The Diploma in Pharmacy or D.Pharma typically does not have any important job roles. This is because the demand for diploma students is rather less when compared to degree students when it comes to the pharmacy field. But on the other hand, the degree students with B.Pharma have abundant job opportunities.
However, after some research we were able to come out with some job roles available after D.Pharma. in this article we have tried to explain some of the limited careers available for the D. Pharma students.
They are as under:
1. Community Pharmacist
Role
As a Community Pharmacist one is responsible to dispense and distribute the medicines. A community pharmacist will work with legal and ethical guidelines to ensure the correct and safe supply of medical products to the general public.
Responsibility
As a Community Pharmacist one is required to:
- Dispense prescription medicines to the public
- Ensure that different treatments are compatible
- Check dosage and ensure that medicines are correctly and safely supplied in the communities
- Supervise the preparation of any medicines if required
- Keep a register of all the controlled drugs for legal and stock control purposes
- Coordinate with doctors about prescriptions
- Advice the public on the treatment of minor ailments
- Undertake medicine use reviews from the patients
- Manage, supervise and train pharmacy support staff
2. Hospital Pharmacist
Hospital Pharmacists are responsible for the purchase and supply of medicines used in hospitals. As a hospital pharmacist one should have a detailed understanding of the medicines that are used in hospitals. He/she is responsible to dispense prescriptions for patients. He/she is involved in purchasing and quality testing of medicines. As a hospital pharmacist one is responsible to keep the well-stocked medicines every time and should be aware of all the medicines available.
