Hot Jobs

We have some really great jobs available for those who are interested.

NY- Mount Vernon and Manhasset community pharmacy looking for a pharmacist 9-5 every other weekend.

CA- Clinical Pharmacist Bakersfield, we are also looking for pharmacists from all practice settings in the state of California. For placement with some our outstanding clients.

TX- Director of pharmacy Houston, we are also looking for pharmacists from all practice settings in the state of Texas. For placement with some of our outstanding clients.

If you are interested please feel free to email us nayoub@infinitysg.com or call us at 866-538-0715.

Taking the Leap-clinician on a mission

In our daily discussions with pharmacists we usually talk to them about where they see themselves in the next couple of years. I usually ask, what is your plan for the next five years? Do you see yourself as purely a staff pharmacist, would you like to progress to the clinical side and be more involved in patient care, do you see yourself as a pharmacy manager or Director Of Pharmacy one day. It is important to know these things about candidates because not every job has a clear path for advancement especially in pharmacy, if there is no clear path then perhaps the job we were looking at for them is not the right one at all. But if there is a path then there a few ways to get on the that track. It involves familiarizing yourself with the greater aspects of hospital operations, human resources, patient care and financial management. It also involves taking a initiative on your part to show your boss and others that you are ready to lead. The more you educate yourself on these certain aspects of health care and show you are willing to take on new challenges then you will find yourself on the upward ladder towards your goal.

Click on our hyperlink to read the article on how to do it. And the path one pharmacist put himself on to management.

Turbulance in the pharmacy job market, It's the economy stupid!

There is a press release from the APHA regarding a study of how the current economic crisis in this country is affecting all pharmacy practice settings. In general most pharmacies are finding that they are having to cut thier budgets which means cutting full time staff and hiring less, which in turn leads to asking pharmacists to do more work with less incentive to do so. And as we have also found out in the past, mistakes happen in pharmacy more often when people are put under pressure to fill scripts without much oversite and under extreme stress which is what happens when you have to cut staff and those remaining pharmacists have to the work of two people instead of one. There is a bright spot in the midst of the storm some pharmacists are being asked to take on leadership roles which may been out of reach before and some are going back to school for more education to help them in the future become more specialized.

Double Jeopardy

It seems that according to a study and report by KOCO oklahoma city news that 80% of hospital bills have errors. Most of the billing errors seem to be double billing or mismatched billing where drugs have been charged for that were never given. It seems like a really serious problem and one that could be easily prevented.

The Vaccinators

It is official 49 states have passed laws allowing pharmacists to administer vaccinations. All except the lonely state of Maine more and more pharmacists are taking the Apha immunization certification. So what does this mean for pharmacists across the country?

Is administering vaccinations something pharmacists would like added to their pharmacy collective pharmacy plate. Well, I guess the answer is yes since as many as 60,000 pharmacists have become certified in the administration of these vaccines. I don't know and really did not know about this till today so please leave some feedback.

I can't get no satisfaction or maybe I can?

I have just read a survey study on the pharmacy profession and job satisfaction. I think it is important to remember that satisfaction with your job is the number one most important factor in taking and staying at your job. If you are not satisfied with your job you tend to be less productive and make mistakes and as we all know mistakes are unacceptable in general but are really unacceptable when you have peoples lives in your hands. Job satisfaction invariably seems to be tied to the "perceived" pharmacist shortage and I say perceived because I get slammed for saying there is a shortage of pharmacists though we do get our numbers right from uncle Sam and other sources. We are finding in some states and specific areas there is a pharmacist glut in the market for example in New Jersey there seems a population of pharmacists who are starving for work. This can be attributed to the fact that 22 hospitals in the state of New Jersey have closed in the past ten years and the fact that a lot of their pharmacy students tend to stay in state. It is an interesting survey study to read please take the time to read and see if you agree with the conclusions.

To be transported to the survey study please click on the post title.

Whoa ho ho it's maaagic you knowwww. The latest salary information for pharmacists.

Click on the link and be magically transported to the salary calculator for your state. It gives pretty specific information on what salaries are in a state in any given practice setting and for any level of experience.
Pharmacist Salary Calculator - Pharmacy Salaries

100,000 Mr Smiths Going to Washington

For Some Good Ol' Fashion Lobbying.
for healthcare reform please read the article in this post from Politico.

Pharmacists dispense lobby blitz - Chris Frates - Politico.com

Pharmacists in High Demand

Here are some hard numbers about the career outlook for pharmacists in the near future.

AACP

10 Things to do in preparation and during an interview.

10 tips for making the job interview go the way you want and coming out with a job offer.

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Leaving so soon?

Have you ever accepted a job that you thought was great and told your current boss your leaving and out of now where he says he will raise your salary by 5,000 if you stay and all of the sudden you turn around and tell the other guys "hey i like the job and all but I think I am going to stay with this company "Thanks but no thanks. While it may seem like a win initially at the end of the day it may be a loss for you.

Before you turn around and say hey I'm not leaving show me the money, just ask yourself a couple of really easy questions.

1) Why was I looking in the first place? If it is money and nothing else than perhaps you have achieved your goal. But if there are underlying issues with the company then perhaps those need to be addressed as well and as a caveat to your staying you should ask your boss to address those issues asap.

2) Is the additional money going to make me happy? Again if money is the only motivation then the answer is yes but for a majority of people there are other issue that normally push people to look for another job. Will those issues remain after I accept this counter offer. Is the boss serious about addressing the concerns is a question that really needs to be hammer upon as a condition of you staying with this company at a higher price.

3) Where did the money for this new raise come from? Why didn't i receive it before? Why now do they have this money when they did not have it before when you asked for more money?

4) If I stay am I going to be considered disloyal because I tried to leave? That is a hard question to answer the odds say that most people who accept a counter offer are gone within six months because either the employer went searching for a so called more loyal person at a cheaper price or the person left because none of the issues which made you consider leaving have been resolved.

In the end before you make a decision to leave a company make sure you are at the point of no return all questions in head have been answered before you decide to hand in your letter of resignation and that you leave with your head held high and resign in a manner that is consistent with your personality and integrity.

Ehe, hey beavis he said laid off. eh he he he

As the unemployment rate continues to rise currently at 11.1 million unemployed. It is starting to feel like no sector is safe anymore it seems like almost all sectors are losing revenue and people due to trickle along economics where major companies who rule the markets can't get credit and since they can't get credit they can't make payroll or pay for services they normally pay smaller companies to do and they cut jobs and in turn the company they once relied on to get services and supplies can no longer sustain because the big company who can't get a loan can't pay for the service they used to pay for and that smaller companies revenue goes into the tank and so the cycle continues on down the line.

This is a bleak time in our countries economic history but the facts remain that not all sectors are doing so bad. The lawyers always do well in times like these because people are more often than needing their services for a multitude of things. The health sector seems to be doing well for now but I am not sure how long that will continue as long as people continue to lose their jobs and along with their jobs goes their health coverage and that was very expensive in the first place for either them or their employer. When one does not have insurance they go to hospitals with no coverage and the hospital gives them services that they cannot pay for and the state has to reimburse the hospital at a rate that is not even close to what is billed for instance. I was told by one director at a hospital one day that his hospital billed 2.4 million to state of New Jersey for hard care for the uninsured they only received a couple hundred thousand dollars in return. I am not sure how long this is supposed to continue or how it will end but it will not be pretty.