Priya Nair

Please accept my application for the Clinical Pharmacist position on your medical wards. I have spent six years as a community pharmacist, and I am now ready to apply that experience where medication decisions are made at the bedside.

As pharmacist-in-charge at a busy Brisbane pharmacy, I dispense around 250 prescriptions a day and supervise a team of seven. Along the way I have:

• delivered over 400 Home Medicines Reviews, identifying an average of three medication problems per patient
• set up a dose administration aid service for 85 aged-care residents, with zero reportable errors in two years
• worked with local GPs on a deprescribing project that reduced benzodiazepine use among older patients by 22%

To prepare for hospital practice, I completed SHPA’s Foundations of Clinical Pharmacy course and spent six weeks on a voluntary placement in a public hospital’s general medicine unit. There I took medication histories, attended ward rounds and learned how much accurate reconciliation at admission matters for safe discharge. I enjoyed working within a multidisciplinary team and found that my community background helped me plan practical discharge medication lists that patients could actually follow at home.

I am AHPRA registered and available to start with four weeks’ notice. Thank you for considering my application; I would value the opportunity to discuss how I can support your patients and team.