https://www.yahoo.com/news/unhappiest-job-sector-america-named-073650793.html
That's obviously the correct answer. Those people are miserable. After I pay for my prescriptions, I always offer to carry all their extra baskets up to the front door for them on the way out, simply because I feel so badly for them, and need to come up with some nice thing to do.
@spartans9312
spartans how do you feel about this one. i have to say i have heard it's brutal from a number of sources
One of my clients is a veterinary supply company with a pharmacy operation. Those pharmacists love the job. All came from retail or hospital pharmacy gigs. No nights or weekends. No insurance bullshit. No irate customers who complain about prices, coverage, pharmacy hours, etc... They show up in jeans and T-shirts and just do their jobs. Heaven for them.
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One of my clients is a veterinary supply company with a pharmacy operation. Those pharmacists love the job. All came from retail or hospital pharmacy gigs. No nights or weekends. No insurance bullshit. No irate customers who complain about prices, coverage, pharmacy hours, etc... They show up in jeans and T-shirts and just do their jobs. Heaven for them.
Plus they can easily access the best Covid meds.
It does not surprise me. Dealing with the public is a nightmare but it’s my profession’s fault. Eating our own with terrible contracts and trying to make it up in volume. It’s essentially a factory job if you work for one of the big corporations.
Automatic refills (that’s bullshit…have a little responsibility for your own dope)
Constantly texting and calling asking if the customer wants a refill (it’s dumb)
Allowing physicians to make us their secretaries (if you need a refill don’t call us call your pharmacy)
I need a beer
Allowing physicians to make us their secretaries (if you need a refill don’t call us call your pharmacy)
My current health care system actually has a policy of not allowing pharmacies to request refills. I have to call the doctor if I need something.
I’ll be damned. In all seriousness, that is the best way for the provider to handle patient care. They get to directly interact with their patient…unless of course it’s one of those outfits that only answers text messages
I’ll be damned. In all seriousness, that is the best way for the provider to handle patient care. They get to directly interact with their patient…unless of course it’s one of those outfits that only answers text messages
Nope. All phone tag. A few weeks ago, I went to my GP and asked for a refill that I couldn't get from a specialist because I was going to run out of pills before I saw the specialist (it was a new referral). The girl at the desk (intake nurse?) wrote up my request, sent it to my doc, and they called me back in a couple of hours with the approval, and I had my meds later that day.
Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of complaints about this system (the specialist, for one, who won't let her staff book open spots because she's saving them for very specific requests which may or may not ever come in, leaving her with open hours), but once you get past the automated answering service, the communication is pretty solid.
@spartans9312 from what i gather it does pay pretty well tho. i know a bunch who were with express scripts in various capacities and made good money
Nope. All phone tag. A few weeks ago, I went to my GP and asked for a refill that I couldn't get from a specialist because I was going to run out of pills before I saw the specialist (it was a new referral). The girl at the desk (intake nurse?) wrote up my request, sent it to my doc, and they called me back in a couple of hours with the approval, and I had my meds later that day.
Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of complaints about this system (the specialist, for one, who won't let her staff book open spots because she's saving them for very specific requests which may or may not ever come in, leaving her with open hours), but once you get past the automated answering service, the communication is pretty solid.
My few routine mundane meds are written to last me until my next appointment. They refill them all then.
On the rare occasions when that hasn't worked, all I need to do is use the web portal and send a message to my doctor. Someone at that end gets the message and the refills are sent same day.
You can make a good living and not work a ton of hours. You can make really good money if you want to work all the time.
I have chosen option 1 for the last decade or so.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/unhappiest-job-sector-america-named-073650793.html
That's obviously the correct answer. Those people are miserable. After I pay for my prescriptions, I always offer to carry all their extra baskets up to the front door for them on the way out, simply because I feel so badly for them, and need to come up with some nice thing to do.
Can you imagine explaining to a mental health patient why their script is delayed? Yikes.
I don’t understand the unhappiness of animal health workers.