James Paget University Hospital NHS Trust

Foundation training
 
We offer 2 placements

Our trainee pharmacists are integral members of the team and are supported by highly skilled Designated supervisors throughout the year. In addition, we have a Training Pharmacist Manager who oversees the Foundation Training year and can provide support where necessary to supervisors and trainees.

As a trainee pharmacist you will:

• Have regular meetings with your personal Designated supervisor to discuss progress and review your electronic evidence portfolio.
• Work alongside experienced pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants and other members of the pharmacy team.
• Be given ample opportunities to apply your knowledge in practice.
• Follow a comprehensive rotational programme that provides a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice in preparation for your first Band 6 Pharmacist post.

Rotations

• A range of clinical wards and specialties
• Aseptic and non-aseptic dispensing
• Dispensary
• Clinical trials
• Ordering and Distribution

 

Other Placements

• Community Pharmacy (2-3 weeks)
• Specialist Nursing Services throughout the trust (1-2 weeks)

• Build your clinical knowledge and skills throughout the year by starting off with an hour each day in clinical settings, gradually increasing to the point where you are seeing all the patients on one ward by the end of your training year.
• Participate in CPPE Optimise sessions, JPUH Learning at Lunch sessions, Clinical team meetings etc.
• Take part in the UEA Foundation Training Programme, preparing you for the GPhC registration assessment and your first Band 6 pharmacist post.
• Participate in the weekend and bank holiday rotas.

 

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The Pharmacy department

The Pharmacy department employs approximately 70 staff to provide medication supplies as well as clinical and aseptic services to wards and departments within the hospital, and also to external healthcare providers under service level agreements.

Clinical services - Working closely with nursing and medical staff, our team of Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians work to ensure patients get the best out of their medicines during their hospital stay. The pharmacy team ensure patients’ medications are reconciled on admission, optimised during their in-patient stay, and clinically validated at the point of discharge. We have recently expanded our clinical pharmacy service to cover areas such as A&E and hope to expand this further in the near future to cover areas such as pre-assessment clinics.

Dispensary - The dispensary is a very busy area of the pharmacy department, dispensing medications for in-patients, out-patients, discharge and for external hospitals. The department has an automated dispensing robot and has recently undergone a full modernisation.

Aseptic and Non-Aseptic Dispensing Unit – we have up to date aseptic facilities for the preparation of chemotherapy, monoclonal antibody therapies and total parenteral nutrition. We have an Oncology and a Haematology specialist pharmacist, both of whom work very closely with clinicians and patients in their specialist areas.

Education and Training Opportunities - Regular training sessions are held which trainee pharmacists are encouraged to attend. We also hold fortnightly learning at lunch sessions where all our pharmacists and trainee pharmacists present on interesting cases, diseases, and pharmacological interventions. We hope to extend our training programme, to include collaborative learning with the medical and nursing students and the junior doctors.

Ordering and Distribution – order and receive all deliveries and supply medications to our hospital wards and clinics, and external providers. The stores team provide a top-up service to our wards to ensure patients have access to medications at the right time.