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EDX/20/1154
Date of prep: December 2020

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Career spotlight

Career spotlight: Specialist Clinical Pharmacist, Lucy Dixon

6th January 2018 by Ross Leave a Comment

  What is your role now? I am a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist based in Primary Care in North NHS Highland. I specialise in frail, elderly, complex polypharmacy, care home and care at home patients. I also work with the local multidisciplinary integrated team via its “Huddle” and contribute to rapid response falls team assessments. I […]

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Career Spotlight: Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner, Catriona Macdonald

16th December 2017 by Ross Leave a Comment

  What is your role now? Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner in primary care. I carry out medication reviews for all patients in the practice and set up CMS prescribing for those suitable, making sure appropriate monitoring is carried out at the practice. Also medicines reconciliation for patients discharged from hospital or attending outpatient clinics, and I […]

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Career spotlight: Senior NHS Pharmacist

1st December 2017 by Ross Leave a Comment

What is your role now? I have a split role, I work two days a week as Lead Pharmacist for North Highland which involves developing primary care pharmacy services and supporting safe, effective and cost-effective prescribing. I also have Highland-wide Lead Pharmacist portfolio roles for dispensing practices, care at home and the Scottish Patient Safety […]

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Career spotlight: Freelance Pharmacy and Healthcare Writer, Ross Ferguson

18th November 2017 by Ross Leave a Comment

  What is your role now?Infrequent locum and freelance writer — I author Clinical Knowledge Summaries for the NICE CKS website, write for a number of pharmacy publications, consumer healthcare companies, marketing companies and anybody else that will have me. I also run Pharmacy in Practice with Johnathan Laird. What roles did you do to […]

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The international pharmacy student – Victoria Becheva

2nd March 2017 by PIP Leave a Comment

WHY is international experience beneficial to the pharmacy profession? Pharmacy’s rapid progress during the last decades showed us that worldwide there are more and more challenges for pharmacists. Because of this international experience is essential to incorporating new concepts, improving healthcare services and education and helps us gain higher levels of proficiency by using approaches […]

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Are you a newly qualified pharmacist? Here are Roshani Patel’s top tips

27th February 2017 by PIP Leave a Comment

Roshani Patel THE registration examination is over now, but what next? Have you thought about this? Let me propose a few further questions to you all: Are you feeling confused? Not sure about your next career move? Or not sure what needs to be done? It’s okay if you are feeling all the above. But, something […]

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PhDoh! My experience in gaining a PhD

16th October 2016 by Ross 3 Comments

NEVER in my wildest dreams did I think I would pursue a PhD. It seemed something so alien to me, I mean, these were the smart people right? I sometimes multiply numbers wrongly or don’t quite know how to open a milk carton! I did, however, always know I wanted to be a pharmacist. Doe-eyed, […]

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Jailhouse pharmacy rocks – fancy doing time in a different sector?

5th May 2016 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

WHEN I heard the clang as the gate was closed behind me for the first time, I have to admit that I was a bit nervous. Would there be serial killers walking around all over the place? Would there be fights left, right and centre and where was the pipe I could escape through if […]

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