Hospital pharmacists are experts in medicines. They are part of multidisciplinary healthcare teams. They provide clinical pharmacy services at the bedside, and other clinical areas such as emergency departments and outpatient clinics alongside doctors and nurses. They provide specialist medicine manufacture and drug information and work to ensure medication safety and support around medicines use to staff and patients. While hospital pharmacists primarily work in patient-facing roles, innovation in hospital pharmacy practice and systems has led to pharmacists being essential team members in aged care and rehabilitation facilities, electronic medicines systems and eMR, procurement, clinical governance, patient safety, public health and community services.
