Profile

Hello. 🙂

I am a very active person who loves to try new things which means I have lots of hobbies. I used to do gymnastics and love to horse ride. I used to be part of a gospel choir at university and we won the best gospel choir in the UK award. I also go to aerial hoop classes (acrobatic moves on a hoop hanging from the ceiling). I have recently started learning how to street dance which was nerve-racking at first but it is actually super fun and I’ve met some really cool people.

I love face paint so any events like Halloween is a great excuse for me to get the face paint out.

I collect house plants and they all have their own name.

My job title as a ‘Pharmacist’ can send you down all sorts of paths. You can work in industry where you work in labs and maybe even discover a new medicine. You can work in the community either in your own pharmacy where you help customers and hand out their prescriptions or in a doctor’s surgery helping the doctors complete medication reviews. Or like me you can work in hospitals, looking after very poorly patients who are admitted to your ward. Helping people get better is a really satisfying job.

First things first – Cuppa Tea or Coffee

Check for any new patients – we need to make sure the doctors have prescribed all their medication and any allergies they may have.

Visit one of my wards – I will either check all the patients medication charts or I will attend ward round.

Ward rounds – This is a big team meeting and will include the consultant, junior doctors, ward pharmacist (me), occupational therapy, nurse, psychologists, social workers, family members sometimes and the patient. We discuss the patient and what plans we have to help them and make them better. The patient will get a chance to speak and tell us how they are feeling and what questions and needs they may have. Ward rounds are my favourite as it is a great environment to learn from other healthcare professionals and the patient.

After lunchtime I catch up with emails – maybe a doctor has emailed me a question that I need to answer OR sometimes I have to work in the pharmacy. In the pharmacy we prepare medication to be sent to the wards or medication for patients to take home when they are discharged from hospital.

Sometimes I will need to speak to patients myself in a one-to-one consultation. I discuss new medication with them and any questions they may have or we can discuss any concerns or questions they have in general about their medication. For example, one patient wanted to discuss herbal medicines with me the other day and whether he can take them.