Professional Experience Pharmacist
Resume:
Carrollton, TX *****
Phone 972-***-****
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Samia Abdelmalek
Career Summary
Experienced registered pharmacist with exceptional skills in counseling instructions and a comprehensive background in providing safe, quality patient care. Strengths include the development of standard procedures for the call center, decision making and achieving results. Recognized for compassionate care in pharmacy and ability to work in different settings. Bilingual interpretation for both Arabic and English languages
Core Competencies
Clinical Pharmacy - Managed Care – Disease Management – Patient Counseling - Medications Therapy Management- Medicare Part D-Medical Interpretation- Compounding- RX screening.
Professional experience
July, 2015- present- Stonebriar Pharmaceutical Services Frisco, TX
Relief Pharmacist
Utilized state of the art technology to prepare customized medications to meet specific patients’ needs who get better response from certain dosage forms and formulations.
Discussed formulations and answered patients and professionals questions.
Ensured patients compliance to their medications by combining various compatible ingredients into single dosage forms to facilitate administration.
Utilized finest FDA approved chemicals and followed USP guidelines to ensure accuracy of prepared compounds.
Supplied compounds with unique dosage forms, flavor and devoid of undesirable excipients like: dyes, sugars, lactose and alcohol.
Supervised pharmacy technicians in compounding area to ensure accuracy in following the latest medical knowledge.
January, 2015- Present- Pacific Interpreters Carrollton, TX
Arabic Interpreter
Translated the dialogue between Arabic speaking patients and their healthcare providers like doctors, pharmacists and nurses.
Helped the medical staff to come up with appropriate diagnosis and prescribe the correct medications for Arabic speaking patients.
Helped to bridge the gap between Arabic speaking customers with different agencies like insurance companies, banks, school districts and courts.
Assisted dispatchers and officers upon receiving calls in response to emergencies for Arabic speaking persons, advised about the type of injury and helped to understand paramedics’ instructions.
1996 – June 2014 - Express-scripts Mail Order pharmacy Irving, TX
Counseling Pharmacist, Texas Call Center
Counseled patients and provided comprehensive information on correct use, effects, and side effects of prescription and non-prescription drugs.
Monitored and evaluated patients’ profiles and alerted them to potentially dangerous drug interactions and gaps in therapy.
Communicated and interacted with other members of the healthcare team including physicians and nurses to best serve the purpose of maintaining patients’ health.
Served the patients’ needs in getting prescriptions and refills accurately processed and mailed in a timely manner.
Developed program to enter prescriptions information in a computer database to be electronically transmitted to filling departments.
Kept abreast with state and federal requirements and professional standards relating to the practice of pharmacy.
Trained newly hired pharmacists on the standard operating procedures followed by the call center.
1996 Eckerd Pharmacy Dallas, TX
Staff Pharmacist
Interpreted prescription orders and selected, identified, and labelled drug products to be dispensed.
Furnished factual information to patients concerning the use and effects of drugs, chemicals, and non-prescription drugs available to the consumer in the pharmacy.
Communicated and interacted with patients and healthcare professionals.
Located, utilized, and interpreted pharmaceutical literature as it relates to patients’ health and inquires.
Supervised pharmacy personnel including technicians, interns, and clerks.
Complied with federal and state requirements and professional standards relating to the practice of pharmacy.
1995 - 1996 Eckerd Pharmacy Dallas, TX
Pharmacist Intern
Performed statutory functions of a registered pharmacist under the direct supervision of a board-appointed preceptor.
Interpreted prescription orders and selected, identified, and labelled drug products to be dispensed.
Furnished factual information to patients concerning the use and effects of drugs, chemicals, and non-prescription drugs available to the consumer in the pharmacy.
Communicated and interacted with patients and healthcare professionals.
1994 - 1995 Tarrant County Junior College Fort Worth, TX
Instructor Associate, Department of Chemistry
Prepared standard solutions and bench reagents for use by chemistry students.
Supervised undergraduate students and students’ assistants in the laboratory.
Checked lab instruments for proper operation and accuracy.
1991 - 1994 Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX
Research Scientist, Department of Chemistry
Directed research project that studied the ant-retroviral activity of Bolivian medicinal plants.
Performed biologically guided isolation of active compounds from plant extracts, utilizing different chromatographic techniques.
Reviewed books, Journals to collect required articles.
Prepared Manuscripts to publish the finished data.
Supervised undergraduate and graduate chemistry students and directed them in research projects.
Education
Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University Cairo, Egypt
Bachelor of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Certification
Certified by Texas State Board of Pharmacy, license # 36146 on July 30, 1996.
Contact References
Clara Adomimdo, Rph
Staff Pharmacist at Prime Therapeutics
Cell Phone: 214-***-****
Nitin Patel, Rph
Staff Pharmacist at Prime Therapeutics
Cell Phone: 214-***-****
Phoebe Nyaboke, Rph
Rph in charge, Stonebriar Pharmacy
Cell Phone: 214-***-****
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