Duties & ResponsibilitiesOperation of an independent community pharmacy.

· Provide professional pharmacist services for teaching hospital with over 300 beds.· Participate in medication reconciliation process.· Perform drug utilization review during order entry and verification.· Perform comprehensive and targeted medication list reviews.· Identify and evaluate orders for formulary interchange and restricted use medications.· Initiate inter-venous to oral interchanges for eligible medications and patients.· Evaluate patient profile for adverse drug reactions, interactions and duplicate therapy.· Identify inappropriate therapy, untreated and under treated indications.· Review antimicrobial regimens for duplicate therapy, therapeutic mismatch and deescalation.· Adjust medication regimens based on patient renal function.· Manage pharmacokinetic dosing of medications for adult and pediatric patients.· Provide therapeutic monitoring for various medications.· Initiated and managed total parenteral nutrition for consulted patients.· Order laboratory studies and medications according to scope of practice.· Document observations, assessment and plan in the patient electronic medical record.· Communicate recommendations for medication adjustments to appropriate providers.· Record interventions in the patient electronic medical record.· Provide drug information and education to physicians, residents, students and nurses.· Exercise critical thinking and independent judgment to meet needs of patients and providers.· Evaluate department processes for improvement opportunities and communicate opinions.· Proficient user of EPIC Electronic Medical Record.

Contracted provider of professional pharmacist services. Coordination of construction, service and agricultural projects. Residential property investment. Direct to consumer sales.

Responsible for daily operation of these community pharmacies.

· Supervising pharmacist of facility servicing multiple hospitals and cardiology clinics.· Managed pharmacy operations through procurement, distribution, quality control, and cost effective utilization of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies.· Provided regulatory oversight and ensured compliance with regulatory requirements.· Ensued safe, effective, appropriate use of radioactive pharmaceuticals.· Analyzed facility’s monthly financial statements for management ques.· Facilitated development of the facility’s annual budget with area supervisor.· Consistently beat budget projections.· Participated in business to business sales meetings and contract negotiations.· Developed and presented educational programs to physicians and nuclear medicine technicians.· Supervised pharmacists, technicians, administrative and support staff.· Managed build out and relocation of pharmacy.· Implemented new nuclear pharmacy management software.· Led decommissioning of facility subsequent to corporate consolidation.

· Responsible for safe storage, use and shipment of radioactive materials.· Provided health physics services to clients.

· Managed daily operations of the pharmacy.· Provided professional pharmacist services in a nuclear pharmacy.· Prepared radioactive pharmaceuticals for safe and effective use.· Performed quality control using liquid chromatography and microscopic inspection.

· Provide clinical and dispensing pharmacy services to patients residing in long term care facilities.· Provide on-call services to clients over weekends, holidays and after normal operational hours.

· Provided operational oversight of the pharmacy service for facility housing over 1000 inmates.· Managed pharmacy operations through: procurement, distribution, quality control, and cost effective utilization of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies.· Ensured safe, effective and appropriate use of pharmaceuticals.· Provided accurate and timely drug information to professional staff and patients.· Developed and presented educational programs for professional staff.· Responded to and provided support during medical and institutional emergencies.· Provided clinical pharmacist consultant services regionally and nationally for the bureau.· Collaborative development of clinical criteria for use of antiretroviral medications.· Gather and analyze data to collaboratively synthesize clinical guidelines.· Evaluated treatment plans and made therapy recommendations to physicians.· Gather and validate clinical product information for formulary addition requests.· Evaluated and made decision recommendations for non-formulary request.· Instituted Over-the-Counter medication policy.· Decreased pharmaceutical expenditures through strict inventory management.· Provided regulatory oversight, reviewed and amended local policies and procedures.· Established clinical pharmacy rotation site with Auburn University.· Developed, instituted and managed the local medication formulary.· Coordinated institutions Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.

· Senior Pharmacist for three facilities housing over 1700 inmates.· Managed pharmacy operations through: procurement, distribution, quality control, and cost effective utilization of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies.· Ensured safe, effective and appropriate use of pharmaceuticals.· Provided accurate and timely drug information to professional staff and patients.· Developed and presented professional development programs for staff.· Appointed National HIV/AIDS Clinical Pharmacist Consultant.· Appointed Chairperson, Health Services Space Utilization Committee.· Appointed Acting Assistant Health Services Administrator.· Appointed Acting Health Services Administrator on various occasions.· Member of the bureau’s National Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.· Developed policies and initiated pharmaceutical compounding service.· Established clinical pharmacy rotation site with Auburn University.· Developed Introduction to Pharmacy Training for current and new medical staff.· Prepared and presented information to the local Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.· Participated as reviewer for program audits.· Provided efficient ambulatory pharmacy services.· Expanded the clinical pharmacist role by providing supporting in tuberculosis screening, medication adherence counseling and professional consultation.· Developed Clinical Pharmacist Credentialing Form for bureau use.· Instituted diabetes education class to improve medication compliance and therapeutic outcomes.· Provided data and analysis from medication utilization evaluations of select medication classes.· Promoted to Lieutenant, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps· Promoted to Lieutenant Commander, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

Selected and commissioned as Ensign in the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) during final year of professional pharmacy studies at Auburn University.