- Based on 18 Jobtrees users who were a Staff Pharmacist in their career, on average, they have 4.32 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 4.3 years on average and earn NA per year on average in this less senior role.
- 17% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Staff Pharmacist are Pharmacy Manager, Pharmacy Intern and Pharmacist. While Pharmacy Manager is from the same job family, Medical - Care Providers, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by Pharmacy Intern, also being a common career path from Staff Pharmacist.
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- The most common career steps to get to Staff Pharmacist are Pharmacy Manager, Pharmacist and Preceptor based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Pharmacy Manager, the most common step before Staff Pharmacist, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a more senior title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. For Staff Pharmacist, this is an indication that you should focus more on the scope of the role than the specific title when thinking about building a path to Staff Pharmacist.
- While Pharmacy Manager is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Staff Pharmacist that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Staff Pharmacist career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Staff Pharmacist so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Pharmacy Manager is from the same job family, Medical - Care Providers as Staff Pharmacist, you don't necessarily need direct experience in this discipline show by Preceptor also leading to Staff Pharmacist.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Staff Pharmacist are Doctoral degree In Pharmacy, Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Biology, and Certificate In Accounting. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Pharmacy Manager being the most common role to and from Staff Pharmacist. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Staff Pharmacist is part of the Medical - Care Providers job family which has a limited number of unique role types (128) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Staff Pharmacist.