Hospital pre reg interviews

[christina :)]

I've spoken to many people who have said the same thing as you.
At the moment i'm just finding it impossible and that's really discouraging because i worry about it a lot so i think my studies will suffer because of it.
Amazingly a chief pharmacist in a hospital took a leap of faith in me and has given me a 4 week placement (hopefully) but that's not really going to be enough is it

[johnep]

Try leapfrogging thepharmacy and ask for interview with the HR dept. After all any job in a hospital will show you meds in use.
johnep

[Nik]

First of all you should be extremely happy, as most if not all hospitals prioritise their placements for 3rd year students, so consider yourself really lucky to have a placement in your second year.
Incidentally after my planned hospital placement fell through last summer I contacted Bham + Solihull Mental Health Trust for some pharmacy related volunteer work to be told they weren't taking on any volunteers Still managed to get a placement last minute though.
You don't need to be worried at all about a pre-reg placment, as when you apply next year you would already have had at least one placement in hospital - many hospital pre-regs have no experience at all before they were offered a place. If I were you I would apply for another placement when you start 3rd yr - if in brum then best bets would be university hospitals brum nhs trust or heart of england nhs trust as you could get a pre-reg with them if you shine in the placement. You sound motivated enough to work in hospital and the dedication's paid off for the placement anyway !
If you need any info regarding placement/pre-reg applications the PM me.

[christina :)]

Thanks a lot
Are you doing your pre-reg at the moment?
Where did you manage to get your last minute placement last year ?
Christina x

[Nik]

No I'm currently 4th year, starting my pre-reg in august.

[Raj87]

Hey has any1 applied to heartlands,birmigham teaching hosp an have u heard nythin yt???

hey, was just wondering if you had an interview with heartlands, and if so what kind of things to expect? i have one this coming wednesday :s! any help will be much appreciated, cheers

[Raj87]

Hey has any1 applied to heartlands,birmigham teaching hosp an have u heard nythin yt???

Hey was just wondering if you had an interview with heartlands? i have one this coming wednesday and im a little unsure as to what i should expect in terms of qs etc. Any help will be much appreciated thanks!

[Raj87]

First of all you should be extremely happy, as most if not all hospitals prioritise their placements for 3rd year students, so consider yourself really lucky to have a placement in your second year.
Incidentally after my planned hospital placement fell through last summer I contacted Bham + Solihull Mental Health Trust for some pharmacy related volunteer work to be told they weren't taking on any volunteers Still managed to get a placement last minute though.
You don't need to be worried at all about a pre-reg placment, as when you apply next year you would already have had at least one placement in hospital - many hospital pre-regs have no experience at all before they were offered a place. If I were you I would apply for another placement when you start 3rd yr - if in brum then best bets would be university hospitals brum nhs trust or heart of england nhs trust as you could get a pre-reg with them if you shine in the placement. You sound motivated enough to work in hospital and the dedication's paid off for the placement anyway !
If you need any info regarding placement/pre-reg applications the PM me.

hey nikolai..you mentioned bham/solihull hosps..was just wondering if you had an interview with heartlands? i have one this coming wednesday with them and im a little unsure as to what i should expect in terms of qs etc. Any help will be much appreciated thanks!

[Nik]

How did the Heartlands interview go then ?