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East Providence, Ri, United States

Newport, Rhode Island

East Greenwich, Rhode Island

Responsibilities include: Staff scheduling and oversight. Compounding and calculation of: TPN, narcotics, antibiotics, enterals, chelation, chemotherapy, and extensive line maintenance and supply orders; clinical monitoring (JCAHO requirements); implementing and following USP 797 and JCAHO standards; consulting physicians on patient therapies; order entry; extensive knowledge of IV delivery modes (elastomeric, IV push, CADD Prizm, Vista, Deltec, Autodose, Curlin); 24-hour service with on-call responsibilities; coordinating deliveries with drivers and nurses: scheduling patients; overseeing quality control. Creating and revising policies and procedures. Maintaining staff competencies.

Responsibilities included: Compounding and calculation of: TPN, narcotics, antibiotics, enterals, chelation, chemotherapy, and extensive line maintenance and supply orders; clinical monitoring (JCAHO requirements); following USP 797 standards; consulting physicians on patient therapies; order entry; extensive knowledge of IV delivery modes (elastomeric, IV push, CADD Prizm, Vista, Deltec, Autodose, Curlin); 24-hour service; coordinating deliveries with drivers and nurses: scheduling patients; overseeing quality control.

Coventry, Ri

Omnicare of Rhode Island (formerly NCS Healthcare, Inc.)Responsibilities included: Day to day refilling, checking and coordination of deliveries of IV medications. Maintaining and implementing USP 797 and Omnicare IV standards. Overseeing staff of 3 technicians and ensuring they maintain USP 797 standards. Meeting with vendors to discuss pricing and contracts. Implemented TPN therapy from the ground up. Educating technicians and pharmacists on IV therapy and USP 797 standards. Working with Omnicare nurse to evaluate new IV supplies and therapies and ensuring long term care facilities provide safe and appropriate IV therapy to their patients.

East Greenwich, Ri

NCS HEALTHCARE, INC.Responsibilities included: Checking prescriptions packaged in vials, slidepacks and blistercards for patients in long term care facilities/group homes, computer entry and processing of PO and IV therapy, compounding IV’s as needed, rotating on-call duties, clinical interventions w/MD’s for PO and IV meds, checking in narcotic orders/inventory, large volume of work. Medical record checking. Medication error tracking, summarized monthly and given to Pharmacy Director.

Responsibilities included: Director/Registrant of Pharmacy, Compounding and calculation of: TPN, narcotics, antibiotics, enterals, chelation, chemotherapy, and extensive supply orders; clinical monitoring (JCAHO requirements); consulting physicians on patient therapies; inventory maintenance; order entry; extensive knowledge of IV delivery modes (elastomeric, IV push, CADD, Sigma, Flogard, McGaw, etc); 24-hour service; coordinating deliveries; creating and updating policies and procedures; and scheduling, etc. Worked/coordinated patient care with nursing staff.

Coventry, Ri

Responsibilities included: Filling patient prescriptions (QS1); inventory maintenance; consulting physicians; patient counseling; and OTC’s.

Bs, Pharmacy

Activities and Societies: Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity

High School Diploma, College/University Preparatory

Activities and Societies: Soccer, Band