Career path
The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
151 skills listed by ESCO, 108 of them essential. 151 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
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Showing 10 of 151, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| accept own accountability | skill | essential | 3 |
| Adaptability | competency | essential | 3 |
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What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| adhere to organisational guidelines |
| skill |
| essential |
| 3 |
| advise on healthcare users' informed consent | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on poisoning incidents | skill | essential | 3 |
| analytical chemistry | skill | essential | 3 |
| applied therapeutics related to medicines | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply context specific clinical competences | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply organisational techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply person-centred care | skill | essential | 3 |
| biological chemistry | skill | essential | 3 |
| biotechnology | skill | essential | 3 |
| botany | skill | essential | 3 |
| cancer risks | skill | essential | 3 |
| check information on prescriptions | skill | essential | 3 |
| Collaboration | competency | essential | 3 |
| communicate by telephone | skill | essential | 3 |
| communicate in healthcare | skill | essential | 3 |
| communicate with customers | skill | essential | 3 |
| Communication | competency | essential | 3 |
| comply with legislation related to health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice | skill | essential | 3 |
| conduct quality control analysis | skill | essential | 3 |
| contribute to continuity of health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| contribute to public health campaigns | skill | essential | 3 |
| controlled substances permits | skill | essential | 3 |
| counsel healthcare users on medicines | skill | essential | 3 |
| deal with emergency care situations | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop pharmaceutical drugs | skill | essential | 3 |
| dispense medicines | skill | essential | 3 |
| educate on the prevention of illness | skill | essential | 3 |
| empathise with the healthcare user | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure client orientation | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure pharmacovigilance | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure quality assurance for pharmaceutical products | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure safety of healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy | skill | essential | 3 |
| evaluate scientific data concerning medicines | skill | essential | 3 |
| follow clinical guidelines | skill | essential | 3 |
| follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health | skill | essential | 3 |
| handle the logistics of medicinal products | skill | essential | 3 |
| human anatomy | skill | essential | 3 |
| hygiene in a health care setting | skill | essential | 3 |
| improve safety of medicines | skill | essential | 3 |
| inform policy makers on health-related challenges | skill | essential | 3 |
| inorganic chemistry | skill | essential | 3 |
| interact with healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| laboratory techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
| listen actively | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain adequate medication storage conditions | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain pharmaceutical records | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain pharmacy records | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage healthcare users' data | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage hospital-acquired infections | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage medical supply chains | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage medication safety issues | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage personal professional development | skill | essential | 3 |
| manufacture medicines | skill | essential | 3 |
| medicines | skill | essential | 3 |
| medicines for self-medication | skill | essential | 3 |
| microbiology-bacteriology | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor manufacturing quality standards | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor patients' medication | skill | essential | 3 |
| obtain healthcare user's medical status information | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate cash register | skill | essential | 3 |
| organic chemistry | skill | essential | 3 |
| participate in medical inventory control | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform product testing | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform project management | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform therapeutic drug monitoring | skill | essential | 3 |
| pharmaceutical chemistry | skill | essential | 3 |
| pharmaceutical industry | skill | essential | 3 |
| pharmaceutical legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
| pharmaceutical processes | skill | essential | 3 |
| pharmaceutical products | skill | essential | 3 |
| pharmaceutical technology | skill | essential | 3 |
| pharmacognosy | skill | essential | 3 |
| pharmacokinetics | skill | essential | 3 |
| pharmacology | skill | essential | 3 |
| pharmacotherapy | skill | essential | 3 |
| pharmacy law | skill | essential | 3 |
| physics | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare doses of medication according to patient needs | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare medication from prescription | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare prescription labels | skill | essential | 3 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | essential | 3 |
| process medical insurance claims | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote inclusion | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide anti-cancer medical treatment | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide health education | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide medication information | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide medicines information | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide pharmaceutical advice | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide specialist pharmaceutical advice | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide specialist pharmaceutical care | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health | skill | essential | 3 |
| refer healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| report medication interaction to pharmacist | skill | essential | 3 |
| respond to changing situations in health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| review patient's medical data | skill | essential | 3 |
| sales strategies | skill | essential | 3 |
| Self Management | competency | essential | 3 |
| supervise pharmaceutical staff | skill | essential | 3 |
| take pharmaceutical inventory | skill | essential | 3 |
| test medicinal products | skill | essential | 3 |
| test pharmaceutical process | skill | essential | 3 |
| toxicology | skill | essential | 3 |
| transfer medication | skill | essential | 3 |
| use e-health and mobile health technologies | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in a multicultural environment in health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in multidisciplinary health teams | skill | essential | 3 |
| work safely with chemicals | skill | essential | 3 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | essential | 2 |
| accounting techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| analyse experimental laboratory data | skill | desirable | 2 |
| analyse medication's impact on brain | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply blended learning | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply safety procedures in laboratory | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assist in the production of laboratory documentation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| basic chemicals | skill | desirable | 2 |
| chemical processes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| chemical products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| communicate in foreign languages with health service providers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| conduct health related research | skill | desirable | 2 |
| contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| evaluate pharmaceutical manufacturing process | skill | desirable | 2 |
| homeopathy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| implement marketing strategies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 2 |
| maintain medical devices | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain medical laboratory equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage adverse reactions to drugs | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage schedule of tasks | skill | desirable | 2 |
| medical devices | skill | desirable | 2 |
| medical statistics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| nutrition | skill | desirable | 2 |
| pedagogy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform chemical experiments | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform diagnostic testing for allergies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform laboratory tests | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform toxicological studies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| phytotherapy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| prepare intravenous packs | skill | desirable | 2 |
| prescribe medication | skill | desirable | 2 |
| quality assurance methodologies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| radiopharmaceuticals | skill | desirable | 2 |
| recommend product improvements | skill | desirable | 2 |
| record data from biomedical tests | skill | desirable | 2 |
| record test data | skill | desirable | 2 |
| recruit employees | skill | desirable | 2 |
| safe management of medicines | skill | desirable | 2 |
| teach in academic or vocational contexts | skill | desirable | 2 |
| transfer chemicals | skill | desirable | 2 |
| treat endocrine disorders | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use foreign languages for health-related research | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use foreign languages in patient care | skill | desirable | 2 |
| wear appropriate protective gear | skill | desirable | 2 |