A UK Pharmacist Immigration to Ontario

[CHIU]

Hi,

I am a newly qualified pharmacist in UK and worked for a month now. I have one year (2080 hours) pre-registration experience and about three months experience as dispenser trainee. Does pre-registration pharmacist count as NOC A? Am I eligible to apply for Express Entry? I would appreciate if you have an answer to this. Many thanks.

 

[kryt0n]

You need at least a year of experience.

 

[CHIU]

You need at least a year of experience.

Hi, so pre-registration pharmacist doesn't count?

 

[wicked31]

Hi,

I am a newly qualified pharmacist in UK and worked for a month now. I have one year (2080 hours) pre-registration experience and about three months experience as dispenser trainee. Does pre-registration pharmacist count as NOC A? Am I eligible to apply for Express Entry? I would appreciate if you have an answer to this. Many thanks.

You should be eligible to apply as long as your work experience was continuous (1yr) and gained after completing your degree.

 

[DelPiero07]

Skilled work experience during studies outside of Canada certainly counts as long as it was paid and NOC 0/A/B - you have to figure out what your NOC for that position is.

You also have to make sure you meet the FSW eligibility requirements by having at least 67 out of 100 points.

 

[Que Em]

Hi,

I am a newly qualified pharmacist in UK and worked for a month now. I have one year (2080 hours) pre-registration experience and about three months experience as dispenser trainee. Does pre-registration pharmacist count as NOC A? Am I eligible to apply for Express Entry? I would appreciate if you have an answer to this. Many thanks.

Pre-licensure/pre-registration training and/or experience doesn't count towards skilled work experience for professional categories.

 

[CHIU]

You should be eligible to apply as long as your work experience was continuous (1yr) and gained after completing your degree.

Yes, it was gained after I completed my degree, but it is NOC A?

 

[CHIU]

Skilled work experience during studies outside of Canada certainly counts as long as it was paid and NOC 0/A/B - you have to figure out what your NOC for that position is.

You also have to make sure you meet the FSW eligibility requirements by having at least 67 out of 100 points.

There isn't a NOC for pre-registration Pharmacist, so I am not sure if it count as NOC A

 

[CHIU]

Pre-licensure/pre-registration training and/or experience doesn't count towards skilled work experience for professional categories.

Do you have a reference source?

 

[wicked31]

There isn't a NOC for pre-registration Pharmacist, so I am not sure if it count as NOC A

As long as your duties and responsibilities matches the NOC

 

[julientran]

Hi, so pre-registration pharmacist doesn't count?

No, it will not be counted at all as you need to be fully licensed/registered in your country so your experience would be counted.
If selected you will be required to submit your ECA which is evaluated by PEBC.
PEBC will required you to submit a letter of good standing from the UK pharmacy authorities to confirm you are fully licensed and not revoked/cancelled in order to received the ECA.

I'm a licensed pharmacist in the US that just got ITA so let me know if you have any question.

 

[ybjianada]

I know I am hijacking this thread, but I have a question related to pharmacy in Canada.

I am a humanities PhD and have already received my Passport Request Letter for my Express Entry PR application. As it is very difficult to find an academic job at Canadian universities (and I am quite disillusioned with academia at this point), I am trying to look at different options. One option is to train to become a pharmacist. While I do not have much experience with the field of pharmacy, whenever I see pharmacists in drugstores, they always strike me as very 'tranquil' and undisturbed, which seems to suit my disposition well (although I have read on the internet that it can be a stressful job, dealing with unreasonable customers).

I understand that this would involve studying in Canada for at least another 6 years (if accepted into the program). If all goes well, I will be 40 years old when I graduate! Two questions for those who (preferably) have experience with the field of pharmacy in Canada:

1. What do you think is the projected job prospect for pharmacists in Canada 6 years from now? (I have read on a US-based forum that many pharmacy graduates now cannot find employment; but I am not sure to what extent this is/would be true in Canada)

2. Do you think age might drastically affect one's ability to find employment as pharmacist in Canada (40 year old competing with graduates in their 20s)?

Thanks.

 

[CHIU]

No, it will not be counted at all as you need to be fully licensed/registered in your country so your experience would be counted.
If selected you will be required to submit your ECA which is evaluated by PEBC.
PEBC will required you to submit a letter of good standing from the UK pharmacy authorities to confirm you are fully licensed and not revoked/cancelled in order to received the ECA.

I'm a licensed pharmacist in the US that just got ITA so let me know if you have any question.

Thank you and congratulation. How long does it takes for you to get the ITA?

 

[CHIU]

As long as your duties and responsibilities matches the NOC

When I checked NOC of pharmacist, it has included
clinical pharmacist
community pharmacist
dispensary department supervisor – hospital
drug information pharmacist
druggist
health care institution pharmacist
hospital druggist
hospital pharmacist
industrial pharmacist
intern pharmacist
pharmacist
pharmacist consultant
registered pharmacist
retail pharmacist

I think intern pharmacist is equivalent to pre-registration pharmacist, right?

 

[julientran]

When I checked NOC of pharmacist, it has included
clinical pharmacist
community pharmacist
dispensary department supervisor – hospital
drug information pharmacist
druggist
health care institution pharmacist
hospital druggist
hospital pharmacist
industrial pharmacist
intern pharmacist
pharmacist
pharmacist consultant
registered pharmacist
retail pharmacist

I think intern pharmacist is equivalent to pre-registration pharmacist, right?

Again, you have to be fully licensed to have your experience counted. A pre registered or intern pharmacist is considered a graduate student in North America, not a professional pharmacist yet.