Working in a pharmacy role means that you will have the opportunity to make a difference to the lives of those who live in your local community. You’ll support people to stay well by helping them to lead a healthy lifestyle and will have expert knowledge about medications, interactions and how they work to treat illness.
Pharmacy teams work alongside multidisciplinary medical and clinical teams in a variety of settings and their success depends on teamwork and communication. Pharmacy services can be found in acute hospital settings, community settings and GP practices and you could also work within mental health services, care homes or as a clinical academic.
To be employed in a pharmacy role, you will need to demonstrate a good standard of literacy and numeracy and for some roles, employers will ask for GCSE’s or equivalent in maths and English. Digital skills and qualifications are also highly sought after as many NHS and Social Care settings rely on IT based systems to manage their databases and patient information.
Working for the NHS or for Social Care in Mid and South Essex provides many opportunities to develop your skills further and there are a wide range of apprenticeships, in-house training and continuing professional development opportunities available that you can use to build your career.
There are also opportunities to develop your career within the pharmacy team by taking on additional responsibility after training and you could become a team leader, supervisor or a manager.
Pharmacy team roles have lots of face-to-face contact with patients and other healthcare professionals and you will need to have good communication skills, listening skills, attention to detail and be able to problem solve.
There are a wide variety of roles available within the pharmacy team and you could gain a professional registration or start your career assisting patient care without registration.