not held interact with healthcare users required
required, not held listen actively required
required, not held provide health education required

optional, not held advise on poisoning incidents optional
optional, not held apply blended learning optional
optional, not held teach in academic or vocational contexts optional
optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional

02 assisting and caring 11 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held provide medicines information required
required, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice required
required, not held contribute to continuity of health care required
required, not held ensure safety of healthcare users required
required, not held perform therapeutic drug monitoring required
required, not held prepare doses of medication according to patient needs required
required, not held refer healthcare users required
required, not held deal with emergency care situations required
required, not held empathise with the healthcare user required
required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
required, not held prepare medication from prescription required

optional, not held provide anti-cancer medical treatment optional

03 information skills 6 required

required, not held check information on prescriptions required
required, not held evaluate scientific data concerning medicines required
required, not held maintain pharmacy records required
required, not held obtain healthcare user's medical status information required
required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
required, not held process medical insurance claims required

04 management skills 5 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held supervise pharmaceutical staff required
required, not held apply organisational techniques required
required, not held ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy required
required, not held manage personal professional development required
required, not held perform project management required

optional, not held operate cash register optional
optional, not held recruit employees optional

05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 3 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held biological chemistry required
required, not held analytical chemistry required
required, not held pharmacology required

optional, not held medical statistics optional

06 handling and moving 3 required

required, not held handle the logistics of medicinal products required
required, not held maintain adequate medication storage conditions required
required, not held participate in medical inventory control required

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a 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 27 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held accept own accountability skill
already held botany knowledge
already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
already held contribute to public health campaigns skill
already held ensure pharmacovigilance skill
already held human anatomy knowledge
already held inorganic chemistry knowledge
already held manage medical supply chains skill
already held manage medication safety issues skill
already held manufacture medicines skill
already held microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
already held organic chemistry knowledge
already held pharmaceutical chemistry knowledge
already held pharmaceutical technology knowledge
already held pharmacognosy knowledge
already held pharmacokinetics knowledge
already held pharmacotherapy knowledge
already held pharmacy law knowledge
already held physics knowledge
already held provide pharmaceutical advice skill
already held sales strategies knowledge
already held test medicinal products skill
already held toxicology knowledge
already held conduct health related research skill
already held improve safety of medicines skill
already held maintain medical devices skill
already held manage adverse reactions to drugs skill

The 5 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 health and welfare 2 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held applied therapeutics related to medicines required
required, not held medicines required

optional, not held radiopharmaceuticals optional
optional, not held nutrition optional
optional, not held phytotherapy optional
optional, not held homeopathy optional
optional, not held medical devices optional

08 services 1 required

required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required

09 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held accounting techniques optional

10 education 1 supplementary

optional, not held pedagogy optional

11 working with computers 1 supplementary

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

17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held radiopharmaceuticals optional
optional, not held advise on poisoning incidents optional
optional, not held nutrition optional
optional, not held operate cash register optional
optional, not held phytotherapy optional
optional, not held provide anti-cancer medical treatment optional
optional, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies optional
optional, not held accounting techniques optional
optional, not held apply blended learning optional
optional, not held homeopathy optional
optional, not held medical devices optional
optional, not held medical statistics optional
optional, not held pedagogy optional
optional, not held recruit employees optional
optional, not held teach in academic or vocational contexts optional
optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional

19 held skills the pharmacist role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
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 context specific clinical competences 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 contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products skill
not needed by the target role develop pharmaceutical drugs skill
not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
not needed by the target role inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
not needed by the target role maintain medical laboratory equipment skill
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 processes 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 wear appropriate protective gear skill

14 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 applied therapeutics related to medicines required
required, not held biological chemistry required
required, not held analytical chemistry required
required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
required, not held medicines required
required, not held pharmacology required
optional, not held radiopharmaceuticals optional
optional, not held nutrition optional
optional, not held phytotherapy optional
optional, not held accounting techniques optional
optional, not held homeopathy optional
optional, not held medical devices optional
optional, not held medical statistics optional
optional, not held pedagogy 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.