More than 1,100 additional roles in the pharmacy sector in Northern Ireland will be required over the next five years. That was the message at the launch of the Pharmacy Futures Northern Ireland campaign, a joint initiative between the Department of Health for Northern Ireland and Pharmacy Forum NI – the professional leadership body for pharmacists in Northern Ireland.
The opportunities, which will see current vacancies filled as well as new roles created in response to the development of new pharmacy services, will include up to 560 community, hospital and general practice pharmacists and over 600 pharmacy technicians.
Chair of Pharmacy Forum NI, Sheelin McKeagney commented: “Over the past decade in particular we have seen demand for pharmacists increase significantly as hospitals introduced seven day working and new roles have been created in the hospital and general practice sectors – many of which have been filled by experienced community pharmacists.
“While all of these factors have placed enormous pressures on the existing workforce, they have given us an opportunity to attract, recruit and retain more pharmacists into the sector in Northern Ireland.”
The Pharmacy Futures NI campaign will run until January 2021 and will feature a range of creative initiatives.
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