Here's my experience working as a Human Resource Generalist in a private hospital in Kuala Lumpur.

Firstly, you need to have qualification recognised by the Pharmacy Board of Malaysia. You should have undergone pre-registration training for a year (minimum requirement) that is recognized by the Pharmacy Board of Malaysia. These criteria must be accredited by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia.

In addition, you are required to pass the Pharmacy Forensic / Jurisprudence Examination. Complete your housemanship for three years of compulsory government service as a fully registered pharmacist.

The starting monthly salary of a Provisionally Registered Pharmacist (PRP) is approximately RM2,700. Please keep in mind that it is an estimation based on my experience in Human Resource Management.

However, it is known that many PRPs are earning more than what I have written above because of additional allowances. For example: Certificate Allowances (CA), Hazard Allowances (HA), Attendance Allowances (AA), Cost of Living Allowance (COLA), so on and so forth. After adding all these mumbo jumbos, yours truly can rake in about RM5,000 to RM6,000 per month.

An advice for those who wants to venture into pharmacy. It definitely add to your value if you have Inventory Management (IM) knowledge and skills. If you have this as an added value skill set, I'm sure you are very well in demand compared to those graduated with Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy.

Heck it! If you are into healthcare industry, do consider to take a course to become a Radiologist. It's pretty square one with being a Registered Pharmacist.

Regards, Joey

inventory management? as in wat?

also, i am wondering, does the company like pharmaniaga or pfizer look at your result if you going for industry pharmacist?

i read that demand of pharmacist outstrip the supply in msia nowadays. However, when i asked some of my friends, they mentioned that the gov hospital in west coast malaysia is pretty much saturated with pharmacist nowadays.. is that true?

looks like the salary is going higher and higher

my bro just got a promotion and his salary now is 15k ++
damn... i should have stdied this...

there are many master degrees offered by public unis for you to further study.

well, out of 50 neurosurgeons i think only 1 or 2 will make it to that level.

at this time of day, with the oversupplying of doctors..i doubt you can reach that level in 15 years. (if u don't know, specialising takes a pretty darn long time)

yea. plus the extra extra extra workload and stressload for that few hundred ringgit(ok maybe more) 

but you have to be clear, being a pharmacist is not your way to riches  although u can earn a decent living. if u wanna be a millionaire by 30, might as well be an entrepreneur and start your business, or go banking? 

nope, they are just a regulatory body la. 

if your results are good in degree, there's always high chances that you being offered to do masters for free. 

hahahaha...which idiot will tell you the sad story of a doctor who can't even see one patient a day to make ends meet? sure all tell you the glamorous story one mar. 

err...wait till u start to work then u will be grateful why u r a pharmacist, when u see those housemen.

for one, you will be working in full air conditioned rooms while the docs have to slog out in only-fans working environment.

u get to sit on the chair for at least 1 full hour, they don't.

want me to add? 

no matter won how also won be as taxing as a doctor la.

some how i find it quite boring to an extent 

if u get posted to surgical wards then should be fun though.

My cousin who is a pharmacist just recently attended a Watson Pharmacy Career talk.

Starting salary for Fresh Grad is a basic = RM 6K, RM 7,500 if two years experience or more.

Store Manager = RM 10,500.00

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Sucks you did not take pharmacy eh?

Xuzen

ahaha...yea..that's why i said it could be boring...   surgical wards could be fun though..more cases..although i hope to get out of gov hospital as soon as possible
yea i think he meant that..

rm10k seems alot..

but i think that's the pinnacle..  

girl different from guy ma.

10k where got enough to kao lui, buy car, buy house, give parents? 

u heard from who?

doctors? or pharmacists? 

why will it be crazy? unless there are shortages of pharmacist and dispensers.

really a?

cause i see those pharmacist at HKL....err..busy la..but not EXTREMELY busy....

well, for me i would get a proper explanation on why a place is deemed good/horrible before coming to a conclusion. 

and there are so many departments in the hospital as well. if outpatient pharmacy i would understand its very busy, but i don't think the pharmacy at general surgery, urology etc will be that busy IMO.

i do believe that bad politics exists as its very hard to gain promotion in the public sector..especially so if you are not bumiputera...