Benjamin Castaneda Email & Phone Number

Arizona, United States

• Teach fourth year pharmacy students patient care responsibilities in a retail clinical setting• Supervise written and verbal recommendations made by pharmacy students• Mentor, coach, and encourage students toward self-directed learning

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Effectively led day-to-day operations of Pharmacy Team of technicians, students, and staff in a union environment. Lowered staff call-out incidents by over 70%• Improved communication between clinic and pharmacy to provide more efficient, streamlined care for long-term patients• Established workflow to deliver more effective and accurate patient care

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Opened and grew a brand-new pharmacy from zero scripts to an average of 800 scripts per week in under two years by being a trusted health care resource to Target guests, dispensing medication accurately, providing personalized patient counseling, and building trust with area physicians.• Led the day-to-day operations of my Pharmacy team (technicians, students, and staff pharmacists). • Became a trusted health care resource to Target guests by compounding and dispensing medication accurately and providing patient counseling; including clinical pharmacy services• Led a Pharmacy team by knowing critical Pharmacy data, articulating challenges, setting expectations and driving necessary changes.• Recruited, selected, staffed, trained and evaluated the performance of talented team members while scheduling appropriately to meet the needs of the guests/patients.• Executed common store processes and successfully implemented new company initiatives

• Worked as part of a team with a Nurse Practitioner, Nurses and Counselors to help wean clients from narcotics, including heroin, while trying to maximize their quality of life• Dosed weekly allowances of Methadone for detoxification purposes• Responsible for maintaining an accurate perpetual inventory of Methadone for the detoxification program

• Filled prescriptions and counseled customers on medication use.• Assisted in maintenance of pharmacy inventory level to achieve proper service and inventory budgets.• Maintained all record keeping necessary for legal compliance and to meet company policies.• Developed technician and staff pharmacist team through effective communication and performance feedback.

Doctor Of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)

Doctor Of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.), Pharmacy