I went to a public sector pharmacy on Monday where one of the big recruiters had sent a flyer advertising their services. They advertised that they are recruiting for pharmacists, technicians and assistant pharmacists!
Anyone ever come across an assistant pharmacist before….anywhere! So big companies and the public sector don’t take the easy route and engage with big recruitment firms. Engage with small, specialist agencies like PL-UK. At the very least, we do know what we are talking about!
We need more high quality locums to work for our clients in the North East of England. We have work available with multiples, independents, supermarkets and private health providers so if you live in an area where work is sparse, why not re-locate to the North East for the summer?
Call Linda or Lynne on 0800 8818844 for details
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.
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Please find a link below to the results of the RPS renewal survey we carried out last week.
It’s also pleasing to report that Patrick Stubbs- Director of Marketing and Membership – Royal Pharmaceutical Society has requested the results of the survey. I think he may be concerned by the proportion of responses that say they won’t be renewing or, will give the Society only one year to prove it’s worth. SURVEY RESULTS
Lots of pharmacists also left comments explaining why they had decided to renew/not renew and please feel free to continue the discussion via the PL-UK pharmacy blog http://www.pluk.co.uk/2011/really-interesting-comments-about-rps/ |
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Again, many thanks to all those who took the time to complete the survey.
Shaun Hockey B Pharm (Hons) MRPharmS |
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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