Pharmacist

Pharmacist

Duties and Responsibilities:

            Pharmacists compound, or prepare, prescriptions written by physicians, dentists, and other practitioners. They review these prescriptions to validate their accuracy and then prepare the medication.  This usually involves weighing, measuring, mixing some medications. Once the order for medication has been completed, the pharmacists then give the customers the medication.

            Patients answer patients’ and customers’ questions about medication they are taking and what can be sold over the counter. Sometimes the pharmacist is responsible for taking inventory of the drugs on the shelves and ordering any in which they have a low supply on.

Average: $33,000 - $51,000

Educational Requirements:

            Students should take the most challenging high school classes available in English, math, and science.

            Every pharmacist must graduate from a college of Pharmacy. Most pharmacy schools require applicants to take the Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT), and some require up to two years of pre-pharmacy education. Other colleges will admit students directly from high school.

I would like to be one but I would prefer to be paid more to be a pharmacist.