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Houston, Tx, Us

Dallas, Texas, Us

Dublin, Oh, Us

Ensuring the completion of clinical and administrative pharmacy services in the absence of the Pharmacy DirectorHandling pre-admission medication orders while providing formulary therapeutic substitutions and IV to PO conversions when necessaryParticipating in daily clinical rounds to ensure continuous improvement in quality, medication therapy management and patient careReviewing and monitoring of patient medication profiles and laboratory data markers to ensure proper renal adjustment for patients’ medication regimens including anticoagulation monitoring to prevent unnecessary adverse events

Houston, Texas, Us

Overseeing all pharmacy services and operations throughout 50-bed hospital and associated outpatient clinicImplementing and maintaining policies and procedures for the pharmacy department to ensure state and federal compliance including USP 797, USP 800 and CIHQ guidelinesCoordinating and presenting at Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee meetings to review hospital plans and performance with executive-level leadership and interdisciplinary clinical team Reducing pharmacy invoice budget by 35% by providing cost-effective strategies and solutions including rigorous inventory management and GPO management which decreased pharmacy spend and promoted financial growth throughout the organizationMonitoring drug therapy regimens using clinical judgement for appropriateness of drug and dose usage, drug-drug and drug-food interactions, allergies and contraindications in order to achieve optimal pharmacotherapy to provide quality evidence-based patient careWorking collaboratively with physicians and nursing staff to provide clinical interventions, implementation of disease management programs including but not limited to antimicrobial stewardship and medication safety Responsible for the introduction and improvement of pharmacy informatics with the goal of reducing medication errors and improving nursing staff education of high-risk pharmaceuticals which reduced such errors by 35% within 4 months Directly supervising IV admixture/infusion training of nursing staff and coordinating with clinical staff prior to each scheduled infusion to ensure correct drug dosing per hospital protocol

Houston, Texas, Us

Assisting the Director of Pharmacy in achieving and sustaining compliance within the pharmacy department in accordance to Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ), Texas State Board of Pharmacy and federal regulations to ensure delivery of quality patient care

Communicate with physician's offices and transcribe medication orders to be processed by pharmacy staff; verify and dispense medications while providing patient counselingConfirm accuracy and completeness of record keeping along with other compliance protocols to maintain adherence to state and federal pharmacy regulationsInitiating and process prior authorizations, step therapy reviews, dose optimizations and refill requests for continuation of patient therapies when needed and perform clinical interventions as needed to ensure cost-effectiveness and quality patient care

Woonsocket, Ri, Us

Supervised and evaluated the quality and effectiveness of patient care provided by eight pharmacy staff in charge of filling over 1,400 prescriptions per week; recruited and trained pharmacy personnel to excel in customer service, issue resolution, patient empathy and advocacyProvided proactive and retroactive medication therapy management of patients’ drug regimens to achieve optimal pharmacotherapy and patient adherence; coordinated with physicians, medical staff, and insurance companies to overcome financial and circumstantial obstacles in order to provide patients with the most effective drug therapiesLed pharmacy to first place in respective district in workflow operations while consistently exceeding customer service performance on a weekly basis by 7% of company guidelines with written commendations in 2019Increased financial performance by reducing inventory overtures by 20% through improved technical organization and the close monitoring of controlled substance counts, returns to warehouse and outside vendors, and expired drugsStimulated productivity and metric growth by 19% over 3 years through monthly workload evaluation and strategy adjustment to meet business demands efficiently and cost effectivelyLed innovation and organizational projects to improve departmental efficiency, including establishing a system for monthly expired drugs, improving the sorting and prioritizing of incoming prescriptions, separating controlled from non-controlled prescriptions, and third party audit protocolsCounseled patients on proper use of various prescription drugs to ensure correct drug usage and patient safety; educated patients on available clinical drug interventions that may improve quality of life

Woonsocket, Ri, Us

Ensured pharmacy regulatory compliance with federal, state, and corporate entities, including counseling every patient, maintaining up-to-date record keeping and employee licenses, and filing of controlled, uncontrolled, compounded and narcotic prescriptionsManaged medication reconciliation while monitoring and documenting any type of diversion or discrepancy of controlled and non-controlled substances in order to continuously adhere to compliance standardsObtained and supervised all required documentation, including electronic medical records in accordance with state and federal regulatory agency compliance standardsDisseminated training and best practice policies regarding pharmacy education and patient safety to ensure expectations of patient care excellence and implemented policies and procedures for safe procurement, storage, dispensing and disposal of all prescription and non-prescription drugs available within the pharmacy

Entered physician prescription orders, verified insurance benefits, and dispensed prescriptions to customersMaintained up-to-date drug inventory control by pulling needed inventory and removing expired inventory Initiated and processed prior authorizations by collaborating with physicians to provide efficient and timely dispensation of medications for patient use

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Doctor Of Pharmacy - Pharmd, Pharmacy