Stornoway

By Shaun Hockey
We are still looking for one more locum to start at the Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway. We are offering experienced hospital pharmacists £30 plus free accommodation for the duration of your stay. We already have one locum there who really loves it there.

Long days, short nights, countryside and coastline that’s second to none and a really lovely department with fantastic staff.

Call Shaun on 0800 8818844 during office hours or 07971187921 in the evening of weekends

Wikipedia entry for Stornoway

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stornoway

Ethan Richardsons testimonial about working at the Western Isles Hospital – well worth a read if you’ve got this far!

http://shaunyh1.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/48/

Goole

Locums required for 100 hour pharmacy in Goole, East Yorkshire. Call Lynne for details 0800 8818844

Locum pharmacists needed tomorrow

Hi, locum pharmacist needed in HMP New Hall (Wakefield) tomorrow. Prison Service experience preferred but not essential due to late nature.

Call Shaun on 01677 424204 for more details

Permanent Jobs

by Shaun Hockey

Locuming doesn’t tend to be a lifelong career decision. Many pharmacists locum to bring in extra money or work every hour God sends to pay off student loans. Some pharmacists just get sick of management responsibilities and locum in-between jobs.

One thing I would advise against if you decide to apply for a new position is going direct to a potential employer. When you think about it, you are putting yourself in a very weak position because in affect, you are going cap-in-hand asking for a new job. The chances of you obtaining unbiased advice is nil as the job of the people you will speak to are paid to recruit pharmacists as cheaply as possible.

Using an agency makes much more sense. Pharmfinders, Sterling Cross and PL-UK will all help you to find you your new job and the advantage they have is that pharmacy operators go to them to find new staff putting the locum in a much stronger position. Offers of £3-5,000 more than normal offers when candidates go direct are common.

PL-UK Pharmfinders Sterling Cross

HMP Norwich

We are looking for an experienced prison service pharmacist to work in HMP Norwich on 26th and 27th June. Excellent rates on offer.

Call Shaun on 01677 424204 for more information

Website

Skegness £30 per hour

Community Locum required in Skegness

Call Lynne on 01677 424215 for more details

16.6.08

Emergency!

Locum pharmacist needed in prison in Yorkshire for the next month £30 per hour plus 30p per mile.

Call Linda on 01677 424215 for more details

13.6.08

New jobs today

Plymouth and South West – £23 per hour during week and £25 at weekends

Brighton – £22-25 per hour

Middlesbrough area £25+2

Newcastle £25+1

Call 0800 8818844 for more details, comment on this blog or email support@pluk.co.uk

Testimonial from Stornaway locum

This is one of the best kept secrets in the world of pharmacy locuming. The Western Isles hospital offers a unique opportunity to provide an unprecedented level of clinical care to your patients. The small community allows for closer working relationships between primary and secondary care and there are many opportunities to get involved with service development for those motivated to improve service delivery.
 
Life on the island is surprisingly modern. Stornoway has all the shops and services you could need. There are some of the best sport’s facilities in Scotland with the added benefit of being exceptionally quiet, well, compared to anywhere else in the UK. Above all, you are surrounded by some of the most beautiful landscape in the world. To date, we’ve had better weather than South East England, with nine weeks of continual sunshine.
 
If you feel the need to escape the island, things couldn’t be easier; there are 6 return ferry services to the mainland and over 20 daily flights. Inverness is only 20 minutes be air, which can easily provide a weekend get-away, otherwise, an extra 10 minutes will get you Glasgow or Edinburgh.
 
There is a saying on the Western Isles: Slàinte mhor a h-uile là a chi ’s nach fhaicwelcome, translated from Gaelic means: good health. Island life is friendly, personable, and a welcome change from city living.   
 
Ethan Richardson – locum pharmacist at the Western Isles Hospital in Stornaway

Long term locum placements

By Shaun Hockey

We have a number of fantastic long term opportunities for locum pharmacists

Location                      Sector                  Duration                    Rate/hr

Guernsey                     Community          6 months                  27.00

Sunderland                  Community           Open                        30.00

Western Isles               Hospital               3-6 months              30.00

Southampton               Hospital               Open                         28-30.00

Call Shaun for more details