Professional Documents
Culture Documents
in Scotland
• Roles of pharmacists
• Pre-registration year
• Career structure
• Summer placements
Who will you find in a hospital
pharmacy department?
Who will you find in a hospital
pharmacy department?
Pharmacists
Pre-registration pharmacists
Technicians
Student technicians
Porters
Optimise
Person centred
pharmaceutical
care
care
Quality Multidisciplinary
improvement team
Medicines
Education &
management /
training
formulary
Wee Jeanie
• 82 years old
• Admitted with
neutropenic sepsis
following last cycle of
chemotherapy
ADMISSIONS UNIT
Pharmacist:
Medicines reconciliation
• Confirm allergy status
• Confirm drug history (two sources)
Thromboprophylaxis
• Check weight, renal function and platelets to
ensure dalteparin dose correct/appropriate
Technician:
• Check patient’s own drugs
Gentamicin
ASEPTC PRODUCTION
Therapeutic drug
monitoring
Getting medicines to the patient
INPATIENT WARD
Discharge planning
discharge letter, compliance aids,
medicine charts
Patient education
Parenteral nutrition
Intravenous products
Chemotherapy
Pre-reg
Pre-registration year
Foundation training
• Invited to visit
– Lothian