Various articles
Education and training
— a professional development framework
A professional development framework,
for the benefit of the pharmacy workforce with roles in education,
training and workforce development, will be launched
this month. This article describes the
rationale for developing the
framework and its use in practice
PDF (50K)
Proactive risk reduction — by a gastroenterology
pharmacist
Patients who suffer from inflammatory
bowel disease are often prescribed high risk, immunosuppressant
medicines. This article describes a pharmacy-led service to help
reduce the risk associated with these drugs and improve patient
safety
PDF (50K)
Young pharmacists are starting to develop
cross-sector portfolio careers
Locum pharmacists are riding a booming
market, with more and more community pharmacies planning extended
hours, writes Debbie Andalo
PDF (110K)
Helping preregistration trainees meet Society and NHS requirements
Hospital preregistration trainee pharmacists
must meet the requirements of both the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
and the NHS. This article describes a Knowledge and
Skills Framework outline developed for trainees, that links to
the Society’s performance standards
PDF (50K)
NHS technical specialists — strengthening
the career path
Recruitment and retention of pharmacy
technical specialists is becoming increasingly important to ensure
that NHS safety objectives are met. This article describes the
initiation of a project to develop a defined career structure
for this group of staff
PDF (60K)
Bridging the gap between primary and secondary
care of the elderly
Annett Blochberger is a former hospital
pharmacist, now working at Nightingale House in Wandsworth, the UK’s
largest nursing home. This article outlines the benefits, challenges
and tasks involved
in working as a pharmacist in this setting
PDF (50K)
Workforce development — rising to current
challenges
Supporting pharmacy workforce development
is difficult in the current financial climate. This article highlights
some of the challenges faced by education and training practitioners,
and suggests practical solutions
PDF (50K)
Becoming a good leader — the role of
mentoring
Mentoring is a recognised way of developing
leadership skills, but its full potential has not been realised
in pharmacy. This article examines the attitudes of pharmacist
mentors and mentees and describes a mentorship database developed
in response
PDF (50K)
Becoming a good leader — developing
the skills required
Leadership skills are particularly important
in a changing NHS. This article describes some current opinion
about leadership qualities and suggests ways in which they might
be developed in pharmacy staff
PDF (40K)
Working as part of a British Heart Foundation multidisciplinary team
Heart failure is a complex syndrome
and a multidisciplinary approach to its management is advocated.
This article describes the role of a pharmacist who, together
with a nurse, delivers a heart failure service to patients in
Northampton
PDF (80K)
Pharmacy in Singapore — comparing experiences
in the UK and Asia
After four years of working as a clinical pharmacist at a teaching hospital in London, Victoria Coleman left the UK to work in Singapore. In this article she describes the Singaporean health system, the requirements for registering as a pharmacist and her experiences of working in the intensive care unit of the National Heart Centre in Singapore
PDF (110K)
Implementing and updating a learning needs analysis
toolkit
Learning needs analysis seeks to balance the preferences of staff
with the skill needs of their department and trust. This article
describes the updating and implementing of a previously-developed
tool kit
PDF (40K)
Undertaking an MBA — what is involved?
Many pharmacists find that obtaining a postgraduate qualification
in management can help their career. This article describes one
pharmacist's experience of undertaking a master of business administration
degree on a full-time basis
PDF (50K)
Obtaining a US pharmacist licence — a
personal experience
When the opportunity to live in the US arose, UK-trained hospital
pharmacist, Sara Barrow, was keen to take it. This article sets
out
her experiences of obtaining a licence to practise pharmacy in
the state of Washington
PDF (50K)
Pain
management — the role of the specialist pharmacist
A career in pain management requires a multidisciplinary approach and an understanding
that drugs may not always be the most appropriate solution. This article describes
the role of a specialist pharmacist in pain management, the skills required for
the job and the challenges that a pharmacist may encounter
PDF (50K)
Clinical governance — Career opportunities
for pharmacists
Pharmacists are becoming increasingly involved in clinical governance
following Government reforms in recent years. This article examines
the skills and experience required of pharmacists working in
this field
PDF (100K)
Learning about prescribing in the undergraduate
pharmacy degree course: the Manchester experience
Jason Hall and Darren Ashcroft describe their experiences of developing
and running a module on pharmacist prescribing for pharmacy undergraduates
PDF (60K)
A year in the life of a supplementary prescriber
It is now just over a year since the first hospital-based pharmacists
registered as supplementary prescribers with the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society. This article looks at how and why one pharmacist took
on this role and examines the impact it has had on his day-to-day
working life
PDF (90K)
The pension crisis — what the future is for NHS
employees
In future NHS employees may have to work longer, for a lower pension,
as a result of the government review of the NHS pension scheme.
This article reviews the history of pensions, the current provisions,
the causes of the pension crisis and the likely solutions
PDF (110K)
The new workplace culture of conflict
New legislation intended to reduce the number of disputes reaching
employment tribunals was enacted last month. This article suggests
how problems between employers and employees should now be resolved
at an earlier stage
PDF (65K)
How can pharmacists become better managers?
Management issues affect
all hospital pharmacists – from
those at a junior level who have responsibility for their own personal
and professional development to those with more strategic issues
to deal with. This article looks at the skills needed to manage
well and considers management training issues
PDF (100K)
Adopting a strategy for practitioner development In
the January 2004 issue of Hospital Pharmacist,
these authors outlined their strategy
for practitioner development. In this article,
they propose in detail how a pharmacist's career
could develop, leading to practice at consultant
level
PDF (100K)
DPharm Degree — why
a doctorate degree for pharmacists
is needed UK academic institutions
are now offering a doctorate degree
in pharmacy. This article suggests
why a doctorate of pharmacy is needed
and explains how one was setup
PDF (60K)
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Crisis management: a day in the life of a pharmacist more (PDF 60K)
Successful job-hunting Applying for a new job
is a difficult and stressful process. This article highlights the
key points for success with application forms, curricula vitae
and interviews
PDF (100K)
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