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medical goods specialised seller

Medical goods specialised sellers dispense medicinal drugs and provide advice.

medical goods specialised seller medical goods specialised sellers dispense medicinal drugs and provide advice. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include sales argumentation, characteristics of products, e-commerce systems, product comprehension, characteristics of services.

AI exposure
5.0/10
automation risk

Pay in the UK

UK: median £25,056 a year for Sales and retail assistants (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)

Middle half of full-time jobs: £21,970 to £29,846 a year

UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 7111). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)

Pay in India (occupation group)

Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Service and sales workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only medical goods specialised seller, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹16,914 a month
Rural India
₹13,632 a month
All India
₹15,541 a month

Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 5. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report

Top skills

sales argumentation characteristics of products e-commerce systems product comprehension characteristics of services guarantee customer satisfaction carry out products preparation operate cash register advise on medical products ensure compliance with legal requirements

Knowledge you'll build

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Mathematics
  • English Language
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Law and Government
  • Administrative
  • Production and Processing

What you'd actually do

  • Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate.
  • Enter prescription information into computer databases.
  • Establish or maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients.
  • Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
  • Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
  • Answer telephones, responding to questions or requests.

Tools & technology you'd use

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Frequently asked questions

What does medical goods specialised seller do?

Medical goods specialised sellers dispense medicinal drugs and provide advice.

What skills does medical goods specialised seller need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include sales argumentation, characteristics of products, e-commerce systems, product comprehension, characteristics of services, guarantee customer satisfaction. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace medical goods specialised seller?

Our AI-durability model gives medical goods specialised seller a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

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