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TESTIMONIALS
Hungarian Pharmacist
There has been much speculation about the work permit situation for Romanian and Bulgarian pharmacists. We have spent recent weeks with immigration lawyers and our exclusive partner Boots the Chemists. I am very happy to announce that we are confident Romanian and Bulgarian pharmacists can obtain work permits for the UK. Please contact our nearest office to find out more.
I arrived in England in February this year.I work and live in East Yorkshire.People are very friendly and I can say that I feel like home.I haven’t had any problem to get my work permit. I was a trainee for 3 months, I passed the assesment and I’ve been a pharmacist relief for some months until Boots gave me the opportunity to become a pharmacy manager.
I have to thank your agency for the support you gave me before I managed to come in England with all the paper I needed and I can say that it was really important for me all the support your people gave me starting with the airport, the account, and with some further informations that I needed.I trust a-team and I can say that all the promises are kept!
Hi ! I was recruit by Ateam few years ego… 2006 i think. But I’m not pharmacist I got technician proffecion ( Got my skills from POLAND) .So Licke I sad Ateam help my to register in RPSGB, so I help my to find a job in NHS Hospitals….
Just want to thank Ateam for this…
Many Thanks!!!!
Hi, I’m Gabor from Budapest, Hungary.
I can recommend everyone to come here, it is a great adventure and an excellent opportunity to improve language skills and know a different culture.
I arrived in England in November, 2009. Until last summer I could not imagine myself living in a foreign country and still, now I am here, thanks a million to A-team Hungary and Ioana! I must say, my expectations are fulfilled so far. The daily routine is slightly different than in Hungary, I mean handling the prescriptions, the pricing, different brand names, labeling the boxes, etc., but it is easy to learn it, Boots also organised a training course.
My collegues are really helpful, all of them. As far as I can see, the company really needs pharmacists here, as it is expanding and they have not enough manpower.
During the training course I met other people from Europe, namely Spain, Poland, Italy, Sweden, they had the same concerns as me, so I did not feel alone. There are also a lot of company people, who offered help via email or phone.
The hard part is obviously the language, speaking English well is neccessarily required. I am working in the North East in a smaller town, local people speak with accent, but one can get used to it. Some of them speak very fast, particularly the youngs, I just have to ask them to speak slower, I usually get the point for the second time. Don’t be afraid to say pardon, I am a foreigner.
By now, I found an accomodation to rent for myself and the salaries are coming in time, so there is nothing to worry about. There are some paperworks to do in the beginning, like registrations with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, the Home Office and applying for a National Insurance Number, but they can be easily done, you receive a lot of help from A-team when required.
Well, you need to invest some money for the start, but you can earn it back soon. Overall, I feel happy here.
Marathon effort for mothers and sick children
Greg Dorey, the British Ambassador to Hungary, will launch a major new fund-raising appeal, with an initial target of €50,000, at the 13th annual Budapest Burns Supper on Saturday 30 January 2010.
The plan is to raise funds to expand the number of mother and child distance trauma suites at the Second Department of Paediatrics at Budapest’s Semmelweis University Hospital, better known as SOTE II.
The rooms will allow the mothers of critically ill children coming in from the Hungarian countryside (and possibly, under certain circumstances, from outside the country’s borders) to stay with their offspring, an important aid to recovery. SOTE II has very few such facilities at present.
Tackling the fund-raising drive is A-Team DIrector, Harry Harron, who will take part in April 2010 in what is known as the toughest foot race on earth: the Marathon des Sables (MdS). Harry is running along with Simon Saunders, an English man also based in Budapest. The two men are the only Hungary-based entrants from an international field of 750, and the first for five years.
The challenge covers 250km (155 miles), which equates to about five-and-a-half marathons, and is run across the Sahara Desert over six days. Competitors have to carry with them food, clothes, medical kit, sleeping bag, in fact everything they will need for the duration, apart from water and a tent. (Water is rationed and handed out at each checkpoint.)
Harron and Saunders will have to prepare all their own food throughout the race, and will need a minimum of 2,000 calories per day. Mid-day temperatures can get as high as 49°C (about 120°F), much of the day is spent running or hiking across uneven, rocky ground, and up to 20% of the total distance actually involves traversing sand dunes.
Physical fitness is important, of course, but only a fool would underestimate the mental stress that the team will need to endure. “Even though we have run many 42km (26 mile) marathons and mountain marathons between us, this does not mean that we will find the MdS easy – we are doing lots of training,” Harron and Saunders say on their blog (http://harryandsimon.wordpress.com/).
Saunders is the elder of the two-man team at 38. Now a personal trainer, he is a former cross-country athlete who has represented the UK. Harron, a pharmacist and entrepreneur, is 37. He has plenty of running experience of his own, and has already traversed 500km (310 miles) of this desert using wind power in the form of a kite and an adapted buggy.
Directing the appeal and making sure the funds raised will be able to do the most good is the Robert Burns International Foundation, which distributes money raised by the annual Budapest Burns Supper, among other sources. Chairing the fund raising appeal will be Patrick McMenamin, who runs popular Budapest Scottish bar and restaurant The Caledonia, and who is also a member of the organising committee for the Burns Supper.
Harron and Saunders can be contacted via their blog, and Harry can be reached via email (harry.harron@ateamhr.com).
McMenamin can be contact via email on caledoniabar@yahoo.co.uk.
Press release prepared for the Robert Burns International Foundation (www.rbif.org) by Robin Marshall, Devil’s Advocate Communications.
Everything’s going well, I ‘ve just done my first day. Let say, it is hard at the moment, because I don’t understand everything at first. Probably, it takes time till I’ll be confident behind the dipensery desk. Fortunetly everybody very kind and helpful with me, and that is important. My old fashioned, tipical english hotel is very nice, located in the center of the town, therefor it takes 3 min to get to my training store. I work 8 am till half past 5 pm(I’ve got 1 hour for lunch and 15 min tea time twice a day). The working system is completely different what I’ve used to in hungary, but at least the drugs name are quiety the same.
Living in England has always been a dream
It’s becoming reality, thanks to A-team
There are a few steps that you need to follow
A training, an interview and you won’t be sorrow
The training is easy, fun… and pleasant too
Harry speaks about Boots and what they’re expected of you
Then comes the Ubelt, a surprise english test
It’s not hard, don’t worry… just do your best
If you liked the training, then comes step numer two
Take a flight straight to Budapest… you’re going to the interview
Once you are there, if you don’t know what to do
Please contact Ioana, she’s always glad to help you
A short training session before the interview
Listen very carefully and you will surely get trough
The interview is easy, just have to be calm
Common-good questions, 15 minutes and you’re done
You can now close your eyes, relax and start dreaming
’bout living in England… such a wonderful feeling
I’m sure that you think that the hardest has passed
But now comes the paperwork, how long does it last?
You have to be patient… cause it’s gonna take a while
Fill-in the documents and put on a smile
You’re very close now… can you feel it in the air?
I’m also excited… can’t wait to get there…
What?Didn’t I tell you I’m still waiting too?
Waiting… and dreaming ’bout England… just like you…
I’m interested in being a pharmacist in the UK as well!
Buna,Monica.
Ma bucur sa vad ca esti in Anglia.
Nu putea sa-ti fie decit bine,esti un profesional.
Te pup.Elena
Vrea sa iti propun ceva. Eu sunt in Romania si lucrez la un ziar. As scrie aici mai mult,dar nu vreau sa asa de public anuntul
Daca imi poti da un email pe andreea.strachina@gmail.com si povestim acolo!
Mersi fain!
Cu drag,
Andreea
hy. is anyone who didn`t passed the assesment or the ubelt test there in UK? is anyone who got sent back home ? how is the ubelt test? what kind of questions does it have? does it contain a lot of medical terms? on a scale 1 to 10 how can you rate the difficulty of the ubelt test? thank you.
Buna Monica! Poti sa imi dai te rog detalii despre plecare si cum este acum acolo?Multumesc!
Hello everybody I have a question is this suitable for students wihout working experience? ..and where can i get contact or more info, i can’t see it anywhere on the site ..thanks
Hi i am lilla from hungary and looking for pharmacyst job as soon as possible.I have 6years professional experience.
Hi Lilla,
Thank you for the interest shown to our agency. Unfortunately, we do not have active job offers for pharmacists at the moment.
For further information you can contact my colleague Ioana Florescu: ioana.florescu@ateamhr.com.
Best regards.
Hi
I am from ROmania and looking for a pharmacyst job.îs any chance for this?
Thank you
Best regards
Anca
Hi Anca,
Thank you for the interest shown to our agency. Unfortunately, at the moment we do not have active jobs for pharmacists.
Best regards,
A-Team