Overnight pharmacist hours

[techniques]

For those that work overnight (7 on 7 off) do you work 10 hours on weekdays and 12 hours on weekends? If so what times do your shifts start? I recently went from 9 PM to 6 AM on weekdays to 10 PM to 7 AM and am now pushing to increase my base hours and extend my shift to 8 AM. As far as I know, I’m the only overnight pharmacist that works 9 hour shifts on most weekdays and have to finish everything by 6 AM so the day time Pharmacists can chill for hours until QT starts blowing up.

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[RxPreceptor]

10 hours shifts M-Th, 12 hour shifts F-Su...there is slight variation in hours even within the same district for overnight RPh. Hell, one store has 4 days on, 3 days off rotation (I have no idea why anyone would agree or want this)

 

[WVUPharm2007]

7 on, 7 off, 12hrs,9p-9a

 

[HandsomeVampire]

wow WVU, so you put in 80.5 hours a week?
Do you get OT? or just night differential?

 

[zelman]

10 hours shifts M-Th, 12 hour shifts F-Su...there is slight variation in hours even within the same district for overnight RPh. Hell, one store has 4 days on, 3 days off rotation (I have no idea why anyone would agree or want this)

I did that for my partner because her husband moved away and getting a babysitter the same 3 nights every week was easier than getting one every other 7 days.

 

[Stella14]

I work in hospital 7 off 7 on 11.5 hour shifts. Crazy!


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[WVUPharm2007]

wow WVU, so you put in 80.5 hours a week?
Do you get OT? or just night differential?

84 hours. And I get $2/hour shift differential.

 

[Dalteparin]

10 hour shifts every day, 2100-0600.

 

[Charcoales]

10-8 for 7 days, 7 off (lots of free time!!)

 

[PharmDminus]

10-8 for 7 days, 7 off (lots of free time!!)

i take it they kept your store 24 hr or were u transferred?

 

[metallideth]

10.5 h shifts all 7 days...9pm-730 am

 

[Dred Pirate]

ours work 9p to 7 a - 7 on 7 off- work 70 get paid for 80

 

[Charcoales]

i take it they kept your store 24 hr or were u transferred?

Relocated, not sure how long this new one will last but I like the schedule too much xD

 

[RxPreceptor]

wow WVU, so you put in 80.5 hours a week?
Do you get OT? or just night differential?

Bat boy, are you in CA (other post regarding breaks)? If I recall, chains might have a different normal overnight schedule to prevent paying OT. Hope you know what you are getting yourself into

 

[JST416]

I am 10p-7a monday through friday. Then 9p-7a sat and sun. work 65 get paid for 80.

 

[PharmDminus]

I am 10p-7a monday through friday. Then 9p-7a sat and sun. work 65 get paid for 80.

that is an awesome shift differential. you must be at a hospital?

 

[PharmDBro2017]

I am 10p-7a monday through friday. Then 9p-7a sat and sun. work 65 get paid for 80.

Jelly. What state?


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[JST416]

South Carolina

 

[ThreeSouthAM]

21:00 to 07:00, with no lunch period.

 

[Saiyo]

South Carolina

Wow, that is pretty much just working a regular shift 7 days a week and then getting 7 days off!
I didn't know that there were such sweet deals still out there!

 

[OXYFORALL]

So how many of you working the overnight shift manage to catch some sleep at work?

 

[ThreeSouthAM]

So how many of you working the overnight shift manage to catch some sleep at work?

I'm a night owl so I've never had an issue.

 

[RxPreceptor]

So how many of you working the overnight shift manage to catch some sleep at work?

You've got to be F'ing kidding...PIC's solution for any metric not @ par = dump more work on the overnight shifts; when there isn't enough time for that, blame all problems on overnight RPhs. Not enough time to clean up after lazy daytime techs and RPh who run circles into one another all day spinning their wheels

 

[Dred Pirate]

So how many of you working the overnight shift manage to catch some sleep at work?

that is a pretty good way to get fired

 

[mentos]

So how many of you working the overnight shift manage to catch some sleep at work?

LoL Wags had a mass firing a few years back because overnights were caught sleeping.