Ikram Janati

Gained experience across multiple Primary Care Networks (PCNs), managing both acute and long-term conditions. Key responsibilities included:

• Conducting face-to-face and telephone medication reviews to optimise treatment and ensure patient safety, with a strong focus on patient-centred care and shared decision-making.
• Conducting chronic disease reviews (primarily diabetes and hypertension) as well as preventative assessments such as cardiovascular risk evaluations and NHS Health Checks. This included performing clinical assessments (e.g., blood pressure checks), interpreting clinical tests and investigations, and engaging in shared decision-making with patients.
• Using Docman and electronic health records to complete medication reconciliations and process clinic letters.
• Handling medication-related queries and prescription requests from patients and healthcare professionals.
• Promoting public health initiatives during consultations, referring patients to relevant local services and support programs when appropriate.
• Participating in education and training, which included delivering training sessions for the reception team and presenting patient cases to the pharmacy team.
• Leading a medication safety audit on DOACs, which included collaborating with the multidisciplinary team to optimise treatment and presenting the findings along with proposed strategies in a practice meeting to reduce medication-related risks and errors.
• Implementing cost-saving measures to optimise prescribing efficiency while maintaining patient safety.

Rotated across a variety of specialties, gaining experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Key responsibilities included:

• Conducting medication reconciliations with patients to ensure accurate and safe prescribing.
• Assisting in the ordering and supply of medications and coordinating patient discharges to support a safe and effective transition of care.
• Performing clinical medication reviews, identifying prescribing errors, and collaborating with the multidisciplinary team to enhance patient safety.
• Providing counselling on newly started medications to ensure patients understood proper usage, the benefits and risks, and any relevant precautions and safety measures.
• Completing medication safety audits, ensuring compliance with regulations and best practices for medication storage in wards.
• Dispensing and accuracy-checking medications, including controlled drugs (CDs), while ensuring legal compliance and clinical safety.
• Supporting the education and training of pharmacy students by guiding them through care plan development and clinical discussions.
• Answering medication-related queries during the medicines information rotation, providing evidence-based recommendations.

• Collaborated with the pharmacy team to deliver a customer-focused service, ensuring a positive patient experience.
• Managed stock inventory, including receiving new stock, monitoring expiry dates, and ensuring proper storage.
• Dispensed medications accurately, ensuring prescriptions were clinically safe and complied with legal requirements.
• Shadowed the pharmacist during patient consultations, gaining insight into patient counselling, and clinical decision-making.
• Developed proficiency in using the controlled drugs register in accordance with legal requirements.