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Welcome to Pharmacy Careers Website

Resource for careers in Pharmacy

A career in pharmacy can be incredibly rewarding, offering opportunities to make a significant difference in people's lives. Whether you're just starting and considering pharmacy as a career, seeking new opportunities, or looking for a career change, pharmacy can provide you with many different paths.

By taking the right educational steps, seeking continuous professional development, and exploring the diverse roles available, you can find a fulfilling and impactful career in pharmacy.

Explore this website to find out more about the opportunities available...

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Interactive Careers Map

Navigate our interactive careers map to find the perfect role for you.

Explore our interactive map to discover the diverse range of settings where a career in pharmacy can take you. Click, drag and zoom in and out of the map to navigate between the different locations and click to find out more about the career opportunities that each setting provides.
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What is it like to work in Pharmacy?

A career in Pharmacy uses your people skills and scientific knowledge to make a real difference to people's lives. There are hundreds of career options and opportunities for even the most ambitious. There are thousands of pharmacy technicians and pharmacists registered to practice across the country; each with their own unique journey and career path. To discover the real-life experience of some pharmacy professionals read below...

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I'm indirectly helping our pharmacies to be able to help their communities, enabling them to help the whole of Kent ...

Shilpa Shah
CEO, Kent LPC
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It's all about the patient and what they need or want. The patient comes first, no matter what scenario and ...

Katherine le Bosquet
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
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Ask yourself three main questions...Do you want to help people? Do you want to speak to patients, and do you ...

Ali Hamad
Trainee hospital pharmacist, Royal Sussex County Hospital

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  • Education & Training

    There are roles within education and training for pharmacy professionals. This is known as academic pharmacy. It is a rewarding career, combining professional and educational skills and knowledge to inspire others and shape the future pharmacy workforce.
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  • Care Home

    Pharmacy professionals working in care homes effectively manage and optimise medicines to ensure residents get the most out of their medicines. In this setting you could provide a supply and advice about medicines. Part of your role may involve training care home staff to support the care of vulnerable people.
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  • Community Pharmacy

    Community pharmacies are a key part of the primary care sector. Community pharmacy professionals work in the heart of cities, towns and villages, in independent and multi-branch settings. Within this sector you will be involved in assessing conditions, dispensing medicines, and helping people get the most benefit from their medicines and make healthier lifestyle decisions. 
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  • Primary Care

    Primary care services provide the first point of contact in the healthcare system, acting as the ‘front door’ of the NHS. Primary care includes general practice and community pharmacy. Pharmacy professionals work closely with other healthcare professionals, across health and care settings, to provide joined up care. They play a key role in implementing national priorities and supporting safe use of medicines.
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  • Health & Justice

    There are pharmacy teams within the health and justice sector. They work in settings such as prisons, immigration removal centres, young offender institutions and secure children’s homes.
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  • Hospital

    As a Pharmacy Professional in hospital, you are part of large team, managing the use of medicines throughout the hospital. You may be based in the Pharmacy department, ordering storing and preparing medicines for use. You may work on wards and in clinics supporting patients with the use of their medicines, arranging supply of medicines, supporting the correct prescribing and administration of medicines, ensuring safe use of medicines.
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  • Mental Health Services

    As a mental health pharmacy professional, you will specialise in the care and treatment of people with mental health conditions. You could work across a number of health care settings such as mental health hospital trusts inpatient (both intensive and recovery) community services, acute hospital trusts and primary care.
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  • Urgent Care & Emergency Services

    Urgent and emergency care services provide 24/7 care to the public. These services include NHS 111, ambulance service and urgent treatment centres. As a pharmacy professional in this setting, you will work alongside GPs, paramedics, mental health nurses and more. You will support patients by sharing expert pharmaceutical knowledge, helping manage their conditions, signposting to other services or providing reassurance through home management advice.
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  • Pharmaceutical Industry

    As a pharmacy professional in industry, you will work in companies that manufacture medicines, treatments, and devices. As part of your role you may be involved in the pharmacy supply chain, working with distributors, wholesalers, and logistics partners. You could be at the cutting edge of clinical trials, developing new medicines, writing about the safe and effective use of medicines, deliver compounding or homecare services or working in commercial roles such as marketing or sales of medicines.
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  • Other Organisations

    As a pharmacy professional, there are various career paths available within organisations such as NHS England, the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK), the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
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  • Make a difference with a career in pharmacy!

    ‘Pharmacy: – A Day in the Life’ is the first interactive and immersive series of pharmacy VR360 career allows an inside view of the day to day working world of pharmacy teams.
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  • Support for teachers and carers

    The WOW Show is designed to support teachers and Careers Leaders in achieving four of the eight Gatsby Benchmarks. The resources include written plans, PowerPoint lessons and cross-curricular guides.
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NHS Health Careers

Explore the range of roles in pharmacy
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The Pharmacy Schools Council

Enhancing partnerships and supporting the pharmacy profession
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UCAS

Want to apply to a University or college? The UCAS website has all you need to know
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Royal Pharmaceutical Society

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APTUK

Read more about how to become a Pharmacy Technician
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