Medical Clinical

Joanne Joyce

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PROFILE

A highly motivated, enthusiastic, experienced pharmacist with strategic vision, drive and excellent clinical and leadership skills. Highly trained in all aspects of clinical pharmacy with a strong focus and background of leading an advanced oncology/hematology unit and playing a key role in increasing unit efficiency to help achieve clinical excellence.

EXPERIENCE

Lead Oncology/Hematology Pharmacist Dublin, Ireland

Beacon Hospital June 2016 – July 2018

Providing professional and clinical support to the medical and nursing team by responding to requests for clinical and medical information in a timely and accurate manner

Promoting high quality, cost effective prescribing and providing appropriate specialist information concerning medicines to the multidisciplinary team and patients through the development and provision of prescribing guidelines, protocols and other supporting documentation.

Responsibility for writing any required clinical regimens/guidelines, ensuring that all regimens were clinically appropriate and that they contained sufficient information to allow medical and nursing staff to safely administer drug regimens.

Coordinating, collaborating and providing expertise in support of clinical investigational drug trials

Maintaining and developing the quality systems for the aseptic compounding unit (ACU) in line with national and international standards/guidelines

Management and co-ordination of all pharmacy aseptic unit/oncology department staff.

Participation in activities such as clinical audit, risk management and training of rotational pharmacists

Reporting, management and review of adverse drug events, ensuring factual and timely management of information regarding adverse events/complaints including updating and closing of adverse event reports once the review has been completed

Co-ordination and provision of clinical oncology/hematology education to pharmacy students enrolled at the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland.

Clinical Pharmacist Dublin, Ireland

Beacon Hospital November 2014 – June 2016

Ensuring that medicines prescribed are clinically appropriate, cost effective and safe for individual patients.

Providing specialised advice regarding the clinical use of medicines within clinical areas as appropriate.

Participating in the implementation of national guidelines, hospital guidelines and evidence based medicine to improve the standards of patient care.

Working in collaboration with senior pharmacists, medical staff and the multidisciplinary team to ensure that issues related to the pharmaceutical care of patients are appropriately represented.

Providing education and training to nursing and medical interns in numerous areas including medicines safety and pharmaceutical care.

Educating special patient groups on drug therapy and providing any necessary counselling to ensure compliance with medication regimens

Retail Pharmacist Dublin, Ireland

Hickeys Pharmacies September 2013 – November 2014

Clinically checking prescriptions and accuracy checking assembled items.

Counselling patients on medication and ensuring compliance with drug regimens.

Supervising and offering pharmaceutical services such as the supply of emergency hormonal contraception, blood pressure testing, smoking cessation, flu vaccination, travel health and dietary advice.

Supplying medication to nursing home patients and the consequent provision of seamless pharmaceutical care.

The provision and supervision of methadone consumption.

EDUCATION

Master of Clinical Pharmacy (MSc) University College Cork, Ireland

First Class Honors (1:1) 2015-2017

Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland

First Class Honors (1:1) 2008-2012

Bachelor of Science (Hons) Biochemistry National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Second Class Honors (2:1) 2004-2008

SKILLS AND ACHIEVMENTS

Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland.

Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (MPSI)

Certified completion and assessment on ICH E6(R2) on Good Clinical Practice (GCP)

REFERENCES

Available on request

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