NHS Opportunity: Pharmacist

Pharmacist Current Vacancies

2006-11-27:

Pharmacists specialise in the area of drugs and medicine.
They work in a variety of settings, usually beginning their career in an NHS community or hospital pharmacy.
Community pharmacists work in a retail environment, preparing medicines ordered on prescription or bought over-the-counter.
Hospital pharmacists prepare and supply medication, check labels and prescriptions, and advise on the dosage and administration of drugs. Hospital pharmacist
You'll be working alongside specialists, doctors, nurses and patients in clinical areas.
When the patient leaves hospital, the pharmacist might then liaise with their GP.
For example, you might become a clinical director, running the hospital's pharmacy staff and managing areas such as pharmacy, pathology and radiology.
Senior pharmacists may be involved in supervising pre-registration trainees and junior pharmacists.
Industrial pharmacists research and develop new medicines, carry out experiments, evaluate results, produce reports and make recommendations. Industrial pharmacist Pharmacists are needed to develop them.
Primary care pharmacist - Primary care pharmacists operate at a senior level in the healthcare system. Regulatory pharmacy - Regulatory pharmacists work for Government bodies such as the MHRA set up to help protect public health. You need critical evaluation skills for this branch of the profession.
Academic pharmacy
Teacher practitioners spend on average around 60% of their time working in hospital, community or industrial pharmacy and the other 40% of the time as a pharmacy teacher or lecturer. As a research pharmacist you will enjoy a rewarding and satisfying career, knowing your work is helping improve countless lives.
Royal Army Medical Corps
Wherever you find the British Army, you will find the Army Medical Services (AMS). The AMS brings together the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), the Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC), the Royal Army Dental Corps (RADC) and The Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC). Pharmacists can be commissioned into the RAMC as Pharmacist officers either as direct entry qualified candidates or via sponsorship. Moreover, RAMC Pharmacist officers may be employed in support of the Royal Navy (RN) or Royal Air Force (RAF).
In peacetime The Pharmacist Officer's main roles are in the distribution of medical supplies to support current operations and overseas units; the provision of pharmaceutical care within Service hospital units working alongside their civilian colleagues; and in the provision of pharmacy support to GPs at primary care level. In Field Hospitals, they provide pharmacy support and advice to the Commanding Officer. What you need A recognised degree in pharmacy.
Veterinary Pharmacy - What do veterinary pharmacists do?
Pharmacists in rural settings are often involved in helping the farming industry by supplying medicines for farm livestock.
Where can veterinary pharmacy take me?
Veterinary pharmacy can also take you into teaching, industry or a government body such as the Veterinary Medicines Directorate
Pharmacists can also work within health authorities, for wholesalers, in universities, for research institutes, in food production, and the chemical industry.
All pharmacists maintain records and ensure the laws controlling medicines are observed.
Hospital pharmacists will work 37.5 hours a week.
Industrial pharmacists normally work 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Some pharmacists go on to teach, others work as locums filling temporary, holiday posts.Pre-registration pharmacy graduates, and sandwich degree students, working in approved pre-registration training posts in the NHS can expect a salary of around 14,200 a year.
Experienced pharmacists can expect to earn between 25,000 and 42,000.
Industrial pharmacists start at around 22,000 and can earn over 60,000. (Permalink)

HEALTHCARE CAREERS IN ROYAL ARMY NURSING CORPS

2007-01-25: HEALTHCARE ROLES & CAREERS QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S ROYAL ARMY NURSING CORPS (QARANC) STUDENT NURSE ADULT OR MENTAL HEALTH - REGISTERED NURSE MENTAL HEALTH REGISTERED NURSE ADULT - HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT - ROYAL ARMY DENTAL CORPS (RADC) DENTAL TECHNICIAN -DENTAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST DENTAL NURSE DENTAL HYGIENIST - ROYAL ARMY VETERINARY CORPS (RAVC) DOG TRAINER - VETERINARY TECHNICIAN - ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS (RAMC) CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGIST - RADIOGRAPHER - BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIST - COMBAT MEDICAL TECHNICIAN PHARMACY TECHNICIAN - OPERATING DEPT PRACTITIONER - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN ARMY MEDICAL SERVICES OFFICER PHARMACIST - NURSING OFFICER - PHYSIOTHERAPIST - MEDICAL SUPPORT OFFICER MEDICAL OFFICER - DENTAL OFFICER - VETERINARY OFFICER Contact: For further information Tel: 0845 7300 111. Interested persons should apply to recruitment at http://www.armyjobs.mod.uk/RegularArmy/RolesAndCareers/Healthcare/ (Permalink)