Top 10 Reasons to Use Temporary Pharmacy Staffing Services
Many Circumstances Occur That Would Require A Pharmacy To Use Temporary Staffing Services
Throughout the past 20 plus years of providing Pharmacy Staffing Services to our client pharmacies, we compiled ten of the most common reasons our client’s pharmacies have called upon our StaffRx Services to cover temporary, or ongoing, staffing needs.
Top 10 Reasons Pharmacies Need Temporary Staffing Coverage
A Pharmacy Needs Short-Term Staffing Coverage Until They Can Hire A Pharmacy Professional
The Pharmacy Has a Staff Member on Medical Leave or FMLA and Needs Coverage Until Their Return
There are Difficult-to-Fill Shifts The Current Pharmacy Staff Cannot Fill For a Period of Time
The Regular Pharmacy Staff is at Risk For Burnout and Would Benefit From Temporary Coverage So They Could Enjoy Downtime
Great times for this type of temporary coverage would be during weekends, around the holidays, and on the holidays
A Pharmacy is Looking to “Try Out” a Director of Pharmacy (DOP), Pharmacy Manager, Pharmacist, or Pharmacy Technician Before Permanently Hiring Them
This is often seen advertised a temp-to-perm position
Pharmacy Staff Members Have Vacation Time Planned and The Pharmacy Needs Temporary Coverage
The Pharmacy is Transitioning to a New Computer System and Current Pharmacy Staff Needs Devoted Training Time for it, and Temporary Pharmacy Staffing is Needed to Provide Relief
Pharmacies That Are Moving Physical Locations Can Benefit From Temporary Pharmacy Staffing to Assist and Provide Extra Staff Where Needed
DOPs Need Admin Days or to Meet Other Managers About Their Pharmacy’s Needs. Temporary DOP Staffing Cover The Pharmacy Director When These Needs Arise
Emergency Situations
Emergencies happen and that’s why it is essential for health systems, hospitals, and all pharmacy types to have a trusted pharmacy staffing partner to bail them out. Although listed at #10, emergency situations can also account for last-minute staffing holes in a pharmacy’s schedule. We are proud to fill all staffing needs our clients have and there’s also something special about coming through when we are needed last minute - it truly speaks to the Indispensable pharmacy professionals that make up our staffing team.
A callback to what led a relief pharmacist to begin this company, while helping to lead a hospital pharmacy department in Fargo as an Interim DOP. This pharmacist journey is only looked back on with gratitude.