Career

Pharmacy, the health profession concerned with knowledge about drugs and their effects, draws from the chemical, physical, biological and behavioral sciences. Traditionally a qualification in Pharmacy was associated with a lifetime career as a chemist. Knowledge and training in Pharmaceutics offers a wide array of career options to the students. The programme is no longer confined to the laboratories or classrooms and goes beyond the curriculum. The career options after the programme are also immense. It offers diverse opportunities in India and around the world. Here are just a few brief sketches of opportunities pursued by the Pharmacy graduates.

Community Pharmacy
Community pharmacists are responsible for safe and efficient dispensing of prescription medications, advising patients on proper prescription and over-the-counter nonprescription medication use, and keeping records of patients and their health, illness, and medications. Community pharmacists also provide information and advice about medications to physicians and other health professionals. In addition, community pharmacists increasingly provide pharmacy services and supplies to the growing number of patients who receive health care at home, and they are actively involved in community service.

Hospital Pharmacy
Hospital pharmacists advise other health professionals about the actions, interactions, and side effects of drugs, and counsel patients about medications. They may help select the medications the hospital will use, manufacture preparations, dispense prescription drugs, and handle special products like radioactive medicines, artificial kidney fluid, and plastic inserts. Many hospital-based pharmacists also are administrators and influential members of important committees.

Nursing Home and Extended Care Facility Pharmacy
Pharmacists who work in nursing homes and extended care facilities provide prescription service for patients, and they consult with other health professionals who care for the patients. As consultants they review patient charts for correct dosages, drug interactions, adverse reactions, or side effects, and also counsel patients about their medications.

Other Opportunities
Diploma holders are eligible for admission to lateral entry to degree in pharmacy 2nd year.

ANALYTICAL CHEMIST

Analytical chemist are employed in all aspects of chemical research in industry, academia and government. They do basic laboratory research, develop processes and products, design instruments used in analytical analysis, teach and work in marketing and law. The demand of analytical chemist is growing across several industries, from environmental sample testing, to verifying the health and safety standards of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and various other products.

FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTOR

Food and drug inspectors are responsible for inspecting establishments where food, drugs and similar consumer items are manufactured, handled, stored or sold to enforce legal standards of sanitation, purity and grading. The food and drug inspector measures and analyses the safety and quality of raw material and products manufactured by companies, as well as, the processes and equipment used to convert the raw materials into products.

HOSPITAL DRUG COORDINATOR

Hospital drug coordinator perform administrative duties such as coordinating care teams for patients and acting as a liaison between patients, patient's families and health care professionals. They also oversee budgets, hire and train staff and develop and implement clinic policies and protocols.

DRUG THERAPIST

Drug therapy means treatment with any substance, other than food, that is used to prevent, diagnose, treat or relieve symptoms of a disease or abnormal condition. Pharmacists are the experts in the therapeutic use of medicines in the healthcare team and may perform various tasks including: Evaluating medication therapy and making appropriate recommendations to patients or health practitioners.

DRUG TECHNICIAN

Pharmacist as drug technician is responsible for preparation and distribution of medications, maintaining the drug inventory and maintaining patient and pharmacy records in a manner consistent with laws and regulations as well as pharmacy policies and procedures.

DRUG INSPECTOR

Drug inspector is a specialist who monitor a drug's safety utility performance and consistency from the time it is manufactured until it is sold at a retail outlet. Drug inspector ensures that the medicines are suitable for human consumption. Duties of drug inspector is to examine pharmaceuticals at various stages of research and development, distribution and selling procedures to determine that the prescribed standards have been met.

CHEMICAL TECHNICIAN

Pharmacist’s career as chemical technician includes the duties of assisting chemists and chemical engineers in research, development, production and testing of chemical products and processes by using laboratory techniques and instruments. They usually work full time in laboratories or manufacturing facilities where they conduct experiments and monitor production processes.

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