Do you want to become a Pharmacist? Here is some information to help point you in the right direction:
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Pharmacists maintain and improve people's health by using medicines and promoting good health.
Community pharmacists sell and supply medicines. Their tasks include:
Hospital pharmacists' tasks include:
Industrial pharmacists' tasks include:
Working hours vary but are around 37 to 39 hours a week, with evening, weekend and on-call hours for community and hospital pharmacists. Depending on the type of work, pharmacists might work in a shop, hospital or laboratory.
In the NHS, pharmacists earn from £18,148 to £52,289; industrial pharmacists earn from £22,000 to over £60,000.
A pharmacist needs to be:
There are around 31,000 practising pharmacists in the UK, in the community, hospitals and in industry. The number of pharmacists has grown steadily over the past few years. There is now a shortage of pharmacists, particularly in hospitals.
To become a pharmacist a degree in pharmacy, approved by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB), is needed. A levels/H grades should include chemistry and one other science (preferably biology). Adults might be accepted for a pharmacy degree without the normal qualifications if they have other relevant qualifications or evidence of recent study, such as an Access course.
After a pharmacy degree, graduates must spend a year in practical training in a community or hospital pharmacy.
Promotion is to supervisory and management roles.
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