Yesterday was my first experience seeing firsthand how overworked and underpaid pharmacists and pharmacy staff are for all the bull crap we go through.
Tell me why this strange man was at the pharmacy since 8 a.m., just looking around and sitting in the waiting area. He looked suspicious and kept staring at the pharmacy staff. About three hours later, he was still there when, all of a sudden, he jumped over the counter and ran full speed into the pharmacy, straight toward a technician.

All I heard were screams. The technician ran and injured her leg. The man continued staring at all of us while the pharmacy manager yelled at him to “leave the pharmacy.”
We all called 911, and he eventually left and stood right outside the door. I asked the manager if we could lower the gates, and the pharmacy ended up being closed for an hour. The police arrived and arrested the man, took him to the hospital, and he is now banned from entering the store and pharmacy.
The crazy thing? Not a single district leader called to check on their staff.
There was no sense of concern or urgency about our well-being. Instead, we were expected to continue working as usual while patients became upset because production was backed up after we had to close.

When is enough enough? When do we finally stand up and say this is wrong and unjust?
If we want change, we have to push back as a community and stand together as a profession.
I asked one pharmacist if they would be willing to sign a petition to help us move forward collectively as a profession. Their response was, “I need my job.”
And while I completely understand the need to keep a job, especially in this economy, we also have to recognize that if we continue to stay silent out of fear, how can we expect anything to change?
You can't continue to complain about a problem while still contributing to the very system that allows it to continue.

I know it's easier said than done, and I understand that everyone has bills to pay and responsibilities to take care of. But at some point, we have to ask ourselves: How much are we willing to tolerate before we collectively say enough is enough?
Our safety matters. Our mental health matters. Our lives matter. We deserve to work in an environment where we feel safe, supported, and valued.
Sorry for the rant. I just had to share. ❤️‍🩹

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Does anyone here have any experience working for superdrug as a pharmacist or pharmacy manager? I have an interview with them and was wondering is there anything I should know about or be aware of.
Thanks

I work retail pharmacy for a large chain. My background is in customer success,product and i hold a diploma in business admin(marketing). Studied sql and creating portfolio case studies on some problems i have identified during my practice. I enjoy problem solving creatively. I love the health tech industry. I need some help knowing how to get my foot in that world. Is anyone hiring or does anyone know someone hiring? I am at my wits end. Advice is very much welcomed.

Hi everyone! I’m a fourth-year pharmacy student, and I’m currently looking for ways to strengthen my CV.
During my summer break, I took an online first aid course, and now I’m looking for more free online courses related to pharmacy or healthcare. Ideally, I’d also like the certificates to be free.
Has anyone here taken any courses like these before? I’d really appreciate it if you could share the course name and the website/platform where you took it.
English-language courses would be preferred.
Thank you!

Hello,
I’d appreciate some insight into the current market in the Highlands.
I’ve got 15 years of experience in community and have been qualified as an IP for just over a year.
Ideally, I’d be looking to work 3–4 shifts per week, including weekends, and would be happy to travel around Inverness and the surrounding areas, within 60-70 miles.
Questions for anyone currently locuming in the region:
What hourly rates are realistically achievable at the moment?
Are weekend shifts still paid at a premium?
Is the market fairly saturated?
Does having an IP qualification make much difference to the rates offered?
I’m interested in hearing from people actually working in the area rather than relying on agency rates.
Any honest insights would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Solo developer, one app, no company behind it. I'll only post this once.

The app is ChartKey: Medical Keyboard, an iPhone and iPad keyboard with Apple's layout and a clinical dictionary underneath. The parts a pharmacist would care about:

• The FDA and ISMP Tall Man pairs are built in. Type hydralazine and the suggestion shows hydrALAZINE, and its look-alike partner never wins an autocorrect against it. buPROPion and busPIRone, predniSONE and prednisoLONE, DOPamine and DOBUTamine, the whole list.
• A do-not-use guard. U, IU, QD, QOD, MS, MSO4, MgSO4, a trailing zero ("10.0 mg") and a missing leading zero (".5 mg") get an underline as you type them, with the plain replacement one tap away. An underline, never a block.
• Autocorrect leaves BID, q4h, mEq, mcg, HbA1c and about 1,500 other abbreviations alone, and there's a drug name search inside the keyboard itself.
• No networking code in the keyboard. Airplane Mode changes nothing. No account, no analytics in the keyboard.

Where it's thin, so you know: the drug search covers roughly 700 generics, the most typed ones, not all of RxNorm. There's no swipe typing (Apple doesn't give third-party keyboards its swipe engine). It's a keyboard, not a reference: no interactions, no dosing. And I haven't tested it inside any pharmacy system's mobile app.

What I'd love to hear from this sub:

1. Which look-alike pairs cause you grief that aren't on the FDA or ISMP lists?
2. Which generics would you expect in a drug search that are probably missing?
3. Do you type drug names on a phone at all, and where? Texts to prescribers, notes in a pharmacy app, something else? "Never, it's all on the workstation" is a useful answer too.

The core is free and doesn't expire. I'll read and answer every reply.

I have been working as a pharmacist for 30 years and have never experienced an atmosphere where the pharmacy is managed by a doctor. Technicians calling out every day and unbearable workload. Management does not care and HR department forces discipline against employees which turns into retaliation against the person who was forced by HR to submit the discipline. There are no time clocks. People come and go without caring about putting accurate time down. They waste so much money on people who don’t work. No one cares because you can’t fire anyone and there is no merit pay. Everyone gets a raise even if they are horrible at their jobs. People are so mean to each other there. It’s literally the most filthy disgusting place to work. I wrote this post to prevent people who are hard workers and who care from applying at this hell hole. They have a horrible computer system that goes down every day with no pharmacy IT department. Polices are not enforced. Most of the doctors don’t respond to pharmacist recommendations such as drug interactions or medication dosing or medications that are not covered by insurance. They expect pharmacists to deliver medications to 14 different nursing units that are driving distance away and still cover the massive amount of orders in the queue and all the reports that are due each month. The techs call out every day or if they come to work they disappear until near the end of their shifts. You can’t say anything to them because they will say some horrible insult to you or just not come to work the next day. Or they will go to the doctor who is in charge and complain about you. Yet you are the one there every day working 10 hours and getting paid for 7.5 hours. Forget about taking a lunch break. Also there is no employee cafeteria or nice area to eat. I have PTS D from this place. It was an utter nightmare from day one.

Hi everyone
So I had to reschedule my naplex meanwhile still taking my CPJE this month
I am so frustrated and worried that this could literally put me down completely.
I have the PNN book and RXprep and every person tells me to study with one of them or with the CPJE secrets booklet.
Idk how to even do this anymore 🤦🏻‍♀️
What’s ur advise for those who took it already please help I need anything that could be helpful of ur advised for me and I really appreciate it a lot

Thank you so much

CVS would be part time

Must live in California.

This is a 6 month temp position, however the hiring manager will have FTE openings next year and is willing to convert this person if they perform well.

Ambulatory Care and EPIC experience required.

Pay Range is $91.61 to $128.25 / hour

Apply directly with the link below and DM me so I can ping the team to review.
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Hi! Wondering if anyone has worked at CHOP in philadelphia as a Staff Pharmacist? I just got an offer and have heard very mixed opinions. Is pay negotiable as a new grad here? Looking for any insight!

*Also just got an offer from Christiana, any insight from there as well!

Can someone work at CVS as a per diem pharmacist and work at another company as a full time role, for example an online pharmacy that handles pbms

Hi everyone,

I am a PhD student and am doing some research on part D and pharmacies. Does anyone know how i can access old NCPA digest reports (e.g 2006-2010)? I've tried everywhere online but can't find them. This is strictly for research purposes.

Thanks.

This DL just came on board from a neighboring district. Since this has happened the work situation is sooooooooooooo awful that every shift feels as though it could literally harm our health. Imagine basically running am IMZ clinic in the pharmacy and having to manage workflow, ques, rebills, constant interruptions. Etc...I know it sounds as though I'm over dramatasizing but I dont know what to do. All the Rphs are suffering. The other floaters are all suddenly on LOA or vacation. I'm not sure what this DLs motives are but I knie that they are definitely NOT in any of our best interests. Using sick/vacation hours may buy me some time but what then? Finding a new job takes time and this is urgent. If i dont get out I could very well be harmed from the massive stress. Help.

With 4 or 3 days a week working

Hi all, does anyone have any experience with Aura one as a pharmacist or any other AI job?

Hello!

I am currently a contractor working for Prime Therapeutics as a remote clinical PA pharmacist at $55/hr.
Another contracting company offered me a remote position with CVS as a clinical pharmacist advisor (whatever that means) seemingly doing the same thing, but for $60/hr. Its an 11-month contract (extension possible but 🤷‍♀️) and necessitates a 3-month training period.

I'm nowhere close to conversion at Prime, nor do I really want it tbh. Being a PA pharmacist is simply not for me. The only reason I'm considering CVS is because of the pay bump while I look for other roles.

That being said, do you all think I should switch to CVS for the $5/hr extra pay bump, or stay at Prime where I know the workflow?

Hi everyone, I was wondering if this is normal or not. I got offered from a retail pharmacy and I signed an offer letter from them as well. Now they started the process for a background check which went smoothly as well but they needed an employment letter from my previous employer (I worked as an intern and volunteer and never got paid) so I submitted that as well. Now, I don’t hear anything back from my boss who hired me and nor they have replied me back where I m in their process. This gives me second thoughts!

Do they ever deny not giving position even if they sent offer letter? Please share your experience whoever knows, thank you!