PHARMACISTS "do not need to stay in a professionally unsatisfying setting," according to high-profile consultant pharmacist, Debbie Rigby, ahead of the virtual Pharmacy Daily and Raven's Pharmacy Careers Summit to be held on 07 Jul, (PD 21 Apr).
As a speaker at the Summit & the Clinical Executive Lead for the National Asthma Council, Rigby is asking the profession to "look for other opportunities to use your knowledge and skills.
"It may reignite the passion of being a pharmacist.
"I'd encourage future and existing pharmacists to tune in and hear from the profession's thought leaders," she said.
Rigby added the roles that pharmacists can play in medication management across the health care system are now so "varied and extensive with so much opportunity for innovation and melding of other skills and interests, with flexibility, to work as much or as little as you choose, and in multiple settings, including work from home".
Another presenter at the Summit, Natalie Sirianni asserted that "becoming a pharmacy owner is a viable and realistic goal, if people choose to take that path, as I believe that community pharmacy has and always will provide much-needed services to communities throughout Australia, and there will always be a role for that".
A Director at Attain Business Brokers, Sirianni added that "as a business broker, I would love to educate younger and aspiring pharmacists about the benefits of pharmacy business ownership, their options and the steps they can take to increase their chances to get into ownership".
"While 60-day dispensing has increased the uncertainty and fear in the industry, my thoughts are that pharmacy and pharmacy ownership is a viable industry moving forward and a great profession to be in."
There is still time to register for the inaugural Summit, HERE.
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