Adebisi Anota

• Undertook clinical medication reviews and make recommendations to clinicians e.g. GPs; nurses etc involved with their care on prescribing and monitoring
• Made recommendations on appropriate alternatives to medicines in situations where there are national and or local drug shortages so as to support the continuity of care and prevent or reduce delay in ongoing treatment to manage their long-term condition
• Provided a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines.
• Managed the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review to the GP.
• Managed medicines at discharge from hospital by reconciling medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identified and rectified unexplained changes and worked with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they needed post discharge.
• Set up and managed systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high risk groups of patients (e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes).
• Worked with care home staff to improve on safety of medicines ordering and administration.
• Led on quality improving projects, clinical audits as well as supporting the practice in some aspects of the quality and outcomes frame work.
• Undertook simple audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implemented changes in conjunction with the practice team
• Worked with the practice manager and GPs to ensure the practice was compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
• Contributed to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations, and adult immunisation programmes as per Public health England campaigns
• Answered all medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff and patients with queries about medicines.
• Implemented changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
• Collaborated with hospital staff to maintain patient care continuity and minimise risks.

• Managed repeat medication requests and provided medication advice
• Provided routine minor illness consultations
• Provided pharmaceutical care and advice to clinicians, patients and carers accessing IC24 services Out of Hours urgent primary care service

• Provided a clinical pharmacy service to the stroke ward, stroke rehab ward, Coronary Care Unit, Admission Assessment Unit (AAU), Cardiology, Endocrinology ward and Surgical ward.
• Helped with training pre-registration pharmacist, pharmacy students and junior pharmacists on the ward.
• Improved medication safety for patients through comprehensive drug reviews and interventions.
• Led staff training sessions for improved knowledge and skills in pharmacology.
• Enhanced patient care by providing expert advice on prescription medications.

• Provided a clinical pharmacy service to the Surgical Wards (including the short stay surgical and orthopaedic wards) and the Medical wards- such as the Elderly care wards, endocrinology and gastroenterology ward, cardiovascular wards, coronary care unit and stroke ward.
• Worked alongside the antimicrobial pharmacist to carry out antibiotic stewardship audits on the ward.

Main role -
Provided pharmaceutical expertise and input into the care of the patients within the hospital supporting the pharmacy department to deliver an excellent medicines management to all customers and responsible for the clinical service which included as below

• Facilitated the daily running of the pharmacy department providing a safe and effective medicines management service to all patients, staff, consultants and customers.
• Supervised the procurement, dispensing and distribution of medicines while supervising junior staff members in the delivery of medicines management service.
• Provided a medicines information service to consultants, Staff, patients and carers.
• Ensuring revenue capture for the hospital by accurate, timely charging and correct billing of patients .Regularly updating departmental chargeable drug lists and communicating the relevant departments.
• Ensured that the specific role related competencies and learning as well as the requisite mandatory training courses the pharmacy staff were completed within the required timescale.
• Helped to build and maintain positive working relationships both within the pharmacy department and across the hospital as a whole.
• Provided support to other staff in the hospital as appropriate to help deliver the hospital clinical, commercial and operational targets.
• Ensured compliance with all Infection Prevention and Control policies and procedures .
• Participated in any audit process and review as required.
• Assisted in the management of complaints and took corrective actions as required
• Helped to promote a culture of customer service throughout the hospital and identified areas for improvement as appropriate.
• Ensured to maximise efficiency and business growth of the company . Maintained stock control and secure storage of pharmaceutical supplies within the clinical areas of responsibility and ensured the stock levels were managed effectively.
• Assisted in the identification of commercial opportunities to improve the profitability of the department.

• Worked as a clinical pharmacist covering areas where support was needed such as the surgical division(main support)- general surgery and orthopaedic wards. Also areas covered were the endocrine and stroke ward as well as the admission areas such as the medical short stay unit.
• Worked together with a team of designated technicians and pharmacist to provide a holistic patient oriented clinical pharmacy service to the various areas responding to the needs of the ward.
• Worked as a responsible pharmacist on a dispensary slot mainly clinically validating outpatient prescriptions from various outpatient clinics and inpatient drug charts as well as homecare prescriptions. Also checked clinical trial prescriptions.

• Workedas a clinical Pharmacist covering areas where support is needed such as the the acute medicalshort stay ward, Critical Care Area units such as Intensive Care Unit(ITU), Surgical High Dependency Unit(SHDU), Medical High Dependency Unit(MHDU). Gastro and Endocrine medicalwards, Orthopaedic wards and General Surgical wards.
• Various duties included attending consultant led ward rounds on the critical care units and acting as a advisory support in relation to appropriate safe and clinical effective prescribing.
• Worked together with assigned technicians to provide a clinical pharmacy service's which duties included undertaking medicines reconciliation, clinically validating inpatient drug charts ensuring appropriate,safe clinical costeffective prescribing., adherence to the trust formulary and responded to the needs of the ward to ensure a timely discharge process in relation to the patients medicines.
• Carried out CD audits as well as Medicine Security audits on assigned wards.
• Was on a dispensary slot once to twice a week as a responsible pharmacist which involved clinically validating and accuracy checking inpatient and outpatient prescriptions. Providedcounselling on medication where appropriate to patients to aid compliance and optimum benefitsfrom their medication.

• Provided a clinical pharmacy service to the critical care areas boththe Intensive Care Unit andHigh Dependency Unit -provided specialist pharmacy advice during consultant led ward rounds.
• Provided a limited clinical pharmacy service to the vascular surgical ward
• Acted as a responsible pharmacist in the dispensary which involved clinical screening and accuracy checking prescriptions ranging from outpatient, inpatient, oncology to clinical trial prescriptions.

• Managed the clinical pharmacy service to the Level 2 critical care area in surgery.Delivered an effective Clinical pharmacy service to surgical patients and actively responded to the needs of the unit with the objective of an ensured, safe, clinical effective and cost effective use of medicines within the unit.
• Provided specialist pharmacy advice in critical care to pharmacy staff.
• Promoted efficient discharge planning which included transcribing medication for discharge prescriptions.
• Ensured patients were informed and understood their medication treatment before discharged Provided specialist pharmacy critical care advice during consultant led ward rounds.
• Ensured antibiotic guidelines were adhered to and where appropriate worked with the antibiotic pharmacist to resolve antibiotic related issues within the unit.
• Prescribed Total Parenteral Nutrition in conjunction with the dietician.
• Worked as an advanced clinical practitioner in the level 2 critical care areas for medicine such -the Medical High Dependency Unit and Coronary Critical Unit as back upcover and supported the ward based team in Surgery.
• Worked as an advanced clinical practitioner in the level 3 critical area as back up cover
• Provided teaching to Nurses at a trust level on Pharmaceutical aspects of Intravenous drugs
• Worked in the dispensary - Checked inpatient and outpatient prescriptions for appropriate dosage, drug interactions, allergies and contra-indications before dispensing after which an accuracy check for dispensing was done.Effectively prioritised tasks and organised workflow to increase efficiency.

• Worked as a discharge pharmacist on the surgical wards and ensured a timely efficient discharge service.
• Validated and Clinically checked Inpatient and Outpatient prescriptions.
• Counselled patients on their medication.

• Had undergone a rotational programme in Patient Services, Radiopharmacy, Aseptic Services, Quality Control, Medicines.
• Provided information and Clinical Pharmacy services/medicines management.
• Involved in late night and on call duties on a rota basis.

• Worked in the Dispensary Checked prescriptions for appropriate dosage, drug interactions, allergies and contra-indications before dispensing medications.
• Effectively prioritised tasks and organised workflow to increase efficiency.

• Provided a clinical pharmacy service to the orthopaedic ward and care of the elderly ward.
• Contributed to the dispensary services on a rota basis
• Supervised the work of pre-registration pharmacists.

• Had undergone a basic grade rotation in Medicines Information, Clinical Pharmacy Services, Production services( Aseptic and Non sterile unit).
• Had an on-call commitment.

• Provided a pharmacy service to the dispensary which involved clinically checking and accuracy checking both inpatient and.
• outpatient prescriptions,.
• Provided a clinical pharmacy service to a general surgical ward, medical wards such as cardiovascular ward , respiratory ward, endocrinology ward, haematology ward and HIV ward
• Maintained accurate and detailed records of all medications processed through pharmacy.

• Provided a pharmacy service to the dispensary which involved validating and final checking both inpatient and outpatient and prescriptions.

• Had undergone a pre-registration training rotation in Medicines Information, Clinical Pharmacy Services, Dispensary,Production Services(Aseptic and Non sterile unit).

• Retrieved, collated and updated data.
• Responded to queries.

• Was based in the dispensary and dispensed both inpatient and outpatient prescriptions.

• Provided a community pharmacy service - Dispensed and final checked prescriptions Counselled patients on their medication to enhance compliance Acted as medicines information support to the doctors in relation to medicines Regularly stocked shelves, rotated stock and checked for expired medications.

• Mainly based in the Hospital Dispensary Validated and finally checked outpatient and inpatient prescriptions
• Counselled patients on the use of their medication to ensure compliance
• Prepared medications such as emulsions, liquids, powders and ointments in the production department.

• undergone an internship training and rotated in accident and emergency pharmacy, outpatient pharmacy, inpatient pharmacy and production services.