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Chicago, IL Street Address
EMAIL AVAILABLEPHONE NUMBER AVAILABLETo secure a Pharmacy Manager/Staff Pharmacist position within an organization that can/will benefit from my professional background, knowledge, skills, experience, and expertise to help promote and move the organization forward in its mission and one that offers opportunities for professional/personal growth.Licensed Pharmacist with over 25 years experience as a Pharmacist and Pharmacy Management. Extensive leadership experience in mentoring pharmacy technicians and pharmacy students and community services. Managed the pharmacy workflow to ensure excellent patient service. Experience working with the 340B program to manage drug inventory. Built start-up pharmacy, implemented, and improved Pharmacy Practice Supervision, Management (Training, Hiring, Team Building), Process & Procedures, Leadership and Fiscal Management Skill Sets. Trained other associates and helped them develop and build industry professional growth and patient service skill sets. Broad experience addressing medication needs of patients, educating and providing patients with drug information, drug interactions to give them the power to improve self-management and take care of their medical issues. Volunteered at various health care events to talk about different disease states such as hypertension, diabetes care and asthma.Involved in various health care events in different communities throughout Chicago Work ExperiencePharmacistWeiss Memorial Hospital - Chicago, ILMay 2023 to PresentWorking as registry Pharmacist. Processing orders via Cerner. communicating with nurses residents and doctors. Checking IV piggy backs and other IV. Checking and verifying medications filled by the technicians. Performing vancomycin dosing according to protocol. Checking renal dosing. interpreting verbal and written orders. Supervise and support pharmacy support personnel. Documents actions and results in patients electronic medical records and pharmacy software system. Conducts final review of prescriptions before they are dispensed to ensure accuracy and completeness Maintains own physical and mental health required to perform duties (including required current immunizations). Maintains professional competence by pursuing opportunities for continuous learning and completes required continuing pharmacy education requirements to further clinical skills and knowledge Ability to work independently, take initiative, and set priorities in accordance with the needs and mission of the hospital/ clinic. Commitment to demonstrating personal integrity through punctuality, honesty, teamwork, attention to detail in all work matters and a willingness learn from others Staff PharmacistWalgreens - Chicago, ILOctober 2021 to PresentWork as staff pharmacist verifying orders, consulting with patients on their medication, performing DUR. Training and developing technicians, Pharmacy students. Giving various immunizations to patients. Performing other tasks being assigned by the pharmacy manager. Clinical PharmacistBeloved Community Family Wellness Center - Chicago, IL March 2021 to October 2021DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIESAssess the status of the patient's health problems and monitoring of high-risk patient medication therapy and acting as a resource for the provision of medication information for patients, physicians, nurses, and other allied health professionals.Advising patients about medicines, including how to take them, what reactions may occur and answering patients' questions. Follow the patient's progress to determine the effects of the patient's medications on his or her health.Work with patients to solve problems with their medications and improve adherence, and consulting with primary care team members about medication-related issues.Work with Medical Doctors to provide information for Prior Authorizations.Review high-risk patients medication profiles, including review of patients on high dose opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines.Participates in team huddles, panel management meetings, and other meetings that involve proactively addressing patient needs and/or problem-solving on how to best meet the needs of high- risk patients.Provides COVID vaccines and flu shots to patients and document results in EMR, at both Beloved Community Family Wellness Centers in Englewood and Robbins, Illinois. Displayed empathy and compassion for the patients and their caregivers. Adapt to change and able to adjust plans to thrive in an excellent community healthcare setting. Charted patients encounter utilizing Enterprise EHR in Nextgen System. Participated in several Covid 19 vaccination events throughout Chicago and surrounding suburbs.Provides pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals and counseling patients on drug therapies.Provides education and communicates effectively with patients and healthcare providers contributing to the quality and effective operation of the organization.Provides alternative visit care, such as teaming with PCP in group visits and addressing medication questions that are posed by patients via email or telehealth inquiries.Participates in Quality Improvement committee meetings. Pharmacy ManagerMercy Hospital and Medical Center / Mercy Community Pharmacy at Oakwood Shores - Chicago, Illinois June 2013 to February 2021DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIESBuilt start-up Pharmacy Practice, and oversaw the pharmacy operation Function in the role of a Registered Pharmacist to provide clinical and distributive pharmaceutical services,Develop/Recommended departmental policies, procedures, and programs to ensure departmental effectiveness,Worked with providers to address Prior authorizations for patients on Medicare Part D.Assured compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements for pharmacy operation including the Food and Drug Administration, Drug EnforcementAdministration and Board of Pharmacy,Assured compliance and standards of practice from accreditation organization, Oversee the preparation, dispensing, storage, recording of legend drugs, OTC medications used in the pharmacy including control substances,Worked with the 340b software to help control inventory,Collaborated/Work with hospital departments/medical staff and health centers to establish a multidisciplinary approach,Documented health care events utilizing Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Services,Oversaw direction, leadership, management and established positive relationships with Department Heads, staff, and management team,Supervised and managed the day-to-day pharmacy services,Established and maintained appropriate staffing levels and positions to achieve departmental and hospital objectives, select, train, and develop, evaluate and, when necessary, discipline or discharge departmental personnel,Provide service to Diabetes Care Patients to assist in providing medication knowledge to promote health care awareness to patients and their caregivers regarding Diabetes care. Assist with medical necessity documentation to expedite approvals and ensure that appropriate follow- u is perform Follow prior authorization workflow and policies and procedures. Work with other departments to assist in obtaining prior authorizations Review accuracy and completeness of information requested and make sure that all supporting documents are present. Look through denials and submit appeals if requested by physicians Document all prior authorizations information approval dates, prior authorization number in patient profile. Work on prior authorizations that are due to expire. Secure patient demographics and medical information using discretion and ensuring that all procedures are in sync with HIPPA compliance and regulationEducationBS in PharmacyXavier University of Louisiana - New Orleans, LAJanuary 1978 to May 1984Skills Leadership/Management skills include overall day-to-day, team building, training, orientation fiscal (budgeting), and workflow assessments/assignments that resulted in over 30% increase in Key Performance Metrics (KPM) which resulted in a significant decrease in labor cost and more efficient inventory management. Skilled in Basic Life Support (CPR and AED), Immunization Pharmacist, Diabetes Care Pharmacist. Technology proficient in application and use of essential and various supportive software programs.Continuous self-assessment, self-direction, and motivation to positively affect interventions in and improvement in patient outcomes. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Excellent customer service skills. HIPAA Medical Terminology Fiscal Management Management Recruiting Profit & Loss Insurance Verification Payroll Human Resources Customer service Hospital experience Medical terminology Supervising experience Microsoft AccessCertifications and LicensesLicensed PharmacistRegistered Pharmacist |
