You must admit, you would be great in this career.
Hospital staff pharmacists, also known as acute care or internal medicine pharmacists, provide a variety of services that are critical to the care provided in hospitals.
As an important member of the interprofessional health care team, hospital pharmacists participate in patient rounds with other health care professionals who rely on pharmacists’ expertise to make medication decisions and assure optimal patient care.
In addition to preparing and dispensing medications, hospital pharmacists review patient charts, monitor medication therapy, develop pharmacy procedures to ensure patients receive the right medications at the right time, and make medication purchasing and budget decisions. They also spend their time counseling patients regarding medications when they are admitted, while they are in the hospital, and before they are discharged.
Practice Setting: They work as part of high-functioning health care teams in hospital settings.
Educational Requirements: Hospital pharmacists generally complete 1-2 years in a residency after earning a PharmD degree.
Patients: The patients treated by hospital pharmacists typically have more complicated diseases and medications than found in other settings.
Traits: You want to work as part of a high-functioning health care team in a hospital and around patients who may have more serious, traumatic, or chronic conditions than the general population. You also would prefer to work more closely with other health care providers rather than with patients.