Assisted with reception duties, received out-patient prescriptions and delivered them toPharmacist for processing; informed and directed nursing staff when collecting medicationor leaving in-patient prescriptions. Answered telephone and collected payment for prescriptions when necessary, andrecorded transactions. Learned more about commonly used drugs, including use of Clozapine and Warfarin.Gained insight into the role of hospital pharmacist and the many and varied questions fromward staff that they had to answer. Learned the importance of confidentiality and good interpersonal skills, especially whendealing with patients or relatives who are upset or confused. Learned that it is essential to be well organised in the pharmacyAugust 2007 UAT Tester Developed communication skills through liaising with ward staff and patients. Learned that it is essential to concentrate on the task in hand until completion Responsible for packaging the drugs for each ward into the appropriate labelled bag,sealing the bag and registering its delivery on the computer system using the automaticelectronic scanning system. Responsible for delivering the drugs to the wards and obtaining a signature from the sisteron duty who checked the drug delivery.

Practical skills gained during my degree Preparation and identification of nucleic acids and separation by gel filtration, molecularmodelling and computer analysis of kinetic data, solid phase & solvent extraction,purification with charcoal, distillation, titrations, Characterisation of thiol groups &separation by gel filtration. IR spectra & analysis, HPLC. Thin Layer Chromatography. NMR. Mass Spectroscopy. AtomicAbsorption Spectroscopy (Flame and Graphite furnace mode).

A Levels - Biology: B, Chemistry: B, Maths: DAS Levels – Physics: D, Critical Thinking: BGCSEs - 9 GCSEs including English (A) & Maths (A)