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Interestingly people think hospital pharmacy is the pinnacle of pharmacy practice. Having worked in it for a year now I think I have come to the conclusion I’m not a fan?

It is quite monotonous and honestly an 8 hour shift of mopping up other people’s mistakes is how I feel.
Of course there are places where our input really is valuable but most of my days are genuinely just chasing doctors to prescribe meds that really should have just been done in the first place. There is not much else to my days - I feel there’s not much opportunity to dabble in extra curriculars as we are so short staffed?

I honestly find it very boring , I don’t know if anyone else feels the same?

I’m a hospital pharmacist at cross roads in terms of the path I want to take for my career progression

My hospital offer the diploma or the RPS portfolio as a means of CPD/post qualification progression. Diploma is an academic qualification and while the Portfolio isn’t, the end result is credentialing by the RPS. Independent preecribing is being offered alongside both.

A lot of word is that pharmacy has evolved beyond the diploma and it doesn’t necessarily hold the same weight as it did.

What are people’s opinions on this? Would you recommend the diploma as it is the traditional route or does a portfolio seem more relevant and practical to today’s climate.