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 sites to help you to find employment. We have compiled the following 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: if you have any other suggestions for sites to be added to the list, please email us at info@pharmacistsupport.org.
General vacancy sites
Chemist and Druggist has a job vacancies site and also offers careers advice.
CK clinical advertises a range of locum and permanent vacancies in the pharmaceutical industry.
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.
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.
Pharmfinders advertises a range of vacancies in pharmacy.
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.
Professional pharmacy recruitment advertises a range of vacancies in pharmacy and its website has some careers information, for example, on writing CVs and interview skills.
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.
City and Nationwide Locums has locum work across the country.
Day Lewis locum central offers locum work throughout the Day Lewis stores.
IPharm Solutions is a pharmacy recruitment consultancy offering both permanent and locum work.
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.
Locums Excite offers a range of pharmacy locum work.
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.
My Locum Choice is run by practising pharmacists offering a variety of locum opportunities.
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.
Worthy Locums is the preferred locum agency for Whitworth pharmacies.
This fact sheet was last reviewed on 29 July 2021.
