Fang Shen

Main Site of Practice

The Albury-Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre is a Ramsay Healthcare specialised hospital linked to the public base hospital, consisting of a ward with 20 beds, a day oncology unit with 28 seats, a clinic with 5 permanent consultants, 3 Registrar and 1 resident doctor , and a radiotherapy centre. I started working in the Regional Cancer Centre since the internship.

Main roles of an (intern) pharmacist include

- Accurately Dispensing and supplying oral tablets and chemotherapy treatment to patients from the Clinic, Day Oncology Unit, Radiotherapy Centre and Ward.

- Obligately Counselling patients who recently started new oral/infusion chemotherapy treatment with medication lists and calendars, completing an MMP for each new patient.

- Compounding Chemotherapy infusion bags for patients receiving treatment in Day Oncology Unit

- Looking after the ward, Completing an MMP, daily clinical review , AMS and discharge procedures for each patient in the ward.

- Communicating with doctors and nurses regarding treatment protocols, PBS requirements, administration standards and so on.

Rotational Practice Site (1 month)

Albury Private Hospital is a Ramsay hospital with more than 60 beds consisting of a cardiac ward, a psychiatric ward, a surgical ward, a high dependence unit, and a day surgery unit.

Main roles of an intern pharmacist

- Completing medication orders from the day surgery unit efficiently

- Ensuring enough medication supply to the ward imprest and ward patients by completing at least three ward rounds daily

- Supplying Two-week's worth Webster Pak to the patients discharged from psychiatric ward

- Completing MMP and discharge summary for the ward patients

Weekend Job (SAT and / or SUN)

Terry White Chemmart Albury City is a service-based community pharmacy located in the centre of Albury in a shopping mall.

Main roles of a Dispensing Technician / Pharmacist in Charge include

- Dispense and supply medications to patients

- Providing counselling to patients on retail products, S2, S3 and prescription medications

- Providing vaccination services according to NIP

- Providing Suboxone and Subtex to registered patients according to Opioid Substitution Program

- Completing and checking Webster Paks for regular patients

Main roles of a student pharmacist include

- Assisting pharmacist dispensing scripts

- Taking scripts in and counselling patients on medications and retail products

- Managing dispensary and retail stocks

- Handling till operations and banking

Main Roles of a Pharmacy Technician include

- Dispense, compound and label Comirnaty vaccines efficiently without error under supervision