Pharmacy Jobs - Working in the Community
March 12th, 2009 | by admin |Community pharmacists advise on a variety of healthcare issues e.g. stopping smoking, healthy eating and family planning. The work may involve supplying free literature, supporting promotional health campaigns or performing screening tests, like blood pressure or cholesterol measurements. Every chemist shop/community pharmacy in Britain must be under “the direct supervision” of a pharmacist. Strict legal and ethical obligations are in place to ensure the control and safe use of medicines within the community. As the experts in the storage of medicines, community pharmacists’ work may take them out of the pharmacy to advise on the proper handling of medicines in residential or nursing homes. They may visit house-bound patients to discuss their medicines or deliver fresh supplies. Some community pharmacy jobs also work in GP practices on a sessional basis to advise on appropriate prescribing and review the medicines particular patients are taking.
