Community pharmacists are well-respected professionals within their local community who use their expert knowledge of medicines to help patients get the best possible care and outcomes from their medicines. As a community pharmacist, you'll be responsible for dispensing prescription and over-the-counter medicines that help people to maintain and improve their lives, in a cost-effective way. You will be responsible for constantly monitoring the quality, safety, and use of medicines, which requires a high level of interaction with patients, providing advice and information about the use of medicines and medical appliances. As a community pharmacist, you will work alongside pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support staff, such as pharmacy assistants to deliver the pharmacy service. Each person is a high valued member of the pharmacy team. Your location of work will typically be a high street pharmacy, part of a chain or an independent, or you might work in a doctor's practice or health centre. Key Responsibilities: As a community pharmacist, you'll be responsible for: Dispensing of prescription and over-the-counter medicines to the public reviewing prescriptions from doctors to ensure accuracy and suitability for the patient, including the dosage, ingredients required, and correctly and safely labelled. Supervise the preparation of any medicines when not supplied ready-made by manufacturers Maintaining accurate pharmacy records, patient profiles, charge system files, and inventories maintaining a register of controlled drugs for legal and stock control purposes Liaising with doctors and other healthcare professionals to monitor, review and evaluate the effectiveness of medications Advising the public on medicines, side-effects of medicines and the treatment of minor ailments Providing advice on specialist health care issues, such as vaccinations, blood pressure, smoking cessation, cholesterol monitoring and diabetes Screening: managing, supervising, educating and training pharmacy support staff management of pharmacy finances and medicines budgets ordering and purchasing pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs maintaining stock and storing and handling it correctly