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Burke, VA, US

• Assess disease-states and deliver patient-centered counseling with a focus on chronic diseases
• Collaborate with the nurse practitioner students to create handouts and develop health programs
• Follow-up with pharmacies to clarify any prescription questions
• Perform medication reconciliations and apply evidence based medicine principles to create recommendations to nurse practitioners to establish high quality patient drug therapy plans and outcomes
• Identify, document, and provide drug therapy education to patients, medical staff and healthcare professional students
• Counsel patients on medications prescribed for opioid use disorder including administration, storage, and side effects

Falls Church, VA

• Collaborate with Mason and Partners to implement SBIRT screening tools during Medication Assistance Treatment clinic
• Collaborate with the team to develop and deliver educational content geared toward patients, pharmacists, or medical providers while addressing the concepts of health disparities, health equity, and social determinants.
• Collaborate with the health education outreach coordinator to create learning objectives, course outlines, assessments, handouts, review activities and audio-visual aids for health programs.
• Aid in the development and implementation of various health programs to improve patients’ health outcomes
• Assist in precepting pharmacy students
• Oversee volunteers involved in health programs

Falls Church, Virginia

• Fill prescriptions and counseled clients on medications
• Act as a liaison between the client and medical team to provide an excellent experience for the client and their pets
• Train new associates
• Ensure quality client and patient experience
• Order supplies and equipment
• Address complaints at the hospital level

Arlington, Virginia, United States

• Site: Arlington County Health Department
• Use aseptic technique to draw up doses into syringes
• Administer COVID-19 vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna, and Janssen) including pediatric COVID-19 vaccines
• Educate patients on possible side-effects and monitor patients post-vaccine administration

• Administer COVID-19 vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) and educate patients on possible side-effects and monitor patients post-vaccine
• Provide healthcare and wellness services leading a shift of the pharmacy role from transactional to interpersonal by providing the following services: patient consultation, medication therapy management, drug therapy.
• Counsel patients and answer their questions regarding usage of medicine, side effects, interactions, contraindications, patient information privacy, generics, less expensive medicines, over-the-counter products, and.
• Perform pharmacist tasks including compounding, drug therapy reviews, verification, and medication management. Reviews, interprets and accurately dispenses prescribed medications when necessitated by workload. Ensure.
• Ensure the pharmacy operates in accordance with federal and state regulations, company policies and standards.
• Follow-up with medical providers’ offices to clarify prescribed medications, dosages, refills, interactions and allergies to suggest alternative medications, and answer medical provider questions.

*Administer COVID-19 vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna)*Educate patients on possible side-effects and monitor patients post-vaccine administration*Bill and verify prescriptions for COVID-19 vaccines using RxConnect*Manage inventory of Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines * Use aseptic technique to reconstitute the Pfizer COVID vaccine and draw up doses into.

Falls Church, Virginia

• Preceptor: Mary Love, RPh, BS, BCPP
• Developed and documented pharmacotherapy plans for patients using SOAP format
• Screened patients on olanzapine for metabolic disorders and recommend changes in therapy as appropriate
• Attended a multidisciplinary pharmacy and therapeutics meeting
• Filled and verified prescription during weekly cart fill

Warrenton, Virginia

• Preceptor: Gary Matthews, PharmD, CGP, Director of Pharmacy
• Verified prescriptions
• Performed a medication use evaluation (MUE) for Zosyn
• Compounded intravenous admixtures using aseptic technique.
• Performed and documented pharmacist interventions.
• Counseled patients on Coumadin

• Preceptor: Sharwanda George, PharmD
• Counseled patients
• Performed medication reconciliations
• Reviewed patient charts
• Developed and documented pharmacotherapy plans for patients using SOAP format
• Presented patient cases

Arlington, Virginia

• Preceptor: Judy Dietrick, RPh
• Performed medication histories and reconciliations
• Counseled patients
• Filled prescriptions
• Checked for expired medications
• Checked in drug orders

Chantilly, Virginia

• Preceptor: Loan Pham, PharmD
• Filled, processed, and verified prescriptions
• Reviewed adult and pediatric prescription doses for accuracy
• Administered over 100 vaccines
• Performed medication therapy management (MTM)
• Completed two DEA 222 forms

Warrenton, Virginia

• Preceptor: Christopher Shirey, PharmD, BCPS
• Performed medication reconciliations
• Developed and documented pharmacotherapy plans for patients using SOAP format
• Developed a summary sheet with a list of the most common side effects of medications for nurses to use
• Made pharmacist interventions
• Performed vancomycin and aminoglycoside dosing calculations

Blacksburg, Virginia

• Preceptor: Maureen Perry, RPh, FSVHP, DICVP
• Filled, processed, and verified prescriptions
• Compounded both Sterile and non-sterile products
• Sterilely transferred contents of ampules to vials
• Filled anesthesia carts and Cubex machines
• Formal presentation on Ethylene Glycol Toxicity in animals and Chemotherapy: Vinca Alkaloids

Leesburg, Virginia

• Preceptor: Martha Healy, PharmD, BCPS
• Performed medication histories and medication reconciliations
• Made pharmacist interventions
• Formally presented a patient case

• Supervised Pet Care department
• Medicated sick animals
• Trained new associates
• Provided quality animal care by following company Policies and Procedures

Doctor Of Pharmacy (Pharmd), Pharmacy

Associate Of Science (As), Pre-Pharmacy Studies