DepartmentTLA
Candidate NameAtta Bennett Cooke
Mobile Phone+447935276167
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GradeBand 8
SpecialtyPharmacist
Please summarise your career over the last 3 years

Clinical Pharmacist working as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide excellent clinical, therapeutic and pharmaceutical care to service service users and their families as a whole.

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? *

Flexibility

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?

Severe staffing shortages: worked together as a team supporting each other and prioritising workload according to clinical urgency and importance.
In the end we were able to pull together and maintain an effective service provision to our patients and colleagues.

What is your understanding of the Medicines Act 1968?

It is a comprehensive system that allows control of all aspects of medicine by the Independent Medicine Commission which reports to UK health officials/Licensing Authority.

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

You should enquire and ascertain the appropriateness and validity of the request for the patient. It is important in clinical practice to establish a medically approved treatment plan for a patient. Where there is a lack of clarity further advice must be sought from an appropriate clinician.

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

I would seek to obtain accurate information on the matter and then seek to bring about an investigation and resolution to the matter. Where relevant, lessons will be learnt, discussed and reviewed, to ensure said incident does not occur again.

Please outline your understanding of Clinical Governance.

It is a framework through which NHS organisations and their staff are accountable for continuously improving the quality of patient care.

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

The parents of a patient disagreed on the treatment plan for their child.
I sat with the family in a one-to-one session where I explained and provided advice, guidance and information on their child’s treatment plan, the medication, it’s indication, effectiveness and side effect profile.
This helped alleviate their concerns as they were better informed and involved in the clinical care of their child.

Candidate NameAtta Bennett Cooke
Candidate Signature
Date of Candidate Signature23/01/2024
Date of Interviewer Signature23/01/2024