MAUREEN VALLONE

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Licensed Pharmacist with track record of providing excellent customer service in high-volume facility, serving 140 patients per day. Pharmacy Manager with demonstrated versatility in adapting to ever-increasing complexity in the healthcare industry. Committed to providing quality pharmaceutical care as an essential link in disease management.

SKILLS

Retail pharmacy procedure knowledge

Flexibility in scheduling

Pharmacy law knowledge

In good standing with the New York Board of

Prescription drug labeling

Pharmacy

HIPAA Regulations

Insurance billing expert

Conflict resolution ability

WORK HISTORY

Pharmacy Intern, 05/1991 to 06/1993 Wegmans – 6600 Pittsford Palmyra Rd.

Effectively resolved insurance rejections and other billing issues.

Properly filled an average of 300 prescriptions per day.

Assisted other pharmacy staff with drug inventory, purchasing, and receiving.

Regularly stocked shelves, rotated stock and checked for expired medications.

Completed new and updated patient profiles, including lists of patient medications.

Receptively answered customer questions and helped locate desired items in the pharmacy.

Efficiently operated cash register and handled cash, checks, and charge transactions.

Assisted the pharmacists with checking in and pricing drug orders, third party transactions and relevant paperwork. Assisted the pharmacists with checking in and pricing drug orders, third party transactions and relevant paperwork.

Pharmacist, 06/1993 to 05/1999

Wegmans – 6600 Pittsford Palmyra Road

Regularly stocked shelves, rotated stock and checked for expired medications.

Performed technical processes required to dispense medications to patients.

Managed supply procurement and management processes.

Completed new and updated patient profiles, including lists of patient medications.

Prepacked bulk medicines, filled bottles with prescribed medications and affixed correct labels.

Cleaned equipment and work areas and sterilized glassware to maintain safe and sanitary conditions.

Receptively answered customer questions and helped locate desired items in the pharmacy.

Reconstituted oral liquids.

Efficiently operated cash register and handled cash, checks, and charge transactions.

Correctly completed pharmacy paperwork, including daily and weekly reports.

Prepared medications such as emulsions, liquids, powders and ointments.

Verified and labeled prescriptions with the 8 point check.

Hand counted control medications, measured liquids and reconstituted antibiotics.

Properly compounded and dispensed medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists.

Checked prescriptions for appropriate dosage, drug interactions, allergies and contra-indications before

dispensing medications.

Complied with all federal laws, company policies and procedures and state regulations regarding intern,

technician and assistant training and licensure.

Completed accurate cycle counts, inventory management and will-calls for customers. Communicated regularly with physicians, nurses, insurance companies and managed care organizations.

Pharmacy Manager, 05/1999 to 06/2004 Wegmans – 900 Holt Road

Correctly completed pharmacy paperwork, including daily and weekly reports.

Properly compounded and dispensed medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists.

Provided specialized services to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation and high blood pressure.

Displayed patient-oriented and comprehensive clinical pharmacy services and pharmaceutical care.

Checked prescriptions for appropriate dosage, drug interactions, allergies and contra-indications before dispensing medications.

Helped achieve pharmacy business objectives by increasing sales and gross margins by 20 percent.

Closely monitored department performance metrics.

Coordinated the pharmacy staff schedule and assisted with personnel monitoring and performance evaluations.

Effectively prioritized tasks and organized workflow to increase efficiency.

Complied with all federal laws, company policies and procedures and state regulations regarding intern, technician and assistant training and licensure.

Directly supervised 20 Pharmacy Technicians, interns and support staff while on duty.

Communicated regularly with physicians, nurses, insurance companies and managed care organizations.

Properly instructed pharmacy students and residents on introductory and advanced pharmacy practice rotations. Saved patients money and increased pharmacy profit margins with therapeutically equivalent and more cost-effective generic drugs.

Staff Pharmacist, 06/2004 to 09/2016 Rite Aid – 6720 Pittsford Palmyra Road

Saved patients money and increased pharmacy profit margins with therapeutically equivalent and more cost-effective generic drugs.

Conducted blood pressure screenings and counseled patients on hypertension.

Properly filled and dispensed an average of 214 prescriptions per day.

Effectively resolved insurance rejections and other billing issues.

Managed drug and supply inventories.

Compounded and repackaged medications, including unit-doses, topical medications and sterile products.

Regularly stocked shelves, rotated stock and checked for expired medications.

Performed technical processes required to dispense medications to patients.

Completed new and updated patient profiles, including lists of patient medications.

Receptively answered customer questions and helped locate desired items in the pharmacy.

Reconstituted oral liquids.

Efficiently operated cash register and handled cash, checks, and charge transactions.

Correctly completed pharmacy paperwork, including daily and weekly reports.

Prepared medications such as emulsions, liquids, powders and ointments.

Verified and labeled prescriptions with the 8 point check.

Hand counted control medications, measured liquids and reconstituted antibiotics.

Properly compounded and dispensed medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists. Checked prescriptions for appropriate dosage, drug interactions, allergies and contra-indications before dispensing medications.

Pharmacy Manager, 09/2016 to Current Rite Aid – 6720 Pittsford Palmyra Road

Coordinated the pharmacy staff schedule and assisted with personnel monitoring and performance evaluations.

Effectively prioritized tasks and organized workflow to increase efficiency.

Partnered with management team to develop and implement in-store programs to increase sales. Complied with all federal laws, company policies and procedures and state regulations regarding intern, technician and assistant training and licensure.

Recommended appropriate clinical programs such as immunization, MTM (Medication Therapy Management) and DCS (Diabetes Care Specialist).

Directly supervised 2 Pharmacy Technicians, interns and support staff while on duty.

Completed accurate cycle counts, inventory management and will-calls for customers.

Communicated regularly with physicians, nurses, insurance companies and managed care organizations.

Hosted 1 successful annual healthcare education and flu clinics.

Provided medication therapy management to patients using Outcomes and Mirixa. Saved patients money and increased pharmacy profit margins with therapeutically equivalent and more cost-effective generic drugs.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science: Biology, 1990

St. John Fisher College - Rochester, NY

Bachelor of Science: Pharmacy, 1993

SUNY Buffalo School of Pharmacy - Buffalo, NY

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Nominated for Pharmacist of the year November of 1999

Margaret C. Swisher Award for excellence in the field of Chemistry May of 1993

Pharmacy Intern of the Year June 1992

Rho Chi National Honor Society inducted in 1991

Wegmans Scholarship recipient 8/87 to 5/93

St. John Fisher Admissions Scholarship

Rite Aid Favorite Pharmacist of the year award 2004,2008 and 2011

CERTIFICATIONS

CPR certification

Immunization certified

MTM certification

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