As a licensed pharmacist, your job is to run a pharmacy and dispense pharmaceutical drugs as requested by a doctor. While fulfilling your responsibilities and duties, you explain the drug’s use to patients and follow up to check for side effects or other problems. Licensed pharmacists often oversee other pharmacy staff and either supervise or perform many tasks within the pharmacy. Some details of this job depend on your employer. Neighborhood pharmacies usually focus on common medicines, but some licensed pharmacists work with experimental drugs or research programs and collaborate closely with doctors to monitor the health of each patient.