Customer Service Technician
Resume:
Logan Newman
Coos Bay, OR ****0
***********@*******.***
Objective: To obtain a challenging and rewarding position as a clinical staff
p harmacist
Summa ry: L icensed Oregon/Washington/Maine/Arizona pharmacist.
G raduated from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Boston campus in 2009,
and worked as a staff pharmacist at Rite Aid for approximately one and a half
years. Started out in Brunswick, Maine and moved to a much busier store
w ith more demand for immunizations in Lisbon Falls, Maine. Also covered a
lot of stores throughout Maine when coverage was needed. After that,
worked as a clinical pharmacist generalist at Eastern Maine Medical Center,
a comprehensive 411-bed teaching hospital for almost four years. Worked
both as a central and decentralized pharmacist, with duties including order
p rocessing and review, pharmacokinetic dosing of antibiotics, with all
vancomycin mandated to be pharmacy to dose per hospital policy, oral and
parenteral anticoagulation dosing and monitoring, collaboration with
p rovider staff to optimize medication therapy, nursing staff support and
education, technician supervision and precepting of students. Also provided
p harmacist coverage for critical access hospitals within our hospital system.
E xtensive t raining and experience in the preparation of IV medication in a
797 compliant facility. Knowledge of IV drug compatibilities, stabilities, and
s terile preparation. Trained in chemotherapy preparation. Able to operate
Pyxis 3500 system including filling, dispensing, maintenance and
t roubleshooting. Experience with Talyst dispensing system. Well acclimated
to busy pharmacy environment and able to multi task.
E xperience:
Bay Area Hospital, Coos Bay, Or
P ha rmacist-2/2014-P resent
Receive and review CPOE orders
TPN dosing/monitoring
Warfarin outpatient clinic
Outpatient chemo infusion staffing
Participate in antibiotic stewardship program
P harmacokinetically dose and monitor drugs such as vancomycin, phenytoin,
and gentamicin
Answer drug information questions for nurses, prescribers, inpatients,
outpatients and their families
Support nursing and direct care staff with all aspects of medication
administration and optimization
Technician supervision/leadership
Maintain inventory and work in compliance with state and federal laws
Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Me.
P ha rmacist-11/2010-2/2014
Work approximately 75% of time as a decentralized pharmacist on rotating
w ings of hospital including respiratory, cardiac, and medical/surgical
Remainder of time spent in the central pharmacy or covering other facili ties
i ncluded in the EMH system; mostly critical access hospitals throughout
M aine, some with outpatient clinics
Receive and review CPOE orders for Eastern Maine Medical Center
Receive and review/enter orders remotely for 8 additional hospitals that are
part of EMH healthcare system
IV to PO conversion where appropriate
Participate in antibiotic stewardship program
Vaccination screening/administration to staff
Pharmacokinetically dose and monitor drugs such as vancomycin, phenytoin,
and gentamicin
Answer drug information questions for nurses, prescribers, inpatients,
outpatients and their families
Support nursing and direct care staff with all aspects of medication
administration and optimization
Participate in reaching National Patient Safety Goals as set out by TJC, in
a reas such as anticoagulant therapy by doing the following:
• Dose inpatient warfarin and monitor I NR, TSH, LFT's
• E ducate prescribers about new oral anticoagulant options
• Monitor platelets and PTT while a patient is on heparin therapy
• E ducate prescribers on available t reatment options for patients with
H IT
• Monitor patients being t reated for H IT, specifically monitoring our
formulary drugs argatroban and bivalrudin
Participate in pharmacist directed anemia management/ESA dosing for
outpatients
Outpatient consults for patients scheduled for bariat ric surgery. A
medication list is obtained and then formal recommendations are made to out
bariat ric surgical team about how to optimize medication post-operatively.
Use Health Info Net to confi rm medication reconciliation details
Peri-operative management of medications
Pediatric IV and PO compounding
Participate in pharmacist directed clinical studies
Participate in pharmacist directed cost-savings ini tiatives
Offer recommendations to physicians seeking alternatives to drugs that are
temporarily and/or permanently unavailable
Mentor students/residents
Manage technicians
Comprehensive Pha rmacy Services
Per D iem pha rmacist 6/2011-present
Travel throughout Maine to various critical access hospitals
S taff outpatient chemotherapy infusion center at select facilities: Selection
and knowledge of pre-medications, post-chemo infusions, anemia
management, lab monitoring, and administration guidelines
Enter physicians orders into mostly CPSI systems
Review each order for appropriateness based on patient diagnosis, age,
weight, renal and hepatic function
Communicate medication recommendations to prescribers
Make evidence based recommendations to nursing staff regarding the
administration of IV, PO, and feeding tube medications
Patient education about home medications in select facilities
Compounding IV medications, including some chemotherapy
Rite Aid Pha rmacy, Lisbon Falls, Maine
P ha rmacist-09/2009-11/2010.
P rospective as well as retrospective review of client profiles for
appropriateness of drug, dose, and therapy duration; as well as drug-drug
i nteractions and therapy duplications
Medical reconciliation with every new prescription
Accurate and t imely verification of prescriptions
Clarification of orders with physicians and other prescribers
Immunizations for approved vaccines including in fluenza, zostavax, and
p neumococcal
Guest consultation and medication teaching
Recommendations for over-the-counter products for guests
Prescription t ransfers
M aintenance of inventory, including monthly inventory of all controlled drugs
CI I ordering and maintenance
Resolving customer concerns and providing customer service
Technician supervision
M t. Aubu rn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Pha rmacy technician/inte rn-2005-2008
Fill bulk medication orders.
Fill Pyxis machines on nursing units.
Handle physician/RN inqui ries.
Sterile preparation of IV medications.
Maintenance of Talyst machine.
Rite Aid Pha rmacy, Machias, Maine
Pha rmacy technician/inte rn, - 2004-2005
Filled customer prescription orders.
M aintainence of inventory.
Maintenance of ScripPro.
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Education
M assachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. PharmD.
I mmunization certification.
6th year clinical rotations:
Harold Alfond Cancer Center, Augusta, Me. with Patrick Boyle, PharmD,
BCOP
Riverview Psychiatric Center Augusta, Me with Adam Decatur PharmD,
B CPP
Maine General Medical Center for internal medicine and elective rotation
VA Togus, Augusta, Me Coumadin clinic with Melissa Bourque, PharmD
Independent retail pharmacy in Lewistion, Me with Lana Dvorkin, PharmD
References
Available upon request.
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