Thinking of a career in pharmacy?
A career in pharmacy offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patients' health and well-being. Pharmacists play a crucial role in healthcare by dispensing medications and ensuring the safe and effective use of prescription drugs. Pharmacy combines science, healthcare, and customer service, making it both dynamic and rewarding. With a variety of career paths and specialties, pharmacy offers job satisfaction and continuous learning along with the chance to improve lives.
Benefits of working in the pharmacy
- Pharmacy careers are many and varied with opportunities to change role throughout.
- Every day is different, work is busy but ever changing and progressive. You will never be bored.
- Healthcare is a solid and safe industry to work in because people will always need medicines. Pharmacies were one of the few places which were open throughout the pandemic.
- The demand for pharmacy services has increased, particularly since the pandemic. This means there are many jobs available and many more in the pipeline giving current and future employees choice and flexibility. There is a recognised need to train and retain many more pharmacy staff to meet the demand.
- Suits those with a caring nature with opportunities for hands-on or support roles at all levels which make a real and valuable difference to the lives of patients and their families.
- At the forefront of research into new medications and treatments.
- Opportunities straight from school or for career changes later.
- Flexible working hours.
- Good remuneration and staff benefits package.
- Well respected profession.
- Mixture of individual and team working with supportive and caring colleagues. The NHS is like a big family
The pharmacy team have put together a leaflet to try and answer any questions you may have about your career in pharmacy and the team are on hand to answer anything that is not covered in the leaflet. Please feel free to contact the department and ask to speak to a member of the Education and Training team.