to be hospital pharmacist 3

 getting to know your  workplace and your team

Before you are due to start, make sure that you know some essential things,
such as where you should be and when. In some hospitals all new starters are
required to attend some kind of trust corporate induction, which can last for
days. This trust induction may be held somewhere different to where you
actually work, so please make sure that you turn up at the right place.
Make sure that you sort out anything that needs sorting before you
start – for instance, you may need to bring with you important documentation
such as degree certificates, passports or birth certificates. These can be
hidden in all sorts of places and may need to be found in a box in a loft or
somewhere similar! Or, if you cannot find them, you need to have looked in
plenty of time so, if it can’t be found, you have enough time to order a new
one. If you need accommodation obviously you need to make sure that this is
sorted out before you get there, otherwise you will have an incredibly stressful
first few days. The most important of these is probably your proof of
identity, and your bank and national insurance details, because without them
there is little chance that you will get paid your first salary on time! When you
turn up for the start of your placement, you will be required to fill out lots of
paperwork, so make sure that you have the relevant documents with you. The
human resources department need to process your documents, which is likely
to be time-consuming and boring. It is necessary to ensure that you get the
right contract of employment and to make sure that you get paid correctly.
It is useful to turn up with three vital pieces of equipment: a diary, a
notebook and a pen that works. You will probably be told a great many
things, most of which you will instantly forget! So be prepared to put appointments
in your diary and write important things in your notebook. This means
that you appear to be organized (even if you’re are not naturally so).
On day 1, you will obviously be very nervous. You will be introduced
to an entirely new workplace and to people with whom you will be working.
The first day will be a whirlwind of a tour, most of which you will forget.

You will be working in an unfamiliar environment, carrying out tasks that
you don’t quite know how to do. This is all to be expected, so don’t feel too
downhearted. You may have some expectations of what you will be doing,
and those expectations will probably turn out not to be true.