Hospital Pre Reg Applications - Where have you applied?

ellie do you think that they are thinking you may be over qualified? sometimes I think it comes down to minor things when deciding who gets an interview, I showed mines to a hospital pharmacist and he thought I done enough to grant an interview and here I am no interview as of yet, need to wait for answers from two trust now.

But I still need a pre-reg to qualify as a pharmacist, I'm in the same boat as everyone else.

Maybe I didn't put enough extra curricular stuff on my application, I know they look at that. It's hard to decide what to write about when you have a limited word count. I just didn't write what they wanted obviously!

one of the pre reg student said that sometimes people who work in mcdonalds attain transferable skills they can bring to the hospital than a person who is in the summer placement as the only thing they will be doing is more of a technicians job which you actually learn that in the pre reg year anyways but i am not sure if i agree as I have not had a summer placement.

Why didn't you apply to the hospitals you done your placements to increase your chance of getting an offer ?

I only know a few from my course that actually been invited for an KHP interview , so I doubt many would have been invited . The ratio would be closer to 1 in 2 (3) from what I heard from a current pre-reg there

Why all of a sudden does it seem that everyone who does pharmacy wants to do hospital now? :/ worrying!

Why all of a sudden does it seem that everyone who does pharmacy wants to do hospital now? :/ worrying!

Yes, definitely. All work experience is relevant, and if you can show them what you learned and how it will benefit you going into pre-reg then that's more appealing than someone who shadowed a pharmacist for a week. But it's all about how you sell yourself at the end of the day, I don't think it's a skill I have :/

That's what I noticed as well and to be honest the multiplies such as Superdrugs , Co-operatives and Boots have a higher pre-reg pass-rate and a more comprehensive pre-reg programme than the hospitals. In addition, the workload in hospital is very demanding.

Furthermore, not everyone whom completed a hospital pre-reg would become a hospital pharmacist . If you think pre-reg places is competitive , then you should see how competitive a Band 6 post is

Personally , I enjoy working in both sectors since I love pharmacy as a whole

That's what I noticed as well and to be honest the multiplies such as Superdrugs , Co-operatives and Boots have a higher pre-reg pass-rate and a more comprehensive pre-reg programme than the hospitals. In addition, the workload in hospital is very demanding.

Furthermore, not everyone whom completed a hospital pre-reg would become a hospital pharmacist . If you think pre-reg places is competitive , then you should see how competitive a Band 6 post is

Personally , I enjoy working in both sectors since I love pharmacy as a whole

Yeah sometimes you have to over exaggerate so much that is what people have done, I wish I did that. if you done something small you have to make it look like you done so much.

Yeah but don't you think doing pre-reg at hospital will open more opportunities up for a student. As it is difficult going from community to hospital, so if you do not get a pre reg posistion and you want a hospital place then it is very difficult. They are people who have made that move from com to hospital but with increased competition it is more difficult for people with no hospital experience to apply for band6 jobs.

Rejected by khp );

Yep me too

Im guessing im going to be rejected from barts too as they have already sent out interviews

Its because everyone does them as part of your course. Getting a hospital placement outside of uni shows dedication. You got to keep in mind, a lot of these hospitals are aware that people have already accepted a placement with a community pharmacies and have just applied to pharmalife for more options. Having a CV where the majority of it is self sought hospital placements makes you stand out and seem passionate about the sector.

NES do the same, the don't score any uni placements when calculating your rank.

with regards to gaining hospital summer placements; my gf had no hospital experience, she applied everywhere (literally 50+ hospitals) and got 4 placements in her third year. I dont think its that hard to get one, just that people are too choosy.