Employment

Writing an effective CV for pharmacy roles: a guide for graduates

How to put together a CV for pharmacy students and new graduates entering the workforce.…

Hospital pharmacists vote to accept 5.5% pay offer from UK government

Unite the Union said that two-thirds of Unite members voted in favour of the pay increase for NHS workers in England.…

What will it take to fix pharmacy’s stubbornly unchanged ethnicity pay gap?

The Pharmaceutical Journal’s latest survey data show ethnic minority pharmacists continue to be paid less than their white colleagues.…

Almost one-third of black pharmacists experienced racism from colleagues over past year, survey shows

Exclusive: Responses to The Pharmaceutical Journal’s salary and job satisfaction survey highlighted experiences of being underpaid, unequal work allocation and a lack of support.…

Hospital pharmacists to receive 5.5% pay rise

Health secretary Wes Streeting said the government has accepted the NHS Pay Review Body’s recommendation to offer a 5.5% increase with effect from 1 April 2024 for all Agenda for Change staff.…

SNP pledges ‘framework’ for drug consumption rooms in manifesto

As part of its manifesto for the UK general election, the Scottish National Party also said it would decriminalise drugs for personal use.…

Lessons learned from working in a non-pharmacy role within the NHS

After over a decade of a rewarding and varied career working in an acute setting and then as a senior pharmacist at a clinical commissioning group (CCG), I felt ready to take on new challenges within the profession. To help broaden my horizons, I secured an NHS executive mentor to enhance the s…

Pharmacy leaders warn of pressures on ‘exhausted, overworked’ pharmacists during longest doctors’ strike in NHS history

The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists said it has heard that pharmacists are receiving “unreasonable requests from management” during the strike, which is due to last six days.…

How to design optimal induction pathways for pharmacy professionals

Important considerations and advice to support pharmacy professionals in creating and developing effective structured induction pathways.…

Number of overseas pharmacists applying to work in Great Britain increased by 26% in one year

Exclusive: There were 757 applications to the Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme in 2022/2023, up from 599 in 2021/2022.…