Master pharmacist

Pharmacists receive, store, prepare, package, control, dispense and distribute medicinal products and medical devices, and advise on the proper use, adverse reactions and side effects of medicinal products and medical devices prescribed by physicians or other health professionals. Pharmacists contribute to research, testing, preparation, prescribing and monitoring of medicinal therapies to improve human health.

• filling prescriptions for medicinal products prescribed by physicians, dentists or other health professionals, reviewing the patient's medical history, and checking the appropriate dosage of medicinal products, the method of administration and their compatibility with each other;
• preparing or overseeing the preparation and labelling of prescriptions for magistral and officinal medicinal products: liquid dosage forms, ointments, powders, tablets and others;
• providing information and advice to prescribers and patients on drug interactions, incompatibilities, contraindications, side effects, dosage and proper storage of medicinal products;
• collaborating with other health professionals to plan, monitor, review and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of patients' individual drug therapy and the effectiveness of various medicines and therapies;
• maintaining records of prescribed medicinal products containing narcotic substances in accordance with regulatory requirements and professional ethics;
• ensuring storage conditions for medicinal products that preserve their quality and safety;
• advising patients and supplying non-prescription medicinal products, and providing diagnostic and therapeutic assistance;
• supervising and coordinating the work of pharmacy assistants;
• conducting research to develop and improve pharmaceutical, cosmetic and chemical products;
• discussing production technologies and the composition of medicinal products with chemists, technical and other specialists;
• testing and analysing medicinal products to determine their identity, purity and compliance with the specification approved in the marketing authorisation;
• evaluating the labelling, packaging and advertising of medicinal products;
• preparing information on the risks of using particular types of medicinal products.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Pharmaceutical chemist
• Master of Pharmacy
• Pharmacist, industrial
• Pharmacist, Master, organisation and economics of distribution and pharmacy practice