Is it easy for licensed pharmacists to find jobs at the age of 40? What are the employment prospects?

It is still easy for licensed pharmacists to find jobs when they are 40 years old. At present, the demand for licensed pharmacists in the market is relatively high. Professional and technical personnel who have obtained the professional qualification of licensed pharmacists can be recognized as having the title of competent pharmacist or competent pharmacist, and can be used as a condition to declare a higher-level title. According to the needs of the work, the unit selects the best candidates.

Licensed pharmacists can do related work in pharmacies, pharmaceutical factories, pharmaceutical factories, outpatient clinics, hospitals and other units. Licensed pharmacists can engage in pharmacy and traditional Chinese medicine related work with certificates. If economic conditions permit, you can also open your own pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies.

The work of licensed pharmacists is as follows:

1, pharmacies and clinics. Working in pharmacies and outpatient clinics, mainly responsible for prescription review, drug preparation, drug consultation and drug management.

2. Medical enterprises. Working in pharmaceutical enterprises, mainly responsible for drug production, drug research and development, drug circulation, management and sales.

3. Pharmaceutical factory. Most licensed pharmacists working in pharmaceutical factories are medical representatives, who are mainly responsible for the circulation and sales of drugs. These licensed pharmacists need to master the composition, usage and dosage of drugs comprehensively.

What are the employment prospects of licensed pharmacists? According to relevant regulations, only licensed pharmacists can provide patients with drug consultation and pharmaceutical services. Only licensed pharmacists can sell Chinese herbal pieces, and the business hours of retail pharmacies and hospital pharmacies must be guided by licensed pharmacists. It can be seen that the licensed pharmacist certificate is a necessary condition for his work.

There is still a huge gap in the number of licensed pharmacists Although the number of licensed pharmacists has reached the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" level and reached the requirement of 4 licensed pharmacists per 10,000 population, this is only the minimum requirement, and the gap is still huge. In the hierarchical management of pharmacies, the second-level pharmacies must be equipped with 1 licensed pharmacists, the third-level pharmacies must be equipped with two licensed pharmacists, and the operators of Chinese herbal pieces must also be equipped with licensed Chinese pharmacists.

According to the current national data, there are about 553,000 pharmacies and 6,200 chain pharmacies in China. By April 2022, there were only 655,000 registered licensed pharmacists, and the distribution of licensed pharmacists was extremely uneven. It can also be seen from this point that the number of licensed pharmacists is still insufficient.