When applying for a Medical job in Ireland - remember -

 

1. Your interview is a sales process - you are selling yourself to a potential employer
2. Close the sale - interview - ie ask when you will hear, what is the next stage etc
3. On your CV - do not use initials or acronyms - do not assume the reader knows what any of these stand for - always write words out in full
4. Outline your relevant Irish experience
5. Ireland is a small country and as a result it is unwise to exaggerate or lie about contacts you have in the Medical Industry in Ireland
6. Equally, if they are genuine contacts, this can work to your benefit - dropping names can be useful
7. Competition is at an all time high, so ensure your information is up to date, relevant and accurate
8. Research involved in going for an interview now seeks the Candidate who goes ‘well beyond’ the usual format of reading up a website etc - ie someone who shows initiative
9. Always have a reason for leaving after each job on your CV, otherwise you are left open to assumations being made that may not be true.
10. A strong and dry hand shake is important and demonstrates a genuine person.

These are just some useful tips when applying for any Medical job in Ireland

Supervising Pharmacist required

Supervising Pharmacist required for Waterford -

 

Very busy family owned Pharmacy in Waterford City Centre requires a Supervising Pharmacist immediately.

Requirements -

• PSI Registered
• Minimum of 3 years Post Grad Pharmacy experience
• Living in or near the Waterford area
• Must thrive in a very busy working environment

The job -

Hours: 9am - 6pm Monday - Friday.  9am - 5pm Every Second Saturday (Rotation) - No Lates or Sundays
Salary: €65k DOE

450 - 500 Scripts per day
Quick Script system used
1 Nursing Home and Methadone Clients

Staff - 2 Pharmacy Technicians, 1 Support Pharamcist and the Managing Pharmacist

To apply or for more information about this Supervising Pharmacist job in Waterford, go to -

 

http://www.jackiebrownmedical.ie/jobs_ireland.php?url=jobs&page=2

We have a Client who is opening a new Pharmacy in Limerick soon.

They are an Independent and are seeking a Managing Pharmacist who will also be a Director.

Reporting to: Managing Director 
Proposed start date: ASAP

This is a permanent Managing Pharmacist job.

The role is a full time position of 45 hours per week.

It will involve some weekends, overtime and additional days may also be required.

The successful Pharmacist will be responsible for managing the dispensary and retail Business. 
Primary aspects of the Role:

 

I. The Pharmacist will assume full responsibility for the professional, clinical, ethical and financial running of the pharmacy business in line with company and industry regulations.
II. Management of day to day business, operating of the entire shop, stock control both in dispensary and front of shop.
III. Management of all personnel, cash management and customer Services. 
IV. The role is not exhaustive and includes management and training of related personnel.

 

About the Managing Pharmacist -
I. A self motivated, enthusiastic individual with excellent people skills, confidence and good clinical knowledge.
II. Must have the ability to be acutely aware of customer needs while also being a commercial thinker, with the ability to balance being a healthcare professional while being mindful of the business aims.
III. The successful candidate will have a key focus on customer service and developing the customer base. A highly organised individual who has the ability to work under pressurised circumstances.
IV. A professional who takes their work very seriously and continuously strives for perfection and who is eager to surpass all expectations. Someone who is positive, committed, loyal and an excellent communicator.
Roles & Responsibilities 
     •   Dispensing to and advising patients on POM and P medicines
     •   Management of OTC stock control and merchandising
     •   Execution of the dispensary business plan
     •   Assisting in healthcare and retail events
     •   Fully compliant with legal and ethical requirements
     •   Day to day management of the dispensary, for example in verifying, sending claims, stock control, paperwork, etc
     •   Management of dispensary communications and performance of relief pharmacists 

 

For further information or to apply, go to -

http://www.jackiebrownmedical.ie/jobs_ireland.php?url=jobs&page=2

Nurses with Medical Sales experience in demand currently.

We have requirements for Nurses with Wound Care or Cosmetic Surgery experience.

These 2 jobs are Dublin based and a generous package on offer plus basic salary.

Both Nursing jobs require Medical Sales experience.

Wound Care Nurse is required for a Wound Care Company seeking strong Wound Care Clinical experience and some Medical Sales experience

 

 

A stunning Cosmetic Surgery Clinic in Dublin City Centre is seeking a Cosmetic Surgery Nurse with  strong Sales experience as this role will involve patient advice and sales.

For information on these and similar Nurse jobs in Dublin, go to -

http://www.jackiebrownmedical.ie/jobs_ireland.php?url=jobs

Medical jobs are looking good in Ireland.

We have a large amount of Medical jobs currently.

There are a large number of Medical Sales jobs and Pharmaceutical sales jobs

Also Science jobs and Nursing jobs.

For further information on these Medical jobs, go to -

http://www.jackiebrownmedical.ie/jobs_ireland.php?url=jobs

It’s been a while since I posted and now the recession is in full swing.  Indeed, other countries are talking about the recession bottoming out and the first signs of recovery.  It certainly doesn’t look that positive for us in Ireland at the moment.

NAMA remains a bone of contention and there is no obvious clear policy for a comprehensive plan to get us out of the mess we are in.  Indeed, it looks like we are facing a winter of public service strikes.

There is some positive movement though.  The initial recession panic seems to have alleviated to some extent.  While we are still seeing some redundancies in the medical sector, the rate of job losses has decreased.

Pharmacies are still reeling from the double hit they have taken.  There is little to no movement in the Pharmacist jobs market.  Our advice to pharmacists is “If you are working stay put”.  There were pharmacy closures over the last year and profit margins have been squeezed.  Salaries for new hires have similarly been affected.  The days of six figure salaries are largely over for now.  We have gone from a situation where pharmacists were in demand and could obtain nearly any salary they desired, to one where is an oversupply of pharmacists for very few jobs indeed.  We do not expect a change in this situation for another 12 months.

Nurses are finding themselves under increasing pressure, not immune to the bitter bite of the recession either.  Staff are not being replaced, Agency nurses are finding that there are fewer shifts available and conditions are not as good as they were (I can hear the comments already).  Many nurses are looking further afield with Nursing jobs in Australia enjoying a larger than normal interest.  Given that as a rule we export a lot of our nurses in good times it is perhaps not surprising.

The pharmaceuticals industry has also undergone some restructuring.  The Pfizer Wyeth deal has not had the negative effect that many in the industry in Ireland feared. We have seen large scale job cuts in manufacturing though, with several companies announcing redundancies.

Medical Sales Reps have been having a mixed time on the jobs market.  There have been redundancies, but there are still jobs available.  The people worst hit by the recession in Medical Sales are the people who are trying to break into Medical Sales.  A sudden glut of experienced Medical Sales reps on the market has left the hopeful rookies with little hope in a market that was always a relatively difficult one to breach.

We are still importing medical professionals to Ireland for positions that we just do not have enough people in the Irish pool for.  These tend to be specialist positions across the board.

Allied Health workers may as well get a job in the local chipper for the time being.  Despite there being a desperate need for Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists and Social Workers, the budgets are just not there to hire them.  We are faced with a culture of marginalisation, where special needs requirements have been firmly shelved.

Health Care Assistants are having a rough ride too, as are any professions where there are an excess of people qualified for the position.  The Fetac qualification is fast becoming an absolute necessity.  Competition is fierce and agency shifts are ever thinner on the ground.  The best route to finding a permanent position remains in building contacts in individual hospitals and nursing homes while doing agency work.

Recruitment Agencies are reporting an upturn in the numbers of jobs available.  In the Medical Recruitment Market in particular there has been clear signs of improvement.

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Horray for Pharmacists!

We had recently noticed a surge of activity in Pharmacy Recruitment and this is one of the reasons why -

From 1st November 2008, the HSE will restore the mark-up it pays to Pharmacists from 8% to the previous rate of 17.66%. On September 11th the High Court found that the HSE was in breach of its contract with Pharmacists when it decided to reduce payments for the provision of drugs and services under the medical card scheme. The HSE was orded to pay the costs in the case. In response to the court ruling and in a major climb-down, the HSE announce on the 14th October that it had decided to restore the original mark-up arrangements from the beginning of November.

“In compliance with a recent High Court judgement, the wholesale mark-up the HSE pays to pharmacies for medicines supplied through the various medical card schmes will be increased on November 1st from 8 per cent to 17.66%”, it said.