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A locum pharmacist is someone that comes in and covers for holidays/sickness/ days off.

A locum is usually self employed. A relief manager is like a locum but is employed by a company to cover h/s/do.


Being a locum has good points and bad.

Good point: You do the days work and then leave you don't have to worry about tomorrow.

Bad point: You foten have no idea what went on yesterday, last week, last month so you can be faced with questions that you have no idea how to answer e.g. Where are my special Atenolol tabs?

Bad point: Some locums see the above good point as an opportunity to leave work for the poor bastard working tomorrow. If that's you then you're not going to have a good day.

Good point: More say in where/when you work. As an employee it was always taken for granted that you would work all July/August and all December.

Very good point: No bloody planograms or stocktakes or cashing up problems to worry about. My last week as a manager I spent two hours going through 3 till rolls to try to find a £4.50 discrepancy!

Bad point: Very ahrd to build up a rpport with people unless you work at a shop regularly