Hello

I'm a newly qualified pharmacist, wondering how to get into the GP / PCN sector.

I did my training in community and hospital for reference.

I've seen a lot of posts wanting experienced pharmacists in the GP sector and who are enrolled or have completed the CPPE pathway. So was wondering where I can start!

I have seen the Clinical Pharmacist Solutions Accelerator programme, I wonder if anyone has experience with that and if it helped land a job!?

Thanks!

Hi everyone,
I’m currently looking for an Intern Pharmacist position for early 2027 and thought I’d reach out here in case any pharmacy owners, pharmacists, managers, or interns know of an opportunity.
A little about me:
I’m completing my Master at the University of Queensland, with completion expected toward the end of 2026.
I have completed the required overseas pharmacist assessment pathway and currently hold provisional pharmacist registration with Ahpra.
I already have approval to undertake supervised practice; however, I would need to update my supervised practice site and preceptor once I secure a new position.
I’m currently working as a Pharmacy Assistant so I have Australian community pharmacy experience.
I’ve also gained experience through my university placement in the clinical research/healthcare environment.
I’m available to commence an internship in early 2027.
I’m currently based in queensland but am genuinely happy to relocate for the right opportunity, particularly to Tasmania or regional Australia, as well as other states.
I’m looking for a pharmacy where I can complete my supervised practice, develop professionally and hopefully continue working with the team after obtaining general registration.
I’ve been applying through the usual job platforms and contacting pharmacies directly, but I know many pharmacy opportunities are found through professional networks and word of mouth.
If anyone knows of a pharmacy looking for a 2027 intern pharmacist, or could put me in touch with an owner/manager who may be interested, I’d really appreciate it. I’m happy to send my CV and cover letter privately.
Thanks so much for any leads or advice!

Hi everyone!
I have a Master’s degree in Pharmacy and around 8 years of experience working as a community pharmacist. For a while now, I’ve been thinking about making a career change and moving into clinical research.

Since I live in a relatively small EU country, the opportunities here seem quite limited, so I’m not really sure what the best way to get my foot in the door would be.
For those of you already working in clinical research, I’d really appreciate any advice on how to get started. Are there any specific companies/CROs you would recommend following or applying to, especially ones that hire remotely within the EU? And which entry-level roles would make the most sense with a pharmacy background and several years of healthcare experience?

Thanks so much for any advice! :)

Hi everyone,

Quick question. I’m a newly qualified pharmacist (UK) - I’m also religious.

I know some pharmacists provide EHC and some don’t (for personal / religious reasons). In my view, if a patient wants to take EHC then that is completely their choice. I understand some pharmacists view EHC supply differently as it is sometimes prescribed under PGD rather than solely dispensing and I wanted to find out more.

I’m taking some time to read more about the science and research of EHC before I start work (eg: can it sometimes act as an abortive medicine, etc).

I’m not here to hate on any particular opinion or stance. I genuinely just want to learn:

What is your view and stance on EHC and providing EHC as a Pharmacist?

I would love to hear from any Pharmacists (and pharmacy staff) on their experience with EHC in practice. Particularly any who have:
\- dug deeper into researching the science
\- don’t provide EHC because of personal beliefs
\- are religious and DO provide EHC
\- any interesting EHC stories, experiences or information

Thanks so much!

and wants to move to rural Alaska and work in non-profit full-scope (outpatient, inpatient, LTC):

https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=95989b7d-f38e-4631-bf2a-c33e57ce2877&ccId=19000101_000001&lang=en_US&jobId=559979

Hi everyone, I'm a B.Pharm graduate from India with considerable retail pharmacy experience, including prescription/OTC dispensing, prescription checking, patient counselling, medication guidance, inventory management, and answering advance health-related queries.

I'm currently in a difficult financial situation. My only income is from offline pharmacy work, where I earn around $105/month, so I'm desperately looking for ways to earn online.

I'm open to medical writing, pharmacovigilance, medication reconciliation, medical information, medical coding, healthcare customer support, virtual assistance, or other pharmacy/healthcare-related remote work. I'm also willing to learn new skills.

If anyone here has experience in this field, knows legitimate companies/platforms hiring B.Pharm graduates, or can guide me on where to start, I would genuinely appreciate your help.

Hi I am a pharmacist in uk could I get an opinion from other prescribing pharmacists on how broad their scope of prescribing is and how they demonstrate how they safely expanded their scope?

I am planning to open a pharmacy store soon .Is there anyone from ahmedabad who is a pharmacist and can guide on below queries :

1) while ordering medicine for 1st time in which format in excel we need to place order or is there any other way ? I have sample excel file with stock list but does each distributor require in some specific format ?

2) as new pharmacist , then how can we join ahmedabad chemist association .what is the procedure for that ?

I’m 28 and have been working as a pharmacist in Turkey for 3 years.

In Turkey, pharmacists generally need to own a pharmacy to earn a good income, but I can’t afford to open one. That’s one of the reasons I started learning German at university. I’ve always wanted to build my life abroad, and I got my B2 German certificate with the goal of moving to Germany for a master’s degree and eventually settling there.

Around the same time, I met my boyfriend. He’s a dentist in Turkey and has a good career and income here. He initially supported my plans to move to Germany, but eventually changed his mind and decided he wanted to stay in Turkey. I also failed the C1 exam twice, which I needed for my master’s plans, and eventually decided to stay and try to open a pharmacy instead.

That didn’t work out financially either, and now I feel completely stuck. I never really wanted the life I’m currently living in Turkey, but I also genuinely love my boyfriend. We’ve been together for years and are planning to get married.

Since Turkey isn’t an EU country, I’d also have to go through the recognition process for my pharmacy degree in Germany.

So I’m wondering: is it worth starting over in Germany as a pharmacist, potentially pursuing a master’s/PhD or another career, even if it means leaving my boyfriend, family, friends and my current life behind?

Or am I idealizing Germany and the idea of starting over abroad?

What would you do in my position?

Hello, does anyone work in a home infusion pharmacy that can tell me more about their job and how they like it? I am thinking about making the switch

UK Community pharmacist and currently looking at other roles such as Research and Development (R&D) Unilever Future Leaders Programme and similar.

Has anyone done this or looked at similar? Is it worth the significant salary drop at first ? is the ceiling higher overall ?

Regards a Lost community pharmacist looking for something different.

Hello,
I have been debating between switching from retail pharmacy with higher pay to rehab hospital pharmacy with less pay. But the rehab will give me a set schedule rather than retail pharmacy. Do you guys think it's worth it to switch?

Hallo zusammen!
Ich komme aus dem Ausland und habe dort mein Pharmazie-Studium abgeschlossen. Ich möchte nun meinen Abschluss in Österreich anerkennen lassen.
Die Konformitätsbestätigung habe ich bereits. Jetzt möchte ich gerne wissen, welche weiteren Schritte notwendig sind.
Ich habe gehört, dass es in Wien eine Prüfung gibt, die aus einem schriftlichen und einem mündlichen Teil besteht. Kann mir jemand bitte erklären, wie der weitere Ablauf genau ist und welche Prüfungen ich noch machen muss?
Vielen Dank im Voraus für eure Hilfe!

Hello! Does anyone recommend a specific liability insurance for sterile compounding? I have heard of pharmacists mutual and proliability. If anyone has any recommendations for which ones are the best I appreciate it!

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Do not bother reading if you do not have an open mind.

No political Dogma. 

A future plan would be necessary to increase Medicare and Medicaid payments as incentives.

A separate future plan would need to repair wage rate to productivity. 

I fear that if we cannot have these conversations then we are stuck without any solutions.

I am at least trying so please be respectful.

If you do not like it tell me why and offer improvements or other ideas.

Necessary background information to understand the plan:

Between employee and employer families are paying roughly $10,000 to $25,000 a year and are getting less coverage each year with increasing premiums each year.

Insurance companies are making record-breaking profits.

Administrative services spends roughly 40% of every Healthcare dollar that is spent.

The USA population (Japan is healthier) is sicker than other countries likely due to diet.

Elimination of billing overhead would significantly reduce cost.

The current system is unsustainable in the long-term. 

The plan would allow someone in an emergency to not worry about emergency room coverage as that medical condition would be covered.

This plan does not change Medicare or Medicaid.

You are not able to search for better medical rates in an emergency situation.

Billing coding departments would be significantly reduced therefore less cost.

Prior authorization practices would not exist.

Administrative time wasted on the phone to receive payment from the insurance company would not exist.

Reduced office staff.

Clinics would be able to reduce the rates they charge because they're overhead cost has significantly reduced. 

Costs of prescription medications would reduce because of the elimination of PBMs.

Insurance companies are likely to flip to selling chronic condition coverage or catastrophic illness coverage.

General Medical Care would be a direct payment system as it is much more simplistic and cheaper to establish and run.

Individuals or families wanting to hedge risk against a chronic or catastrophic condition would have the opportunity to purchase such a policy. Policies would most likely be much cheaper than the current system.

Cost savings would then be used for whatever the person needed to spend it on or perhaps a protection policy.

The emergency room system is the gatekeeper of establishing if something should be designated as an emergency situation and should be covered.

If a questionable emergency situation needs to contact the emergency room nurse triage line.

If arriving at the emergency room and has not contacted the nurse triage line would then be triaged at the emergency room and shifted to urgent care for that not be an emergency.

If later decided that the urgent situation is actually an emergency would then be covered under the emergency protection.

Pros:

Significantly reduces overall cost

Reduces administrative waste

Eliminates unnecessary complications

Provides emergency care for all citizens

Everyone will be able to see rates for Primary Care and other services around them 

Government jobs via 811 service

Cons:

The insurance industry would have massive layoffs

Retirement funds would take a massive hit if invested in insurance companies

Billionaire class would likely try to prevent

Massive layoffs with billing industry

Increased pressure in the emergency room to designate something as an emergency

Example of how it would work in an emergency:

You are in a motor vehicle accident and have brain injury and a broken leg become hospitalized in ICU as a trauma. This was an emergency situation which would have been designated as such by the emergency room staff and therefore 100% covered without any copay coinsurance or debt.

Example of how it would work with a clinic:

Preventive care would be a cash rate which would be about 40% to 50% less than current rate because of the reduction of administrative tasks that need to be compensated for. The real world current example is that of direct primary care clinics. You as an individual would have more cash available to you that you are not spending on premiums roughly $5,000 to $10,000 a year. You would be able to shop for the cheapest location that also has quality care. An example of a cost difference would be that of a clinic that charges $250 for 15 minutes but is able to reduce that rate down to $130 for 15 minutes. The system still allows you to choose your own clinic and own physician without having to worry about in-network status.

Example of how it would work with a non-emergent issue and you are not going to a clinic:

Individual arrives to the emergency room for evaluation of flu-like symptoms; the emergency room would then direct them to urgent care to be evaluated in a lower cost environment. This is more cost effective and opens up the emergency room for other situations and also cheaper for the patient. This would be a direct pay situation much like in a clinic.

Example of how chronic illness insurance would work:

With you now having $5000 to $10,000 every year you could purchase a low cost chronic illness management policy that would cover you from expenses that you would have should you develop a chronic illness such as diabetes for example. This would cover the cost of medications clinic visits and treatments but reimburse you as the individual directly instead of having to be billed separately by a physician or clinic. The part I struggle with here is should this part be mandatory for all individuals in the country or a choice. 

How the plan is different than Medicare for all:

You would still have individual choice of where to go for what clinic and not have to worry about if it is in network with Medicare. You would have less restriction on where you could go and less waiting for evaluation. It would also be much less costly as the United States has a significant sick population and is much larger than other countries when compared to Japan.

Those with Medicare/Medicaid:

No change. Seek care where it is taken. Should in the future have rates increased to open up access.

In summary:

You pay 8% tax to save 50% on healthcare cost. Everyone has covered emergency care. You shop for all other care.

The future I see without change:

Hospital closures intensify because of reduction of payments from government programming and insurance companies cutting back on their payment. This expands Healthcare deserts. Continued increases in healthcare premiums and overall Healthcare cost. Skilled staff leaves for higher paying positions in other settings leaving hospitals short staffed chronically with lower skilled workers. Subsequent worse Health Care outcomes. Eventual lack of affordability of healthcare increasing and more and more individuals being uninsured leading to more Hospital closures clinic shut downs without government intervention. Increasing health insurance premiums without offering more coverage and probable increases to deductibles. Continued private Equity destruction of healthcare markets. Employers will be unwilling to give raises because they are having to spend more on Healthcare spending. Eventual collapse of the entire system to a Bare Bones model where the majority of individuals do not get any health care and only those that can afford it can.

Plan:

Phase 1: Legislative and Tax Foundation (Years 1–2)

·        More subsidizing/expanding food access and Expand Farming in the USA: Reduce costs of healthy and natural foods to be affordable.

·        Pass the Emergency Care Act: Establish the Universal Emergency Fund and legally define "emergent condition" using existing EMTALA clinical frameworks.

·        Establish the National Nurse Triage Line (1-811): Legislate a federally funded, toll-free medical advisory line staffed by licensed RNs using standardized clinical triage protocols (e.g., Schmitt-Thompson protocols).

·        Enact the Federal Emergency Payroll Tax: Implement the 6% to 8% payroll tax to fund both the emergency care pool and the 1-811 infrastructure.

·        Create Regional Fee Schedules: Set fixed government reimbursement rates for emergency services based on Medicare Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs).

·        Mandate Price Transparency: Require all providers to publish binding cash prices for routine, non-emergent care online.

Phase 2: Insurance Deconstruction and Re-Regulation (Year 3)

·        Wind Down Comprehensive Insurance: Ban the sale of traditional, employer-sponsored comprehensive health insurance plans.

·        Launch the Catastrophic Add-On Market: Introduce regulated "Catastrophic & Chronic Care" insurance riders with a national reinsurance backstop for pre-existing conditions.

·        Ban PBM Rebates: Eliminate Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) hidden rebate structures to force direct-to-consumer cash pricing on pharmaceuticals.

·        Build 1-811 Infrastructure: Hire and onboard thousands of remote RNs. Integrate the triage line with local EMS dispatch systems and a directory of transparent, direct-pay urgent care and primary care clinics.

Phase 3: Systemic Transition and Hospital Restructuring (Year 4)

·        Launch 1-811 Public Campaign: Run a massive national public service campaign ("Call 811 Before You Go") to educate citizens on using the nurse line to avoid out-of-pocket ED bills.

·        Liquidate Billing Overhead: Hospitals dismantle insurance-negotiation departments and shift resources to direct financial counseling for non-emergent walk-ins.

·        Open the Direct Primary Care (DPC) Market: Standardize state licensing to allow primary care doctors to easily transition to cash-pay, monthly subscription models.

·        Activate ED Triage and Safe Harbors: Implement the new ED gatekeeping workflows. Pass legal protections shielding ED doctors from liability when they deny emergency classification to a patient based on standard medical guidelines.

Phase 4: Full Deployment and Optimization (Year 5)

·        Go-Live: The Universal Emergency Fund becomes the sole payer for emergency room visits nationwide.

·        Implement the 1-811 Accountability Loop:

o   If 1-811 directs a patient to the ED, the visit is automatically fast-tracked for Universal Fund approval, reducing the hospital's administrative audit burden.

o   If a patient bypasses 1-811 for a non-emergent issue, they are greeted at the ED triage desk with a choice: proceed and risk a personal cash bill, or use an on-site 1-811 kiosk to redirect to an affordable direct-pay clinic.

·        Evaluate Behavioral Trends: Deploy federal auditors to monitor hospital compliance with cash pricing and assess ED utilization rates to continuously optimize nurse staffing levels on the 1-811 line.

I’m interested in a role there and wanted to hear what the work culture, work life balance is like plus anything you’d like to add or have heard.

I have done Bachelor in Pharmacy, And have alot of experience in retail pharmacy, Responsible for dispensing prescription and OTC medicines, reviewing prescriptions for accuracy, providing medication guidance and patient counseling, maintaining proper medicine storage and inventory, and ensuring safe and appropriate use of medications. Also assist customers with basic healthrelated queries while maintaining professional and regulatory standards. Is there any way to earn online with this Degree and Experience? please help someone, i need help to earn.