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At this time last year, a number of larger and smaller multiples were offering a bonus to locum pharmacists who carried out MUR’s. Some were paying £5 or £10 per MUR or offering to pay locums and extra £5 per hour if they completed 5 MUR’s. It made sense – they were asking locums to do more work on a daily basis and rewarding them for the extra income they generated – a no brainer. Locums enjoyed carrying out MUR’s as they felt they were making a real difference for the patients and bringing in a bit of extra income for the pharmacy. They were wiling to put up with the consequent problems carrying out an MUR lead to.
Then, things changed. The usual large multiple short sightedly decided that MUR’s were now “part of the daily job” for locums and other companies followed their lead and stopped paying. Guess what? Many locum pharmacists then refused to do MUR’s or cut the number they were doing. Many of our locums said that after completing an MUR they were usually welcomed by a queue of disgruntled customers adding stress and pressure to an already difficult job. They also informed us that pharmacy managers’ bonus had an MUR element and so they were putting pressure on locum pharmacists to do more and more MUR’s to an extent where they felt that the dispensing process was being compromised. Why put themselves through this for no reward.
Come on pharmacies – reward locum pharmacists for the extra work and the additional income they bring in to the business – it was a no brainer at the beginning of 2009 and it still is in 2010!
So, PPLS AND LOCUMLINK, two of our competitors have merged. I wonder what the real reason is?
We are looking for a locum pharmacist to cover three days a week from June to September in a prison in Yorkshire. Previous experienced preferred but not essential. We need responses ASAP to make sure we can obtain security clearance to work in the this highly rewarding, secure environment.
Call Linda on 0333 123 3344 for more information
We have two permanent pharmacist positions for a small multiple in North East England
Position 1
Working at and MDS Hub you will be responsible for running the companies MDS business. liaising with homes and developing clinical services.
You will be working with an experienced team of dispensers/technicians and alongside local cluster managers and the company general manager to build the business.
Previous MDS experience preferable but not essential.
Salary range £47-48,000
Position 2
Pharmacy manager in a well established community Pharmacy in Yorkshire market town.
The pharmacy team is experienced and there’s lots of potential to develop clinical services after a recent re-fit.
For both roles role call Shaun on 01677 424204 for more information
Agency Workers Regulations – how does it effect me?
The simple answer is it doesn’t. …. in most cases. For more expert guidance than I can supply as a pharmacist rather than a legal bod please click on the link below. http://www.pcg.org.uk/cms/documents/01109%20PCG%20A4%2020PP%20BROCHURE%20SINGLE%20PAGES.pdf
One in a lifetime opportunity – pharmacist required in Tonga
We have been approached by a not for profit pharmacy in the Kingdom of Tonga asking us to recruit a pharmacist to work at one of the health centres in the Kingdom. This opportunity will definately not come up again for if you fancy a complete change of scene and an opportunity to live on [...]
Just a quick post to remind all pharmacist that they need to renew their GPhC registration by the 31st October. So you still have a month to pay but if you are anything like me, if you don’t do it now, there’s a chance you’ll forget!
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