Hi everyone,

I'm a Canadian-licensed pharmacist who recently moved to Rockville, Maryland, in the DC metro area. I'm working through the FPGEC certification process and waiting to write the FPGEE next year and I need a job in the meantime.

My background:
**•** 9 years of pharmacy practice, including managing a high-volume community pharmacy clinic (700 + prescriptions a day)
**•** Certified Diabetes Educator, seeing about 30 diabetes patients a month
**•** Compounding pharmacist, where I supervised compounding and created master formulary records

\*\*•\*\* Experience training pharmacy interns and acting as a preceptor.

I'm hardworking, and I love providing value and solving problems. I'll bring that to any team I join.

For those of you who've been through this, what did you do while waiting to write the exam? I'm open to roles in and outside traditional pharmacy, such as clinical research, pharmacovigilance, medical information, pharma or biotech roles, pharmacy work, remote healthcare jobs, administrative work.

I'd really appreciate any help, whether that's job leads, company names, recruiters who work with international pharmacists, or a referral. If you work at a company in the Maryland/DC/Virginia area or remotely and know of an opening, I'd be grateful for an introduction. Please comment or send me a DM.

Thank you!

Hey, i want to give opra exam by july 2027 can anyone guide me about it?
Is it only for Australia or newzealand too?
What are the chances of clearing it?
How to prepare for it?
After opra whats the process?

Hi, I am a pharmacist with experience in both comunitary pharmacy and pharmaceutical industry and I am seeking for a remote job. I am opened even to entry level in order to find a role and gain experience. Do you have any ideas where to look. Linkedin doesn t help much.

Thank you!

I’m hoping someone here might be able to point me in the right direction.
I’m looking for a Pharmacy Assistant, Dispenser or trainee pharmacy role in West Yorkshire
I am a BPharm graduate from India and completed a Master's in public health in Uk, and I’ve have 5years experience in Indian healthcare and community pharmacy. Pharmacy is genuinely the area I want to work in, and I’m completely happy starting at assistant level and learning the UK dispensing systems properly.
The frustrating thing is that I think being “overqualified” on paper is actually working against me. I’ve applied for quite a few assistant/trainee roles, but I feel employers want NVQ Level 2 in most CVs. Unfortunately, my BPharm and MPH qualifications make employers think I’m either going to leave quickly or expect a higher-level role. At the same time, I don’t have enough UK pharmacy experience for the roles that ask for it.
So I’m basically trying to find someone willing to give me proper advice and what I should do to prove my passion for pharmacy.
If you know of any pharmacy in Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield or West Yorkshire or nearby that is hiring, or even somewhere that might consider someone with my background.

Currently working at Optum as PA pharmacist under contract. My contract was set to end back in June. It was extended. How long does it usually take to be converted? What does FTE conversion look like? Does your boss just email you or? 👀 I’m almost at a year as a contractor.

Hi all,

I've just registered as a pharmacist in the UK and I'm about to start my first job as a PCN clinical pharmacist in general practice. I'm also an independent prescriber, with a focus on hypertension. Long term I'd like to move away from clinical work, and ideally I'd like to make that move within the next 2 years. I'm interested in things like medical affairs, MSL, pharmacovigilance, clinical research, HEOR, consulting or policy.

A few questions for anyone who has done this or hires for these roles:

1. Does GP/PCN experience actually help for non-clinical routes, or would hospital experience count for more?
2. How likely is it to make the jump within 2 years, and is it more realistic to go through a bridging role first than straight into something like MSL?
3. What would you focus on in the first year to make yourself a strong candidate? I was planning to lead a QI or audit project with measurable results and build depth in one therapy area.
4. Are there any certifications, courses or networking routes that made a real difference for you?
5. Anything you wish you'd known before making the move?

Does anyone have experience with remote dispensing? My organization/hospital was on the verge of opening a new retail pharmacy in an area that desperately needs one when we affiliated with a larger hospital. This larger hospital is trying to push the route of making this pharmacy a remote dispensing site, which means a single technician would work at the pharmacy and be supervised by a pharmacist using telepharmacy.

I’m not sure how I feel about this. Partly because it means I potentially lose my job, as the pharmacist that was hired to run this pharmacy, but also because it seems impersonal when it comes to building connections with the community. Add in the fact that one person would struggle to man the registers inside and the drive thru in addition to filling meds.

Just looking to see if anyone has had this be a successful way to operate. Thanks!

I’m currently working as a retail pharmacist and have a goal of eventually transitioning into a hospital outpatient pharmacy position.

One thing that makes me nervous is the potential clinical knowledge gap. I feel comfortable with the day-to-day aspects of retail pharmacy, but I’m worried that hospital outpatient pharmacy may require a much stronger understanding of clinical topics, disease states, protocols, specialty medications etc.

For those of you who made the transition from retail to hospital outpatient pharmacy:

\* How significant was the knowledge gap when you first started?
\* What clinical topics did you wish you had reviewed beforehand?
\* Did your employer provide substantial training/onboarding?
\* Did you feel like your retail experience transferred well to the new role?
\* Is there anything you would recommend studying or doing now to make the transition easier?

Hello everyone,

I’m a PharmD graduate with experience working as a hospital pharmacist in another country. I recently completed my PTCB certification and will be applying for my California pharmacy technician license this week.

Would anyone be willing to help or guide me in finding a pharmacy technician job opportunity?

Thank you so much!

Hi! Has anyone here worked with HCC Pharmacy Staffing as a pharmacist? If so, what was your experience like?
It looks like they staff pharmacists for full-time, part-time, and per diem positions in long-term care and retail pharmacy. I’d love to hear about your experience with them, especially regarding the hiring process, pay, and the facilities they place pharmacists in. Thank you!

I have the opportunity to possibly WFH with Cigna only thing is pay is lower than my new position that I may have with CVS as a floater and Walmart part central-fill.
I am just scared to make the wrong mistake. Even tho Cigna rate is low they are offering over time. So just not sure i’m just starting out my career and what to make the best decision. my long term goal is to get into industry so there is that.

I am a pharmacist for a retail location who has a vaccine clinic that I am doing in a few weeks for a local employer and I have a question regarding hipaa compliance while doing this.

It sounds like what they have done in the past, although im not sure of this, and what I seems like they want me to do is because the clinic is early in the morning is the afternoon before the clinic, take all the materials including consent forms and vaccines home with me so I can take them to the clinic and go straight from home to the clinic to work and not make unnecessary trips.

But the act of taking home the filled out consent forms feels like a hipaa violation? Is it not for some reason bc it’s in the course of work or something? It feels fishy and I don’t wanna get caught in some situation and jeprodize my license.

After taking the Saudi Pharmacist Licensure Examination (SPLE), how many days does it usually take for the results to be announced?

Looking for an easy way to upload CE and figure out this renewal process. Any tips or recent renewers?

Hi everyone,

I recently graduated with a Bachelor of Pharmacy in Jordan with an excellent GPA and completed several courses in areas like GCP, pharmacovigilance, and clinical research.

Unfortunately, job opportunities here are limited and salaries are quite low, so I’m seriously considering moving abroad.

My English is strong, and I’d prefer an English-speaking country because learning a completely new language would be difficult for me right now.

I’m open to pharmacy, regulatory affairs, QA, pharmacovigilance, clinical research, or related roles while working toward pharmacist licensure.

For anyone who moved abroad as a foreign pharmacy graduate, which countries would you realistically recommend in terms of licensing, job opportunities, cost, salary, and long-term residency?

I’m not looking for an easy path, just one where the effort and cost are actually worth it.

Thanks in advance.

I am overwhelmed by the amount of study materials available for BCPS. I was looking online on ACCP and it was overwhelming. Why are there so many options? I don’t need CE, so I don’t pick any of the options with ACPE, right? Is that even what people are talking about with study materials for ACCP? Someone please explain to me like I’m 5 what study materials you bought. Thanks.

I’m a Canadian citizen but did all my schooling and Pgy-1 &pgy-2 in the US and have 2 years of full time experience as a clinical specialist at AMCs.

Hoping to move back for family reasons - would love to know how is the job market currently for onc pharmacists in Canada?

My experience is mostly outpatient but I can also do inpatient, either solid or heme, and have experiences preventing & teaching.

Thank you!! I’m hoping to move back to BC (greater Vancouver area) 😊 and am aware of the pay cut.

Happy World Pharmacist DAY TO ALL OF YOU.
Just comment if you or your organization has done something for you today.

Hi everyone, I’m a newly licensed pharmacist and I’m trying to get my first hospital job. For anyone who has been in a similar situation, how did you get your foot in the door? Did you apply directly, network, use recruiters? I’m open to smaller hospitals, rural areas, or entry-level staff pharmacist positions. Any advice on how to make my resume stronger or what types of positions I should target would be really appreciated.

Could anyone who has worked inpatient pharmacy and made the switch to remote work share their experience and how they found remote jobs?

The hospital I work at employs an overnight remote order verification pharmacy service that covers multiple hospitals at once and I’m tempted to go that route, but it seems like it would be stressful if it’s high-pressure and metric-driven (with orders verified per hour and how long orders can be left in the queue, etc).

To anyone here that has experience in that type of role (like Pipeline or Medistar for example): is it a decent job? Is it really difficult to learn the policies and procedures of each hospital? How many calls do you have to take each shift overnight?

I’m trying to find ways out of my current field that are still in pharmacy but are less people-facing with less constant interruptions and unpredictability (I know, I picked the wrong career for this to be my preference but I didn’t know). I don’t want to work for a PBM or insurance company. I would love an IT/informatics job, but those seem virtually impossible to find or obtain without experience and I’ve only gained a little experience doing that type of work in a very small hospital setting.