EXAMPLE PRE-REGISTRATION TIMETABLE
Each pre-registration will have an allocated pre-registration tutor throughout the 12 month period.
In the initial 6 months training, you will have a supervisor for each of the following areas: dispensary,
dispatch, medicines management, technical services and medicines information.
There will also be rota’s activities for which you will be responsible including a daily antibiotic/VTE
sweep on the Emergency Admissions Unit and ward stock management.
In the second 6 months training we would expect you to have completed competencies in the dispensary
and medicines management and you will continue to support the department in these areas. In addition
you will have a clinical supervisor during your ward rotations and be expected to develop other clinical
skills such as screening and completion of an audit.
WEEK 1: INDUCTION
Tuesday
Pre- registration
Pre-registration
Pre-registration
pharmacist 1
pharmacist 2
pharmacist 3
09.30: Introduction to department (including name badges, access to
department and lockers)
10.30: Pharmacy IT training & paperwork to access Trust training (e-mail,
Infoflex, IHCS & Cyberlab)
11.00: Meet the tutors
2pm: Departmental health & safety, fire safety and introduction to dispatch
Introduction to medicines management
Wednesday
Thursday
Introduction to the dispensary
Introduction to clinical pharmacy
Friday
Introduction to technical services
Introduction to medicines information
Monday
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
WEEK 5
WEEK 6
WEEK 7
WEEK 8
WEEK 9
WEEK 10
WEEK 11
WEEK 12
WEEK 13
WEEK 14
Pre-registration pharmacist 1
Pre-registration pharmacist 2
Pre-registration pharmacist 3
Dispensary
Dispatch
Medicines management
Medicines management
Dispensary
Dispatch
Dispatch
Medicines management
Dispensary
Week 4 (Mon – Wed): regional induction at Padbrook Park, Cullompton
Medicines information
Medicines management
Dispensary
Medicines information
Medicines management
Dispensary
Dispensary
Medicines information
Medicines management
Dispensary
Medicines information
Medicines management
Medicines management
Dispensary
Medicines Information
Medicines management
Dispensary
Medicines Information
Medicines management
Medicines management
Dispensary
Dispensary
Medicines management
Medicines management
Medicines management
Dispensary
Medicines management
Week 13 (Mon – Wed): regional MI & pharmaceutical care course
AM: Medicines management
AM: Medicines management
Technical services
PM: Dispensary
PM: Dispensary
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WEEK 20
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WEEK 25
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WEEK 30
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WEEK 40
WEEK 41
WEEK 42
WEEK 43
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WEEK 46
WEEK 47
WEEK 48
WEEK 49
WEEK 50
WEEK 51
WEEK 52
AM: Medicines management
PM: Dispensary
AM: Medicines management
PM: Dispensary
AM: Medicines management
PM: Dispensary
AM: Medicines management
PM: Dispensary
Technical services
AM: Medicines management
PM: Dispensary
Technical services
AM: Medicines management
PM: Dispensary
Technical services
AM: Medicines management
AM: Medicines management
PM: Dispensary
PM: Dispensary
Technical services
AM: Medicines management
AM: Medicines management
PM: Dispensary
PM: Dispensary
Technical services
See team rotas
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Week 20 (Mon & Tues): technical services course
See team rotas
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Medicines information
Cross sector placement
Paediatrics
Medicines information
Cross sector placement
Paediatrics
Week 25 (Mon – Thurs): medicines management (including OSCEs) course
Medicines information
Cross sector placement
Paediatrics
Paediatrics
Medicines Information
Cross sector placement
Paediatrics
Medicines information
Cross sector placement
Cross sector placement
Paediatrics
Medicines information
Cross sector placement
Paediatrics
Medicines information
Week 30 (Mon- Fri): Clinical week at Torbay Hospital
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Week 42 (Mon – Wed): pharmacy practice (including mock exam) course
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Respiratory/cardiology
Orthopaedics
Care of the elderly
Week 48 (Fri): GPhC Pre-registration exam
Medicines information
See team rotas
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Medicines information
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Week 50 (Tues – Wed): education (including audit presentation) course
See team rotas
Medicines information
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Medicines information
DISPENSARY OBJECTIVES
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Reception
o Taking prescription in
o Booking prescription onto tracking system
o Filing peripheral hospital prescriptions
o Dealing with telephone enquiries
Screening
o TTAs
o Medicines management sheets
o Restricted antibiotics
o Paediatrics
o Peripheral hospital prescriptions
o Controlled drugs prescriptions
Labelling and dispensing medicines
o Medicines management sheets
o TTAs
o Blister packs
o Peripheral hospital TTAs
o Controlled drug prescriptions & requisitions
o Clozapine
o Extemporaneous preparations
o Over-labelling batch sheets
o 500 item competency
Final check
o TTAs
o Medicines management sheets
o Blister packs
DISPATCH OBJECTIVES
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Processing requisitions
o Torbay
o Outside hospitals
Releasing stock from robot
Picking non- robot stock
IV fluid management
Preparing stock for transport
Portering
o Stock
o Controlled drugs
Adding/returning stock to robot
Receiving orders into department
TECHNICAL SERVICES OBJECTIVES
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Undertake broth test
Understanding of preparation of products under exemption 10
Understanding of batch production
MEDICINES INFORMATION OBJECTIVES
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Take in enquires and obtain the relevant background information
Identify a variety of resources and understand pro’s and con’s of each
Search MI databases
Answer and document enquiries
Communicate the outcome of enquires both orally and in writing
Understand the legal and ethical considerations of providing information
Evaluate a scientific paper and promotional information
Manage a drug alert/recall
MEDICINES MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES
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Manage ward stock
o Ward top up
o Controlled drug top up
Management of PODs
o Endorsement of drug chart
Managing non-stock items
Medicines reconciliation
o Level 1: drug history
o Level 2: medicines reconciliation
Discharge planning
CLINICAL PHARMACY OBJECTIVES
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Review in-patient medications
Prioritise patients
Effective communication with doctors, nurses and other HCP
Appropriate documentation and follow-up of unresolved issues