CVS as the biggest payor, however, could change this dynamic in their own stores-but that would put them in hot water with anti-trust regulators if they don’t do the same for non-CVS pharmacies.Įven if the pharmacist shortage hoax were true, many of their pharmacists would be thrilled just to get a little more pharmacy technician help. Thanks to their downward pressure on reimbursements, pharmacies can’t afford the staff needed to safely do the work. CVS and the PBM industry have no one but themselves to blame. “Michael DeAngelis, CVS’ executive director of corporate communications, said an industry-wide shortage of pharmacists has made it difficult to appropriately staff the chain’s more than 9,000 pharmacies throughout the nation.” There’s some hiring that would have to go on with it, but they have a lot of less-than-40-hour employees who could immediately flex up.ĬVS doesn’t want to solve this problem, they want it to go away. Well, those things work both ways… The problem can be solved overnight by simply adjusting the metric. The complaint is about staffing and productivity metrics. Profound stuff… I hope you take something from this today. The problem is you accepting that and staying sedentary. The problem isn’t the people who don’t value you. Don’t settle and stay in a place that doesn’t see your value.” If they don’t appreciate you, do not get angry. If you are not in the right place, people will never see your value. There are people in life who won’t understand the value you have. The father replies, “I did this to teach you an important lesson. The daughter drives her car to the club comes back and says, “A guy there offered me $100,000 for the car, because it’s rare, is in remarkable condition for its age, and just needs detailing.” The father asks her to join a passionate car club that has experts, and ask them about the car. The dad replies, “take it to the used dealer down the street.” So the daughter does, and reports back, “they offered me $750 because the car looks old and needs work.” So the daughter takes it to the city, and reports back, “the dealership offered me $1000 dollars, as the car is old.” It’s a little old, and needs some sprucing, but take it into the city to a car dealer and see what they offer you for it.” Saw this earlier and it’s too good not to post:Ī father says to his daughter, “you’ve just graduated, take this car I bought a few years back. #hospitalpharmacy #pharmacist #pharmacists #careerchange Your first year will be intimidating at times, and it does involve change. The transition out of retail is not an easy climb. Because when that PT or FT posting becomes available, they’ll look at you first. If you have friends in hospital, now is the time to get in touch.Ģ) When you get there, be the guy willing to learn or do anything. The odds of you landing FT or PT without having solid experience is low, so take a PRN job with a hospital. My advice is, if you’re trying to leave retail and move to health systems (hospital):ġ) Apply PRN. I’ve found, in my experience, retail pharmacists, if dedicated are quite adept to making the leap because 1) they handle stress and pressure way better than the average hospital pharmacist 2) they tend to do well with set rules (which is really what hospital is) 3) they seemlessly become Jack of all trades - because that’s what they had to do to survive retail 4) they’re excellent medication counselors - way better at reading patient resistance and delivering information than hospital pharmacists in general because they do it everyday. Hospitals, fair or not, tend to frown on retail pharmacist applications due to the fact that there is a steep learning curve. This pharmacist told me, theyve had a hard time getting into hospital because they’ve been in retail so long… they realize this weakness and asked me for advice in how to move forward? And they do the best they can, oftentimes to be told it’s not good enough, The work loads these people endure are Herculean. Increasingly however, finding contentment in the retail sector is very difficult. Hospital doesn’t pay as much, and those golden hand cuffs are a very real obstacle. They’re ready to leave retail (which I encouraged), it’s a huge step to actually pursue a better life because of the money you make. Just had a pharmacist acquaintance from school reach out to me, and let me know they agreed with a lot of what I said.
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