• Became accustomed to incorporating CPD activities into my weekly routine, maximising my contribution to patients and keeping myself abreast of new developments in healthcare.• Assisted in the development of a point-of-care-testing service for the identification of patients at high- risk of streptococcal pharyngitis likely to require antimicrobial treatment.

• Improved my organisational and prioritisation skills in order to effectively manage heavy caseloads on my surgical rotation. • Actively participated in the management of cardiac arrests as a part of multiple, on-call arrest teams.• Became very familiar with the donning and doffing procedures for PPE when managing patients with 'contact', 'droplet' and 'airborne' precautions. • Adapted to a constantly changing work schedule spread across multiple medical specialities as a part of the hospital's contingency plans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Mastered basic procedural skills, including aseptic venepuncture, wide-bore cannulation, arterial blood gas acquisition, urethral catheterisation, nasal packing, central line removal, electrocardiography, nasogastric tube insertion, medication reconstitution and drug administration via giving sets.• Integrated well into both intradisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams.• Developed a systematic, problems-based approach to the management of acute medical / surgical issues encountered on the wards.• Became familiar with the ordering of radiological investigations – including the advantages and disadvantages of the more common imaging modalities.• Learned how and when to prescribe and request blood / blood products from the lab.• Consented patients for a multitude of investigative and surgical procedures.• Completed incident reports to a high standard when nursing, medical and pharmacy errors were identified on the wards.

• Monitored the progress and adherence of long-term POM users with their medication regimes and helped to resolve any drug therapy issues which were encountered.• Advised patients of their eligibility to receive healthcare products under the various governmental drug schemes and assisted them in making applications for the same.• Dispensed methadone to patients under the associated governmental drug scheme.• Identified and set about resolving multitudinous pharmaceutical care issues which arose amongpatients and customers presenting to the pharmacy.• Assisted in the hosting of in-store health promotion events to raise awareness around topical issues(e.g. diabetes) and offered enhanced pharmacy services (e.g. compression hosiery, BP checks, etc).• Became adept at balancing patient/customer care needs with the monetary gain of the establishment;including link-selling where it was deemed appropriate and beneficial to the customer.• Offered private consultations to patients with onerous medication regimens, those using high-riskdrugs, and during the sale of pharmacy-only products e.g. amorolfine, orlistat and levonorgestrel.• Ensured that the pharmacy operated in line with all of the relevant legal requirements enumerated inIrish legislation and the practice guidelines set out by the PSI.• Became accustomed to incorporating CPD activities into my weekly routine, maximising thecontribution I can make to my customers and keeping abreast of new developments in pharmacy.

• Assumed responsibility for the daily operation of a community pharmacy business and supervised, assisted and collaborated with the staff working by my side.• Provided lifestyle advice and medication counselling to patients purchasing products OTC and topatients commencing ‘prescription only’ medications for acute and chronic ailments.• Assessed patients presenting with health complaints; discussed their signs, symptoms, medical and drug-histories and reviewed their treatment options with them - including referral when indicated.

• Assumed responsibility for the daily operation of a community pharmacy business and supervised, assisted and collaborated with the staff working by my side.• Provided lifestyle advice and medication counselling to patients purchasing products OTC and topatients commencing ‘prescription only’ medications for acute and chronic ailments.• Assessed patients presenting with health complaints; discussed their signs, symptoms, medical and drug-histories and reviewed their treatment options with them - including referral when indicated.

Assumed responsibility for the pharmaceutical care needs of the patients on a general medical ward and CCU; this included medication-history taking, medicines reconciliation, interaction checking, kardex review & endorsement, pharmaceutical care planning and medication counselling.Gained experience working in an aseptic compounding unit and specialised oncology pharmacy.Systematically answered ‘medication information’ queries in a dedicated MI database.Delivered PowerPoint™ presentations to the clinical pharmacy staff on topics of general interest.Attended grand ward rounds with a view to expanding my clinical knowledge and identifying and resolving drug-related issues at the point of prescribing.

Worked as a part of a multidisciplinary team in the generation of ‘interchangeable product lists’ which outlined medicines suitable for generic substitution under chapter 1 of the Health (Pricing & Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012.Assessed PA and PPA products for compliance with the specifications of Directive 2001/83/EC including article 61(3) variations, type IA, IB & type II variations and national renewal applications.Received introductory training in the assessment of products authorised through the central procedure and through the mutual recognition procedure; was also educated on the assessment procedures for herbal products, homeopathic products, advanced therapy medicinal products, biologicals, vaccines and investigational medicinal products for use in clinical trials. Engaged with the ‘compliance’ team in the issuance of product-safety-update-reports (PSURs) and in the suspension of product marketing authorisations, in cases where serious product safety concerns arose.Actively participated in the ‘generic substitution group’, the ‘clinical trials subcommittee’, the ‘classification committee’, the ‘herbal subcommittee’ and the ‘IMB naming group’.Placed strong emphasis on developing my time management, organisational and task prioritisation skills in order to ensure that I was able to meet critical assessment and project deadlines without fail.Improved my interpersonal and communication skills through frequent engagement in rounds of correspondence with industrial stakeholders and interdepartmental colleagues.

Recorded discharge scripts on a ‘prescription tracking system’ and dispensed scripts in accordance with the department’s SOPs (e.g. the inclusion of GP discharge letters, reducing dose sheets, steroid treatment cards, PILs for broken bulk items, etc).Assisted technicians in the operation of a POD scheme being piloted at the hospital.Shadowed the ‘Interface’ pharmacist and dispensed specialist (‘red/amber’) medicines to outpatients.Was introduced to the specialised oncology pharmacy services being provided at the hospital.Shadowed the aseptic services team in the reconstitution of parenterals (primarily cytotoxic agents) and the modification of TPN bags; also shadowed the ‘nutrition support’ pharmacist.Conducted a clinical audit of adherence to the hospital’s policies on thromboprophylaxis prescribing.Shadowed MI pharmacists in a dedicated ‘Medicines Information Unit’ in the pharmacy department and assisted in answering queries that fell within my scope of competence at the time.Assisted in updating the trust’s ‘Out-of-Hours Intravenous Medicines Guide for GPs’.

Dispensed electronically prescribed items through a Tosho™ robotic dispensing system. Gained experience using an electronic medication administration record (eMAR) system - one of the most technologically advanced currently used in Ireland.

Monitored the compliance of long-term POM users with their medication regimes (aided by PMRs) and helped to resolve any actual or perceived drug therapy problems which were encountered.Validated scripts and dispensed medicines to patients under the various governmental drug schemes.