I have an interview coming up at a big general suburb hospital for a grade 6 position as a clinical pharmacist. I am a current community based pre-reg student with only a little hospital experience.
I would like tips and advice on how to effectively compete with hospital pre-reg's, especially the hospital's current pre-reg students that would likely be applying.
Any advice from those that conduct recruitment in hospitals would be greatly appreciated as well as an insight into the mentality and whether I stand a fair chance.
Im a hospital pre-reg and I have attended a few band 6 post interviews. I think the key thing for you is to show your interest in the job,read up about the Trust you'll be working for and explain why you want the job and how you can contribute. I would also read up about the diploma, that shows you have an interest.
Also, be prepared for a few clinical questions, you'll, most likely be given one or two drug charts with things like warfarin and amiodarone and digoxin on there. You won't have a BNF, so do some background reading on common drugs and their interaction / monitoring.
I would advice you to also look into the NPSA websites, so as to be aware of the latest patient alerts.
During my interview I was asked about NPSA alert on Methotrexate.
1. Know how to screen a drug chart….what kind of things would you look into and monitor? What interventions would you make?
2. Read up on the job specification – they will ask questions based on that
3. Know about the diplomas available. I.e. the London diploma ‘General pharmacy practice’.
4. Are you any good with medicines information queries? I.e. I’ve got morphine and cyclizine running down the same line, are they compatible? You don’t necessary need to know the answer, but explain where you would look.
5. You might get a on-call scenario ….how would you prioritize?
6. Know a few hot topics in the PJ…
7. Smile – but don’t over do it, otherwise you’ll look silly…..
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