DepartmentTLA
Candidate NameOlubunmi Bakare
Mobile Phone+447529859249
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GradeBand 8
SpecialtyPharmacist
Please summarise your career over the last 3 years

I worked as a PCN pharmacist over the last 3 years while also working for the ambulance service on the weekend. In the last 18months I have gone on to obtain my prescribing qualification.

Have you ever been disciplined, suspended, or are you currently under investigation by an NHS Trust, GPHC or other employer (including other agencies) – if yes, please give details

No

Why have you chosen to register with The Locum Agency? *

I have been registered with TLA for over 5 years.
I have dealt with Danny for a few years. I particularly like his proactive nature. He is pleasant to deal with and gets things done when needed.

Tell me about a recent occasion when you were under pressure and handled it successfully. - What was the situation? - What actions did you take? - What was the outcome?

I was working as a Locum pharmacist in a community pharmacy. I turned up to work and was told that the dispenser had phoned in sick and that I would be on my own all day.
The day started with me planning how I was going to manage the tasks on my own. I divided the tasks and started with the most pressing before moving on to the next. I enlisted the help of the sales assistant where necessary and managed to complete all the tasks successfully by the end of the day.

What is your understanding of the Medicines Act 1968?

The act classifies medications into 3 categories
- POM
-P medicines
-GSL

It provides a system of licensing for manufacturing and dealing in medicines.

You are asked to prescribe medication which is not clearly documented within the patients notes and medical record. What should you do?

I will seek to gain clarification from the dr or whomever is in the best position to tell what the medication is before going ahead to prescribe it.

What steps would you take, going forward if you become aware of an incident or complaint, which you were involved or implicated in?

I will report the incident using the right tools in place, I will write reflection cpd on the supposed incident and then try and put things in place to help avoid such incident recurring.

Please outline your understanding of Clinical Governance.

Clinical governance may be defined as 'the framework through which healthcare organisations are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high quality of care.

Thinking about a recent difficult situation you’ve had with patient’s relatives – How did you handle this and the outcome

I had a patient’s daughter come in to complain about her mother’s medication not haven’t been delivered at the right time. I handled the situation by being empathetic and transparent. I was apologetic and owned up to our mistake but also made her aware of the true situation of things and highlighted reasons for the failing in the system, I then went on to rectify the issue there and then while putting things in place to ensure it didn’t happen again.

Candidate NameOlubunmi Bakare
Candidate Signature
Date of Candidate Signature13/12/2023
Date of Interviewer Signature13/12/2023