EXPERIENCE

St. Cloud Regional Hospital, St. Cloud, FL

Clinical Pharmacist (Part Time)

January 2014- Present

Responsible for medication review by monitoring drug therapies; advising clinical interventions.

Warfarin Monitoring program.

TPN consultation and monitoring.

Aminoglycoside consultation and monitoring.

Responsible for providing pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals.

Costco Pharmacy, Columbus, OH /Orlando, FL

Staff Pharmacist ( Part Time)

March 2006- October 2013

Community pharmacist DUR reviews, Consultations, Prescription verification.

Prepared medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders; detecting therapeutic incompatibilities.

Immunization certified and CPR certified.

Cura Script Specialty Pharmacy, Orlando, FL

Staff Pharmacist

February 2009 – February 2013

Prepared medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders; detecting therapeutic incompatibilities.

Communicated and followed up with patients on rare diseases and therapy.

Learned and developed communication strategies to explain complicated therapies.

CVS Pharmacy, Columbus, OH/Orlando, FL

Staff Pharmacist / Overnight

February 2007 – January 2009

Retail pharmacy management.

Maintained records for controlled substances; removing outdated and damaged drugs from the pharmacy inventory and supervised the work results of support personnel.

Maintenance and Record Keeping.

Pharmacy operational requirements; organized and directed technicians' work flow; verifying their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals; verifying order entries, charges, and inspections.

Contributed to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Ohio State University/ Mt Carmel, Columbus, OH

Staff Pharmacist Overnight

April 2004- January 2007

Clinical reviews of orders and dosing recommendation based on the interpretation in patient’s charts.

Therapeutic interventions.

Responsible to provide accurate and adequate dosing for General Medicine, Pediatrics and Oncology.

Developed hospital staff's pharmacological knowledge by participating in clinical programs; training pharmacy staff, students, interns, externs, residents, and health care professionals.

Costco Wholesale, Winter Park, FL

Pharmacy Manager

March 1999 – April 2003

Prepared medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders; detecting therapeutic incompatibilities.

Dispensed medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.

Controlled medications by monitoring drug therapies; advising interventions.

Pharmacy operational requirements; organized and directed technicians' work flow; verifying their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals; verifying order entries, charges, and inspections.

Maintained records for controlled substances; removing outdated and damaged drugs from the pharmacy inventory and supervised the work results of support personnel.

Maintained pharmacological knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.

Attended Pharmacy Partners in Diabetic Care and obtained diabetic education.

Developed guidelines for technician training and evaluation.

Implemented disease management education for patients.

Grew sales greater than 20 percent each year.

Winn Dixie, Orlando, FL

Pharmacy Manager

June 1999 – April 2000

Customer service orientation with patient counseling

Managed to grow pharmacy prescription counts by 15 percent.

Networked with local physicians and offices to grow sales.

Wal-Mart Pharmacy, Bradenton, FL

Pharmacy Manager

September 1998- May 1999

High volume retail managing 3 pharmacist and 10 staff

OTC and prescriptions sales exceeding 12 million

Completes pharmacy operational requirements by organizing and directing technicians' work flow; verifying their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals; verifying order entries, charges, and inspections.

Mallinkrodt, Orlando, FL

Radiopharmaceutical Staff Pharmacist

May 1997- August 1998

Radiation dosimetry, tagging and calibration of isotopes.

Managed safety and quality control of products

EDUCATION

Pharmacy Partners in Diabetic Care, San Jose, CA

Graduate Diabetic Education, 2003

Purdue University, Lafayette, IN

Nuclear Pharmacy Graduate, 1997

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Doctor of Pharmacy, 1997

Graduated Summa Cum Laude

LICENSE

FL PS 32804 (immunization Certified)

AFFILIATIONS

American Pharmaceutical Association

Vietnamese Doctors Dentist and Pharmacist of Florida

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