We are every lucky at PL-UK because we have some fantastic locums working with us. The problem is that we need more, particularly in the North East of England. So if you are an employed pharmacist looking to locum in the North East of a locum finding it difficult to find work there, call Lynne or Linda on 0800 8818844.
As you know I locum quite a bit in prison service pharmacies and as I left my booking on Thursday for the long weekend I was struck by the irony of pharmacy’s predicament with regard to incorporation into the healthcare team.
Don’t get me wrong I LOVED having the weekend off but doesn’t this just give ammunition to the commisioners of healthcare services when they are looking to cut costs. All the other professions have to either work through bank-holidays or, at least be on-call. Not pharmacy. We got all our work done in four days and enjoy the weekend.
If you were a commissioner, would you then class pharmacy as an essential service or one that can easily be out-sourced? Doctors and nurses are essential, they are needed every day. They are visable, available and although they do seem to sit around for long periods of the day, they turn up to work 365 days a year.
In some prison service pharmacies and hospitals the traditional Monday-Friday service is a thing of the past and if we are to be truly seen as an essential part of both the primary and secondary care healthcare teams, we all need to be ready to work seven days a week in the future across all sectors.
I’m really proud and delighted to say that PL-UK have achieved a Diamond Award in customer service after achieving a customer satisfaction score of 95% in a survey carried out by BenchmarQ – a division of QMS International plc.
We try really hard to delight our clients and locums and it’s great to know that our clients think we achieve our goals for customer service.
I must admit to a degree of trepidation when I opened the results. We achieved a score of 93% in 2009 so I didn’t think we could match that again and we didn’t … we did better!
So a big thank you for those of you who completed the survey and to Linda and Lynne for delivering a service I’m soooo proud of. However I’m not sure how they managed to get the survey results delivered 30 minutes before their appraisals – very dodgy!
PL-UK – delivering diamond standard service to our clients, and that’s official!
Healthy Living Pharmacies in Portsmouth are seen by many as the model for pharmacies in the future and pharmacy organisations have agreed to develop the concept in further pathfinder sites
http://www.psnc.org.uk/news.php/970/healthy_living_pharmacies_progress_after_national_summit
We have lots of work available for locum pharmacists in the North East of England. I know, in some areas of the country that locum pharmacists are struggling to find work, so if you know anyone up north and they wouldn’t mind you staying for a week or two, give PL-UK a ring on 0333 123 3344.
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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