Del Moschini

Foundation Pharmacy Technician

My name is Del, I work as a foundation pharmacy technician at Dorset Healthcare and I joined the trust in July 2022. My background is in acute hospitals which led to community hospitals where I learnt more about the other side of healthcare.

I did a degree in languages in Brazil which enabled me to come to England to learn the culture and the language. I fell in love with Bournemouth, and it just felt like home. My internship was initially just to stay a couple of months to learn the culture, the language, travel around, go back and be a teacher in my home state, which borders with Argentina and Uruguay.

Why the switch from being a teacher, which is a fantastic while rewarding job, to then be an oncology technician in pharmacy? I love teaching; however, I found out that I prefer to be a teacher for adults.

I was a teacher in Brazil and I came to England and I started working in oncology Aseptic pharmacy. I just fell in love with it. I wanted to progress in my career, but to be able to progress further, I had to do the BTEC training to become a registered pharmacy technician. The BTEC training was mainly regarding medicines optimization, medicines reconciliation and the accredit checking.

Completing the Foundation pharmacy technician enabled me to experience all these different specialities and then eventually, when I finish my foundation, I will be able to choose my specialisation which could be mental health or could be something else in the pharmacy profession like medicines reconciliation with patients on home visits.

I had an offer to study at UCL in London, but I declined to stay at the Royal Bournemouth because it is a lovely area. I think we are very lucky to live here. The beaches, the surrounding countryside, Bournemouth and Poole. Bournemouth is very cosmopolitan. I think the city is very warming and welcoming and there’s so many attractions all over the place. It doesn’t seem like you are working because you are exposed to, the nature, the environment, and the balance of that brings to your life.

Everything that trust offers us is just not only about work, but they look after our wellbeing. It really does feel like they look after us because they promote wellbeing. The trust can expose me to different like types of training and we’ve got the option just to take the time and attend educational webinars etc. It feels nice that they want us to improve our knowledge to improve our careers.