Career Prospects of a Pharm D

[gvsk]

Can any one please list out the career prospects of a Registered pharamacist

other than the retail or clinical or hospital pharmacy options....

please list out the other career choices a RPH ( Pharm D ) can make in the US and also the PAY that one may receive.

Sincerely,
GVSK

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[binghamkid]

Can any one please list out the career prospects of a Registered pharamacist

other than the retail or clinical or hospital pharmacy options....

please list out the other career choices a RPH ( Pharm D ) can make in the US and also the PAY that one may receive.

Sincerely,
GVSK

It looks like you're already enrolled in pharmacy school. I would suggest going to your career center (i'm sure your school has one) to check out options. Off the top of my head, you can do industry-based research, public policy work, political advising, work in a home - care environment, serve as a floating pharmacist, become a manager, run your own independent pharmacy, start up a pharmaceutical corporation (if you've got great management skills and product/research to sell), work for municipal and statewide health groups, World health organization, dean, professor, instructor...in other words, pretty much anything related to medication/health. Pay will range anywhere between 75 to 140k (depending on how much overtime you wanna put in and what level of administrator you become) Deans I hear make at least 200k a year; if you own your pharmacy, you can make upwards of 400k a year. On the other hand, if you work for the WHO, you might make about 60k a year, but it's worthwhile if you really enjoy working in an international environment where you get to travel.

The point is you should be prepared to weigh the cost/benefit of each job. A job may pay well, but be prepared to shoulder greater responsibility, lots of hours, and more stress.

 

[Farmercyst]

I'd consider looking the FAQs (It's there). You could also search, but the FAQs would be faster. Re: pay, I don't think anything we have breaks down pay of each. It really would vary greatly depending on employer, location, etc. Salary.com may have a salary for pharmacy in general, but I don't know of anywhere that would break it down by specialty.