Table 1Transition record

specialist pharmacisttoindustrial pharmacist

A specialist pharmacist already meets 67% of what the industrial pharmacist role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.

From specialist pharmacist

67%

Overlap1

To industrial pharmacist

23 Skills carried over

2 Required, not held

39.9 Difficulty2

Career overlap Strong match

67%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

39.9/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the industrial pharmacist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the specialist 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 industrial pharmacist role treats 17 of its required skills as things a specialist pharmacist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

accept own accountability
adhere to organisational guidelines
apply context specific clinical competences
comply with legislation related to health care
human anatomy
improve safety of medicines

What stands in the way is 2 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A industrial pharmacist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a specialist pharmacist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held pharmacotherapy health and welfare
already held pharmacognosy health and welfare
already held pharmacokinetics health and welfare
already held pharmacy law business, administration and law
already held provide pharmaceutical advice communication, collaboration and creativity
already held inorganic chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

All 23 carried skills, including the 17 the industrial pharmacist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 missing skills fall into 9 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 management skills 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held develop pharmaceutical drugs required

optional, not held manage medication safety issues optional
optional, not held contribute to public health campaigns optional
optional, not held manage medical supply chains optional

02 health and welfare 1 required

required, not held pharmaceutical processes required

03 information skills 7 supplementary

optional, not held report medication interaction to pharmacist optional
optional, not held analyse experimental laboratory data optional
optional, not held analyse medication's impact on brain optional
optional, not held assist in the production of laboratory documentation optional
optional, not held test medicinal products optional
optional, not held contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products optional
optional, not held perform toxicological studies optional

04 assisting and caring 3 supplementary

optional, not held apply safety procedures in laboratory optional
optional, not held ensure pharmacovigilance optional
optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional

05 business, administration and law 2 supplementary

optional, not held sales strategies optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional

06 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary

optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
optional, not held recommend product improvements optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 2 entries a industrial 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 23 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 comply with legislation related to health care skill
already held human anatomy knowledge
already held improve safety of medicines skill
already held inorganic chemistry knowledge
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 toxicology knowledge
already held botany knowledge
already held conduct health related research skill
already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
already held maintain medical devices skill
already held manage adverse reactions to drugs skill
already held provide pharmaceutical advice skill

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary

optional, not held maintain medical laboratory equipment optional
optional, not held perform laboratory tests optional

08 handling and moving 1 supplementary

optional, not held manufacture medicines optional

09 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held safe management of medicines optional

21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held report medication interaction to pharmacist optional
optional, not held analyse experimental laboratory data optional
optional, not held analyse medication's impact on brain optional
optional, not held apply safety procedures in laboratory optional
optional, not held assist in the production of laboratory documentation optional
optional, not held ensure pharmacovigilance optional
optional, not held manage medication safety issues optional
optional, not held safe management of medicines optional
optional, not held sales strategies optional
optional, not held test medicinal products optional
optional, not held contribute to public health campaigns optional
optional, not held contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products optional
optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
optional, not held maintain medical laboratory equipment optional
optional, not held manage medical supply chains optional
optional, not held manufacture medicines optional
optional, not held perform laboratory tests optional
optional, not held perform toxicological studies optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
optional, not held recommend product improvements optional
optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional

37 held skills the industrial pharmacist role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
not needed by the target role advise on poisoning incidents skill
not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
not needed by the target role apply person-centred care skill
not needed by the target role cancer risks knowledge
not needed by the target role communicate in healthcare skill
not needed by the target role comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
not needed by the target role contribute to continuity of health care skill
not needed by the target role deal with emergency care situations skill
not needed by the target role develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
not needed by the target role educate on the prevention of illness skill
not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
not needed by the target role ensure safety of healthcare users skill
not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
not needed by the target role homeopathy knowledge
not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
not needed by the target role listen actively skill
not needed by the target role manage healthcare users' data skill
not needed by the target role medical devices knowledge
not needed by the target role perform diagnostic testing for allergies skill
not needed by the target role pharmaceutical industry knowledge
not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
not needed by the target role prescribe medication skill
not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
not needed by the target role provide anti-cancer medical treatment skill
not needed by the target role provide health education skill
not needed by the target role provide medication information skill
not needed by the target role provide specialist pharmaceutical advice skill
not needed by the target role provide specialist pharmaceutical care skill
not needed by the target role provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health skill
not needed by the target role respond to changing situations in health care skill
not needed by the target role review patient's medical data skill
not needed by the target role use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
not needed by the target role use foreign languages for health-related research skill
not needed by the target role use foreign languages in patient care skill
not needed by the target role work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
not needed by the target role work in multidisciplinary health teams skill

4 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 pharmaceutical processes required
optional, not held safe management of medicines optional
optional, not held sales strategies optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional

Index

Other moves recorded from specialist pharmacist

Full index of moves from specialist 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.