If after completing your Pharmacy degree, you want to work as a community Pharmacist, what are your options, let us explore?
Firstly, most students after completing their degree and become a Pharmacist, pursue a role as a community Pharmacist. A role of a Pharmacist is vital for both our community and the Pharmacies, no wonder why they call it Responsible Pharmacist of the Day.
While many pharmacists prefer a permanent role, most pharmacists today are looking for a more flexible role as a community pharmacist. They would like to seek more challenges and explore other opportunities, in terms of services that a pharmacy can offer, and extra exposure that a pharmacist can get from the role.
Pharmacists prepare themselves with many courses or sub-qualifications like Independent Pharmacist Prescriber. Special services like blood sugar testing, a complete health check-up, and more.
As a Pharmacist, you can work as a Locum Pharmacist, wherein you are not tied up with any Pharmacy for long term contracts. You can work with them for a day or even hours as a Locum Pharmacist. This role is like a super temporary role. However, it is flexible, you get to work with many different pharmacies like Boots, Super Drugs, or even local pharmacy store, this helps understand and experience quickly the role of a Responsible Community Pharmacy Pharmacist. This role is preferred by many pharmacists as it pays more, and its like a self-employed position.
So if you are looking to gain more experience, have a flexible schedule, and want to get paid more than become a Locum Pharmacist, subscribe with us today and we shall keep you posted with the rates and opportunities within your preferred area.
If you are looking for a traditional permanent role, as a Registered Pharmacist, then register with us, we work with many pharmacies across the UK and can easily help you get your desired role. Subscribe with us and be up to date with all the roles coming from top pharmacies across the country.
Many Pharmacies are also looking for temporary Pharmacist roles, so if you want to try this out the role before getting into a proper pharmacist role, then this is a lovely option. We often fulfil quite a few temporary pharmacist positions when some permanent pharmacy is either on a holiday or there is a requirement for an additional pharmacist to handle the workload. A lot of part-time pharmacist roles are also available for this.
All the above roles are also available if you want to switch from a community pharmacy to a hospital pharmacy. Various hospitals across the UK offer all types of Pharmacy roles including Locum Hospital Pharmacist, Permanent Hospital Pharmacist, Temporary Hospital Pharmacist, or even a Part-time Hospital Pharmacist.
After for working in as a Pharmacist, you can also work in as a Research Scientist (medical) or chose from many of these roles for which you would not need any additional degree
- Clinical research associate
- Higher education lecturer
- Medical sales representative
- Medical science liaison
- Pharmacologist
- Product/process development scientist
- Regulatory affairs officer
- Research scientist (life sciences)
- Science writer
- Toxicologist
However, all these roles require relevant work experience and skills to show potential employers that you are looking forward to working in this area. So you would first need to find some work as an intern to gain additional experience and skills.
Please contact us if you would like to pursue a career in any of these roles, our expert can help you by proper consoling and guidance.
3.3% of pharmacists prefer to study further, while 82.6 seek employment immediately after completing their degree. 12.5% also prefer to work and study, and less than 0.8% are left unemployed by either pursuing their marriage life or family business.
Register with us and we can provide guidance and consoling to help you with selecting the right career option for you.