the worst bit of pharmacy

[Pharmanaut]

So let's all be honest here, we're all talking about community Pharmacy. If it's so miserable, why does anybody want a job in the community anymore. Is it purely money driven? What's the point in having extra money, if you're miserable at home and work everyday because of the pressures of job. I've locumed in some shops where I wouldn't take a managerial position in them for a large bag of diamonds, much less 45 grand! Locuming in the community isn't much better, as you've no idea what you're walking into each day, precisely why I'm getting the hell out of community altogether.

The grass is always greener?
Worse thing is that you have to concentrate 100% of the time and cannot let this slip - EVER.
It also trains you to find fault with everything!

[culchie82]

Yes Pharmanaut, 100% concentration for 100% of the time is one of the hard things about the job. It's not just that though, Community Pharmacy is becoming an unwinnable game because you can never please everybody, all of the time. You follow the legislation stringently, you come into conflict with people. You don't follow the rules strictly, you may please the customer but jeopardise your professional livelihood. That's the sort of scenario you quite often face most days. Impossible customers, increasing script numbers, along with never ending SOP's, new CD's legislation year on year, MUR targets, risk of prosecution, responsible Pharmacist this and that blah blah when does it ever end?? It's enough to send you to the asylum, literally. Is it any wonder People are leaving the profession? Am I being too pessimistic or is this the truth?

[Pharmanaut]

Yes Pharmanaut, 100% concentration for 100% of the time is one of the hard things about the job. It's not just that though, Community Pharmacy is becoming an unwinnable game because you can never please everybody, all of the time. You follow the legislation stringently, you come into conflict with people. You don't follow the rules strictly, you may please the customer but jeopardise your professional livelihood. That's the sort of scenario you quite often face most days. Impossible customers, increasing script numbers, along with never ending SOP's, new CD's legislation year on year, MUR targets, risk of prosecution, responsible Pharmacist this and that blah blah when does it ever end?? It's enough to send you to the asylum, literally. Is it any wonder People are leaving the profession? Am I being too pessimistic or is this the truth?

Realistic more like it.
Lets see if things change when our regulators are separate from our representatives!

[Ama2007]

oaf i never thought pharmacy IS that bad
im actually been put off to work in a pharmacy after graduating

[bleepholder]

just wait until you get out into the big wide world of pharmacy, then you'll see how political it can get! but like others have said- the grass is always greener on the other side?!?!?! but what would you do otherwise??

[Pharmanaut]

just wait until you get out into the big wide world of pharmacy, then you'll see how political it can get! but like others have said- the grass is always greener on the other side?!?!?! but what would you do otherwise??

As our esteemed colleague Fleegle would say.
The grass is always greener on the other side of your retirement date. <g>

[bleepholder]

haha, i look forward to that day very much, even if it is a loooong way off!!!

[outsider]

[QUOTE=bleepholder;41671]just wait until you get out into the big wide world of pharmacy, then you'll see how political it can get!QUOTE]
what isn't political these days...lol

[bleepholder]

true, sadly not much these days......its a job thats getting more paper based with targets being more important than patients