What You'll Learn

• Understand the working environment within a hospital pharmacy.
• Gain comprehensive, step-by-step awareness of the in-patient process and types of prescriptions. This includes viewing real-life drug charts, screening prescriptions, troubleshooting errors, and discussing possible interventions.
• Focus on how controlled drugs are managed within the hospital, as well as gaining an understanding of prescribing requirements and electronic Controlled Drug (CD) registers
• Join discussions around medicines management, the implementation of NPSA alerts, and the prevention of Never Events.
• Acquire a comprehensive insight into the specific roles and responsibilities of clinical pharmacists, including specialist pharmacists such as surgical and consultant pharmacists.
• Understand the process of devising a pharmaceutical care plan and understand the key differences between medical and surgical in-patients.
• Understand what the provision of Medicines Information (MI) services entails and gain insight into key reference resources used routinely.
• Have the opportunity to review real-life MI enquiries, understand the process for enquiry handling.
• Gain insight into how procurement operates within a hospital pharmacy.
• Gain insight into Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) prescribing and the pharmacist's role within the wider multi-disciplinary TPN team. View TPN prescriptions while understanding key indications for TPN and its composition.
• Gain a detailed understanding of how hospital pharmacists develop professionally and discuss career progression.
• Receive tips for interview preparation and learn how to apply to become a hospital pharmacist.