8 months later, I respond to this 😅. Just like you I have been in both sectors and I will say all the points you made are the reason why I enjoy my role as a GP pharmacist. My only wish for this career is that we start getting paid better salaries 😅. If you plan on doing your IP then please keep us updated 👏🏾
I remember that the GP pharmacist rang me and explained how the medications work and the effects in details. That helped me a lot to understand the importance of those tablets. It was valuable conversation which I couldn't experience in hospital because hospital pharmacy has different priorities. Thank you for your clear explanation about their different roles.
i just wanted to thank you so much for your videos, your hospital interview videos helped me prep for mine a couple of months ago and thankfully i got the job 😅 i'm thinking ahead tho and thinking about moving into the pcn pharmacy route in 2-3 years, so pleaaaase whenever you can please do an interview prep for that ! no rush tho 🫶 hope the pregnancy is going well x
Somebody has already wrote my thoughts but I'll comment anyways this is why we love this channel! Thank you Regina, and hope that balancing being a new mum and everything else is going alright :)
Hi! I'm entering my 3rd year of my MPharm degree come September and this has been really interesting to hear! I'm very conflicted in what sector to go into in the future so it was lovely to hear from someone who has experience in both. Thank you for taking the time to make this video! Of these sectors, which one did you personally prefer? x
I honestly couldn't say I prefer one over the other...but if you are undecided I would say start in hospital first and then move onto GP, as I feel that hospital is harder to get into!
This is why I love this channel! I've experienced both too and they both have their challenges. When you said you are trained in certain diseases, how did you get trained? Shadowing GP, further reading...etc?
My manager has been mentoring me, he is amazing. And I also have a really good GP supervisor! I have weekly and fortnightly catch up sessions with them both and clinical meetings mid week as well.
@@KOREginAPharmacist that's great! Is the GP supervisor as part of CPPE? Or did you not do that because you got a diploma? Also, I think you are an IP from previous videos right?
@@KOREginAPharmacist sibI have completed Diploma pharmacy course from india ..and I want jobs in uk as a assistance pharmacy or pharmacy technician....so how I cann apply jobss in u.k....????
Can I ask , I've recently started in hospital working as a pharmacist but I'm really struggling with the workload. I'm currently doing a split rotation between disp and a ward. Do you have any tips on how to do medication reviews? Any help would be appreciated ! I just think I'm very slow! Thanks
I was the same! But you will get much better over time. I recommend coming to work a little earlier when newly starting, just to get yourself settled on the ward before you do the clinical work, but obviously that's up to you!
Thank you for theinsights. Am just going for my foundation year gp/ community. I want to work in Gp thereafter, what are your recommendations on where to start and also become knowledgable to be able to handle patients alone?
I am not an expert since I started in hospital, but I heard that the CPPE course is good!! (Which is the GP diploma essentially)…I also have a really good manager, so having a good team helps!
I am a future pharmacist set to start his journey at university in 2 weeks (I am so excited and terrified at the same time). Your video has sparked my interest in primary care and I have a couple of questions: Does primary care have the same system of NHS bands as hospital ? And if so, how easy it is to move up to higher bands in primary care? Is it as accessible as in hospital ?
Congratulations on starting your pharmacy journey!! I am sure you will do amazing. In terms of your questions, I can't really help since most people are in PCNs whereas I'm not...I'm in like a GP network? So I'll let you know once I figure it out myself!
Hi, I think it is an okay job and yes, can provide for your family but it depends in which sector (eg, industry, community and hospital pharmacy all have different salaries). It also depends at which stage of your career you are at.
I'm GP practice employed and I'm not doing CPPE as I already did the hospital diploma! My role varies but I'm adding to my competencies to be able to see more patients :D
I find both work environments are too different and that's what makes them great If you love multitasking, doing alot of clinical - drug work and also being in big community, you can chose hospital or clinical pharmacy work in general while if someone prefer to be more of a patient facing person or love that interaction and investigation aspect they can go to GP practices
Hi! I’m planning to work in the UK as a European pharmacist and was wondering if you have to do the postgraduate clinical diploma in hospital in order to become a clinical pharmacist? Or could I (if I know that I want to work in primary care) simply do just the pcpep to become a clinical pharmacist in primary care? Thanks for your informative videos!
Do you mean any clinical pharmacist or advanced clinical practitioner? You can do the diploma for hospital or CPPE course for primary care, depending on which route you want to go down. Either way, both are clinical roles :)
@@KOREginAPharmacist Thank you for your reply! I didn’t even know there was such a thing as advanced clinical practitioner. Until now I always thought I would have to go through at least three years of hospital plus the diploma to then be able to go into primary care. Thanks! Your videos have helped me so so much to learn more about pharmacy in the UK ☺️
Really informative video! I’m currently in hospital building experience but defo would look into GP. Do you think your clinical knowledge has improved since working in GP? Do you have more time to look up information (for learning) during your working hours? Sometimes I find in hospital, we are so busy rushing around, it’s hard to find the time to look up something you’re not familiar with. Also, do you feel like you’re having more of an impactful role compared to hospital? 💕
Thank you! I think that the impact I feel I have is the same in both sectors...In hospital the changes you make feel greater, but the patient doesn't even see half of them as you don't have time to explain or they are unwell! In GP you might make small changes, but patients can really see the effort you make when doing health care plans with them. And the clinical knowledge is also very different. For example, in GP you learn a lot more about long term conditions, but in hospital you learn so much about acute management and different routes of drugs (subcut, IV, etc). You definitely have more time in GP to research stuff!
Really informative video! Thanks for this, really useful as been considering moving to being a GP pharmacist one day, currently in hospital. Do you know if you complete your prescribing qualification and diploma in hospital would you still need to undertake the CPPE course with a GP mentor, or is it a direct switch into the role? If so, how long would this take if you didnt need your prescribing. Thank you
Hello do foreigner pharmacist needs to clear an exam for industry or not??
8 months later, I respond to this 😅. Just like you I have been in both sectors and I will say all the points you made are the reason why I enjoy my role as a GP pharmacist. My only wish for this career is that we start getting paid better salaries 😅. If you plan on doing your IP then please keep us updated 👏🏾
I remember that the GP pharmacist rang me and explained how the medications work and the effects in details. That helped me a lot to understand the importance of those tablets. It was valuable conversation which I couldn't experience in hospital because hospital pharmacy has different priorities. Thank you for your clear explanation about their different roles.
Thank you for your comment, always!! :D
i just wanted to thank you so much for your videos, your hospital interview videos helped me prep for mine a couple of months ago and thankfully i got the job 😅 i'm thinking ahead tho and thinking about moving into the pcn pharmacy route in 2-3 years, so pleaaaase whenever you can please do an interview prep for that ! no rush tho 🫶 hope the pregnancy is going well x
I haven’t done this as I have very limited experience interviewing for PCN roles…However I will see what I can do if I get more experience! 🙏
Somebody has already wrote my thoughts but I'll comment anyways this is why we love this channel! Thank you Regina, and hope that balancing being a new mum and everything else is going alright :)
Thank you!!!🙏
Hi! I'm entering my 3rd year of my MPharm degree come September and this has been really interesting to hear! I'm very conflicted in what sector to go into in the future so it was lovely to hear from someone who has experience in both. Thank you for taking the time to make this video! Of these sectors, which one did you personally prefer? x
I honestly couldn't say I prefer one over the other...but if you are undecided I would say start in hospital first and then move onto GP, as I feel that hospital is harder to get into!
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This is a fantastic summary comparing both sectors. Thank you!❤
Thank you! :D
This is why I love this channel! I've experienced both too and they both have their challenges. When you said you are trained in certain diseases, how did you get trained? Shadowing GP, further reading...etc?
My manager has been mentoring me, he is amazing. And I also have a really good GP supervisor! I have weekly and fortnightly catch up sessions with them both and clinical meetings mid week as well.
@@KOREginAPharmacist that's great! Is the GP supervisor as part of CPPE? Or did you not do that because you got a diploma? Also, I think you are an IP from previous videos right?
Sister my Diploma pharmacy complete course soo howw I cann apply thiss jobss .... Diploma holder jobss eligible????
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@@jeeshanmohammad5498 Hi, I really do not understand your questions. What do you want to know ?
@@KOREginAPharmacist sibI have completed Diploma pharmacy course from india ..and I want jobs in uk as a assistance pharmacy or pharmacy technician....so how I cann apply jobss in u.k....????
Can I ask , I've recently started in hospital working as a pharmacist but I'm really struggling with the workload. I'm currently doing a split rotation between disp and a ward. Do you have any tips on how to do medication reviews? Any help would be appreciated ! I just think I'm very slow!
Thanks
I was the same! But you will get much better over time. I recommend coming to work a little earlier when newly starting, just to get yourself settled on the ward before you do the clinical work, but obviously that's up to you!
Thank you for theinsights. Am just going for my foundation year gp/ community. I want to work in Gp thereafter, what are your recommendations on where to start and also become knowledgable to be able to handle patients alone?
I am not an expert since I started in hospital, but I heard that the CPPE course is good!! (Which is the GP diploma essentially)…I also have a really good manager, so having a good team helps!
I am a future pharmacist set to start his journey at university in 2 weeks (I am so excited and terrified at the same time). Your video has sparked my interest in primary care and I have a couple of questions: Does primary care have the same system of NHS bands as hospital ? And if so, how easy it is to move up to higher bands in primary care? Is it as accessible as in hospital ?
Congratulations on starting your pharmacy journey!! I am sure you will do amazing. In terms of your questions, I can't really help since most people are in PCNs whereas I'm not...I'm in like a GP network? So I'll let you know once I figure it out myself!
Hi Regina! Is it good idea to be a pharmacist in uk for a male and is it’s possible to provide for your family needs with this profession?
Hi, I think it is an okay job and yes, can provide for your family but it depends in which sector (eg, industry, community and hospital pharmacy all have different salaries). It also depends at which stage of your career you are at.
Hi Regina, I have completed my Pharm.D in India and want to be gp pharmacist in UK. can you please mentor about how should I proceed for it?
Hi you will have to complete the ospap and the a year of pre registration before you can register as a pharmacist in the uk 😊
@@jesss2031 thank you!
Thank you so much, it is really informative💜💜💜
Thank you!! :D
Are you pcn or gp practice employed? Are u doing the cppe pcpep course? What are your roles?
I'm GP practice employed and I'm not doing CPPE as I already did the hospital diploma! My role varies but I'm adding to my competencies to be able to see more patients :D
I find both work environments are too different and that's what makes them great
If you love multitasking, doing alot of clinical - drug work and also being in big community, you can chose hospital or clinical pharmacy work in general while if someone prefer to be more of a patient facing person or love that interaction and investigation aspect they can go to GP practices
Hi! I’m planning to work in the UK as a European pharmacist and was wondering if you have to do the postgraduate clinical diploma in hospital in order to become a clinical pharmacist? Or could I (if I know that I want to work in primary care) simply do just the pcpep to become a clinical pharmacist in primary care? Thanks for your informative videos!
Do you mean any clinical pharmacist or advanced clinical practitioner? You can do the diploma for hospital or CPPE course for primary care, depending on which route you want to go down. Either way, both are clinical roles :)
@@KOREginAPharmacist Thank you for your reply! I didn’t even know there was such a thing as advanced clinical practitioner. Until now I always thought I would have to go through at least three years of hospital plus the diploma to then be able to go into primary care. Thanks! Your videos have helped me so so much to learn more about pharmacy in the UK ☺️
Hi Regina
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Waiting for your UA-cam channel!
Really informative video! I’m currently in hospital building experience but defo would look into GP. Do you think your clinical knowledge has improved since working in GP? Do you have more time to look up information (for learning) during your working hours? Sometimes I find in hospital, we are so busy rushing around, it’s hard to find the time to look up something you’re not familiar with. Also, do you feel like you’re having more of an impactful role compared to hospital? 💕
Thank you! I think that the impact I feel I have is the same in both sectors...In hospital the changes you make feel greater, but the patient doesn't even see half of them as you don't have time to explain or they are unwell! In GP you might make small changes, but patients can really see the effort you make when doing health care plans with them. And the clinical knowledge is also very different. For example, in GP you learn a lot more about long term conditions, but in hospital you learn so much about acute management and different routes of drugs (subcut, IV, etc). You definitely have more time in GP to research stuff!
Really informative video! Thanks for this, really useful as been considering moving to being a GP pharmacist one day, currently in hospital.
Do you know if you complete your prescribing qualification and diploma in hospital would you still need to undertake the CPPE course with a GP mentor, or is it a direct switch into the role? If so, how long would this take if you didnt need your prescribing. Thank you
It depends on the practice! A lot of PCNs will make you do the CPPE course but mine didn’t. Thanks for your comment🙏🙂