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This section provides information on the setting up of a new professional body for pharmacy, alongside a new regulatory body, as part of a fundamental modernisation of the pharmacy profession

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Home > A career in pharmacy > Pharmacy careers

A career in pharmacy offers you:

The pursuit of an interest in science
The opportunity to join the NHS healthcare team
A choice of working environments
A competitive salary

The pharmacist is an expert in medicines. A pharmacist can be involved in any aspect of the preparation and use of medicines, from the discovery of their active ingredients to their use by patients. Pharmacists also monitor the effects of medicines, both for patient care and for research purposes.

Pharmacy careers website For information about a career in pharmacy, click here

Interested in pharmacy? The RPSGB has produced a new PowerPoint presentation for use in schools to highlight the benefits of a career in pharmacy. If you would like a copy of the PowerPoint presentation on CD or any further materials, please contact Sarah Barter on 020 7572 2376 .

For the presentation click here
For the presentation speaker notes click here

Careers leaflets For the Society's leaflets, Interested in pharmacy?, and Career as a pharmacy technician? click on the links below:

Interested in pharmacy?
Interested in pharmacy? (Welsh language version)
Career as a pharmacy technician?

Independent supplement For a supplement on careers in pharmacy published in the 31 August 2006 issue of The Independent newspaper, click here

Contact details:

Tel: 020 7572 2376
Fax: 020 7572 2506
e-mail: careers@rpsgb.org

For more information see the following:

Tomorrow's Pharmacist

Click here for information about the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Community Pharmacists Group

Click here for information about the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Hospital Pharmacists Group

Click here for information about the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Industrial Pharmacists Group

Click here for information about the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Click here for information about the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Academic Pharmacy Group

Click here for information about the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Veterinary Pharmacists Group

Click here for information about pharmacy support staff