| Please summarise your career over the last 3 years | 05/04/2023- 15/05/2024 - Medicine information and clinical Trials Pharmacist- Whittington Hospital
• Providing evidence-based information and expert advice on the use of medicines to answer patient specific enquiries about medicines, and providing advice and information to ensure the safe, effective and economic use of medicines.
• Providing day to day supervision and senior support to the Medicines Information team, and to those on rotations in Medicines Information.
• Being responsible for maintenance of the Medicines Information database, and for the provision of access to relevant, up to date information sources in accordance with UKMi recommendations.
• Participating in setting up clinical trials as well as screening & dispensing clinical trials prescriptions
23/12/2023 till 04/04/2024 – Career break to finish Diploma work.
06/12/23 till 22/12/2023 – Locum pharmacist for prison pharmacy services Band 7 in HMP Wandsworth prison
Duties include:
• Screening inpatient requests.
• Screening TTAs
• Remote Medicine Reconciliations
• Answering queries from Drs & other healthcare professionals.
09/10/23 till 05/12/23 – Locum Pharmacist Band 7 in Watford general Hospital
Dispensary duties including:
• Screening Ferinject prescriptions for future appointments to be given on MDU
• Screening infliximab prescriptions for future appointments to be given on MDU
• Screening Homecare prescriptions
• Screening inpatients requests for Ambulatory care unit , elderly assessment unit , peadiatric assessment unit , accident & emergency unit.
• Screening out patient prescription for TB , eye clinic , dermatology clinic etc
• Screening TTAs for maternity ward , care of elderly , paediatric assessment unit , etc
17/08/23 till 08/10/23 – Career break for study
06/22- 10/22 then 30/12/2022- till 16/08/23 – Locum clinical Pharmacist in North Middlesex Hospital.
• I used to cover Care of elderly wards (COE) in addition to covering cape town & canterbury wards which are COE wards in chase farm hospital.
• I have covered surgical wards which includes general surgeries & orthopaedic surgeries.
• I used to cover 34 bed ward (Magnolia unit) in St Micheal’s community hospital.It is rehab unit for stroke patients & orthopaedic patients & patients who had cardiovascular system events.
• I used to do medical reconciliation & confirm drug histories with patient or next of Kin or nursing homes.
• I used to attend ward round with Drs & nurses & advise them on anything related to the patient medicines.
• I used to screen TTAs if the patient is considered to go home.
• I used to do CD audits, in addition to medicine management audits to manage CD stock & medicine stock on the ward, return any expired CD or CD Pods to pharmacy for destruction.
01/21 - 06/22 clinical Pharmacist & Bank clinical trial pharmacist band 7 in Barnet General Hospital
• I was in clinical ward rotation. So, I had covered, maternity ward, medical ward, cardiology ward, elderly ward & Adult Assessment Unit ward in addition to surgical wards.
• I used to do medical reconciliation & confirm drug histories with patient or next of Kin or nursing homes.
• I used to attend ward round with Drs & nurses & advise them on anything related to the patient medicines.
• I used to screen TTAs if the patient is considered to go home.
• I do CD audits on the ward to manage CD stock on the ward, return any expired CD.
• Also, I had participated in setting up some clinical trials in Barnet Hospital such as Recovery trial for COVID patient, etc.
08/2019 – 12/2020 (maternity leave).
18/03/2019-01/08/2019 Pharmacist Band 6 in Barnet General Hospital – Royal free London foundation trust.
• I used to check prescriptions for errors, ensuring they're appropriate and safe for the individual patient.
• I used to provide advice on the dosage of medicines and the most appropriate form of medication, which could be by tablet, injection, ointment or inhaler.
• I used to participate in ward rounds to take patient drug histories.
• I used to liaise with other medical staff on problems patients may experience when taking their medicines.
• I used to discuss treatments with patients' relatives, community pharmacists and GPs.
• I used to answer questions about medicines from within the hospital.
• I used to keep up to date with guidelines for drug use within the hospital and implement hospital regulations.
• I used to provide information on expenditure on drugs.
• I used to screen TTA's & inpatient requests.
• I used to screen paper prescriptions for mental health e.g. depot risperidone, arbibrazole etc.
31/10/17 – Nov 2018 Cancer Pharmacist at GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL, Swindon United KINGDOM
I had an active role in providing a clinical pharmacy service to oncology and hematology patients, undertaking the following key roles:
• Clinically screening and verifying chemotherapy prescriptions.
• Providing a high-quality clinical ward-based service.
• Participating in the multi-disciplinary ward rounds
• Involvement in the running and screening of clinical trials.
• Advising on drug related queries.
• Participating in teaching within the multi-disciplinary team
• Supervising the duties of pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists and technicians
05/08/2016 – 31/09/2017 pre-registered pharmacist trainee at Buxton and Grant Pharmacy Clifton Bristol
1.To assist in the operations and dispensing of prescriptions and the supply
of pharmaceutical products including controlled drugs and appliances
ensuring safety and clinical appropriateness.
2.Maintaining reasonable dispensary stock levels.
3.Preparing weekly multi-dose pill boxes, usually for the elderly but also for those with memory/learning difficulties, where tablets are placed in
compartments for specified days of the week
4. Responding to symptoms and recommending appropriate OTC
medicines.
5. Counselling and advising patients appropriately under supervision.
6. Dealing with customer complaints promptly and efficiently in accordance
with the pharmacy policy.
7.Responding to queries from patients and GPs and this including
answering the phone and replying to e-mails.
From 1st of September to 4th of September 2015, I was on a placement in Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion.
From 2013, I was fulfilling the prerequisites of the registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council which I have recently fulfilled.
2012 – 2013 Clyde Chemist – Newcastle upon Tyne – UK
Dispensing Assistant
• Taking in and handling out prescriptions.
• Dispensing prescriptions.
• Helping to maintain reasonable dispensary stock levels.
• Receiving, loading and unloading incoming goods from wholesalers, manufacturers and elsewhere.
• Pre-packing, assembling and labelling medicines.
• Preparing weekly multi-dose pill boxes, usually for the elderly but also for those with memory/learning difficulties, where tablets are placed in compartments for specified days of the week.
2006 – 2010 Nasser Institute Hospital for Research and Treatment -Cairo-Egypt
Hospital Pharmacist in the unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplants
• I used to participate in maintaining and developing the Clinical Pharmacy services in the hematology unit and this would include taking full drug history from patient and the patient carer, clinical and accuracy checking of prescriptions issued by the other healthcare profession, making sure the dose is suitable for the patient's age and especially when it is a chemotherapy, giving advice to other healthcare professionals about different kinds of chemotherapy and how to handle them particularly during administration.
I used to attend ward round according to my Rota.
I used to add the doses of different patients taking the same chemotherapy
in order to reduce waste since some of the medications are quite expensive.
I used to attend conferences, training and workshops as part of my continuing professional development.
I used to contribute in training pharmacy assistants as well as ward nurses how to use medications on crush cart to resuscitate a patient).
I used to contribute to an audit including data collection from the patients, nurses and even clinicians, analyzing those data and writing up report for the chief pharmacist.
• I used to communicate recommendations on drug therapy to doctors, nurses and other relevant healthcare professionals. In addition, providing advice on the appropriate dosage form of medication, for example, tablet, injection, ointment or inhaler.
•I used to ensure all work complies with standards of practice, risk management and health and safety policies and protocols including the handling of cytotoxic drugs and evidence based.
• I used to ensure medicines are stored appropriately and securely. Besides, working in the quality control section of the pharmacy department.
•I used to ensure the completion of appropriate documentation and records.
• I used to participate in shift working, national holidays, weekend working, extended working hours in accordance with the relevant Rota and Emergency Duty Rota
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