Careers for pharmacists
Are you planning a career change? This page is for pharmacists who are looking for an alternative career, either within the pharmaceutical environment or in non-pharmacy-related work.
Whether you are looking for your first job, have been made redundant or have taken a career break, there are many job vacancy sites to help you to find employment within the pharmacy sector.
Below, you’ll find a list of specialist pharmacist sites, locum sites and more general job sites. Inclusion in this list in no way implies a recommendation. The list is not comprehensive, so if you have any other suggestions for sites to be added to the list, please email us at [email protected].
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General job vacancy sites
Chemist and Druggist has a job vacancies site and also offers careers advice.
CV Library has job vacancies and you can upload your CV to help you to apply for jobs.
Emed Careers advertises pharmacy vacancies and also provides careers information on its website.
Jobsinpharma.com advertises global vacancies in the life science industry.
Jobtensor advertises vacancies in pharmacies, science and technology.
Jooble has a range of vacancies in the UK, these include pharmacy related work.
Labmed advertises locum and permanent vacancies in the medical profession and NHS.
Mediplacements advertises a wide range of pharmacy vacancies.
Neuvoo is a job search engine that indexes jobs directly from companies career websites, placement agencies and job boards.
NHS Jobs is a dedicated on-line recruitment service for the NHS.
Nuffield Health Careers provides jobs in a variety of pharmacy roles.
PJonline careers lists vacancies and research opportunities and you can also upload your CV to their website and sign on to receive e-mail alerts for new vacancies.
Reed.co.uk advertises a range of job vacancies in pharmacy.
Sensible Staffing advertises a range of temporary and permanent vacancies in pharmacy.
Sterling Cross is a specialist recruiter offering a range of full and part-time positions across the UK in the healthcare sector.
Verovian Recruitment Agency offers a range of temporary and permanent vacancies in all sectors of the healthcare industry.
Wiley Pharmaceutical Jobs lists national and international vacancies in pharmacy.
Supermarkets
Community pharmacies
PCT Healthcare Ltd (Peak Pharmacy, Tims & Parker)
Private hospitals
Berkshire Independent Hospital
Locum vacancies
Asda locums offers both long and short term vacancies.
Capital Locums is a pharmacy-specific locum agency.
Day Lewis locum central offers locum work throughout the Day Lewis stores.
Locate a locum now is an on-line platform connecting pharmacies with locum pharmacists.
Locum Bell offers speedy registration and a single click process for accepting shifts.
Locum Point offers locum work in the community sector.
Locumprime specialises in both permanent and Locum placements of Pharmacists, Dispensers and Pharmacy technicians into both Community and Hospital Pharmacies across the UK.
New Directions Pharmacy offers locum work in a range of pharmacy sectors.
Pharmaseekers offers a range of locum work in pharmacy.
Team Locum offers locum and permanent work for pharmacists and technicians.
The Locum Agency offers locum work in the pharmacy sector as well as permanent positions.
Total Locum is a pharmacy recruitment agency offering locum work and permanent positions.
Zen Locum is an app that you can use to find locum shifts in pharmacies.
This webpage was last reviewed and updated in July 2025.
