Rayan Karout

Pharmacist at Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading +(44-754******* adp4du@r.postjobfree.com

Personal Profile

An ambitious and enthusiastic pharmacist. Multilingual and computer literate, I am in pursuit of continuing my journey to improve myself and learn through direct experience in a team-based healthcare environment.

Education

MASTER OF PHARMACY 2016-2020 UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

·Graduated with Second Class Honours (Division One)

INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION CERTIFICATE 2015-2016 INTO UEA

·International Foundation Certificate in Pharmacy, Biomedicine and Health (1st Class).

INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE 2001-2015 BEIRUT

·Lebanese Baccalaureate in Sociology and Economics 2015 graduate.

Work Experience

ROTATIONAL PHARMACIST ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL - RBH 24/08/2021 – ONGOING

·Providing an operational and clinical pharmacy service to meet the demands of a busy hospital environment.

·Ward based medicine optimization and management.

·Rotations in clinical areas such as Medicines Information, Surgery, Paediatrics, Cardiology, Acute Medical Unit, Respiratory, Care of the Elderly.

·Working closely with other medical professionals.

·Managing several wards on my own.

·Recently completed a 3-month rotation in Medicines Information, taking in queries from patients, doctors, and nurses. As well as a 3-month rotation in COVID Respiratory wards.

PRE-REG PHARMACIST PROSPECT PARK HOSPITAL - BHFT 31/07/2020 – 28/07/2021

·A mental and community health NHS trust. Exploring various specialties and therapeutic areas, completing rotations of different community hospitals across Berkshire, as well as acute trusts (Royal Berkshire - 4 weeks).

·These include general medicine, surgery, mental health, dispensary, pharmacy stores, medicine information (4 weeks), aseptics, longer term rehabilitation wards, community pharmacy, and medication safety.

·Exposed to different electronic prescribing systems (EMIS and JAC) and paper drug chart wards, as well as two different patient record systems (RiO and Cerner).

·Completed a trust clinical audit on appropriate oral anticoagulant use.

STUDENT WARDEN UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA - UEA 16/09/2019 – 30/06/2020

·Volunteered as a warden at university, involved helping students settle, managing 15 flats (150-180 students) individually, and around 2000 students in the north block of the campus as part of a wider team. Set up campus wide socials with my team and holiday events.

·Identified and signposted individuals struggling to relevant services, to aid them with mental health, university, financial, or social issues.

PHARMACY STUDENT LLOYDS PHARMACY WEST EARLHAM 30/03/2020 – 30/04/2020

·Volunteered to help at a local community pharmacy during the beginning of the COVID pandemic.

·Assisted and aided with labelling and dispensing various types of prescriptions. Have experience in providing customer service at community pharmacies involving over the counter medication advice and responding to symptoms. Total hours: 72

·Dealt with conflicts that sometimes involved irritated/angry customers, due to unforeseen drug shortages (e.g. Sertraline and Salbutamol inhalers), long waiting times, and infection control.

SALES ASSISTANT LLOYDS PHARMACY AYLSHAM 17/10/2017 – 20/01/2018

·Worked Saturdays and days off from university, where I aided in labelling, dispensing, rearranging stock, and learning more about the role of a pharmacist. Total hours: 64

Learning Experiences

PRESIDENT OF UEA ARAB SOCIETY 21/09/2019 – 01/04/2020

·Managed a committee of 8 members and set up social and charity events.

·Average of 30 to 50 students attending. Involved planning around committee members’ schedules and booking rooms.

·Social media advertising encouraging undergraduate and postgraduate students to join.

·Responsible for the budget given by the university and invoices for expenses.

Skills & Abilities

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

·Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

·Previously a member of my college football team and competed in an international youth tournament.

·While at university engaged in Pharmacy, International Students, Latin American, and the Hellenic societies, as well as our university football club and Sunday League.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

·Fluent in Arabic and English. Conversational knowledge of French. Basic Portuguese.

·Throughout my time in sports, university, and work. Developed experience working in a team environment, communicating effectively, and presenting my ideas in speaking and writing.

·Volunteered to lead quality improvement ‘huddles’ for the whole department (up to 50 members of staff), highlighting my ability in Microsoft Teams, and verbal communication.

·IT skills developed throughout my studies for practical use such as Microsoft Ofice and SPSS.

References

Maryam Mir

Locum Pharmacist BHFT / Clinical Pharmacist GSK

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Rachael Stannard

Education & Training Lead Pharmacist,

Prospect Park Hospital, Reading, U.K.

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