Samuel Samaroo
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Over 9 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry
• Strong background in clinical work
• Proven skills in management, marketing, team building, training and recruiting staff
• Demonstrated ability to achieve set goals and encourage and motivate others to do the same.
• Professional communication skills include fluency in English and an excellent rapport as a doctor and a pharmacist, with both the medical team and patients alike.
• Recent graduate of Bachelors of Dental Surgery
• Computer skills include: - MS Office, spreadsheets, publisher, PowerPoint, internet and social networking, graphic and writing skills and email
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1.Dental Surgeon
-Cheddi Jagan Dental Centre-Carmichael Street (three months)
-East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital-Diamond (Guyana) – March 2015 to May 2016.
Clinical work as a surgeon include, extraction, filling, prosthesis, cleaning of teeth, examination, prescribing medications, interpreting radiographs, surgery, diagnosis of oral diseases, anesthetics administration, oral health promotion etc.
Supervising 6 staff at three separate clinics along the district which was responsible for.
Management of day to day running of clinics, including supplies, maintenance, training of staff, maintain a pleasant working environment for staff.
Coordinating outreach activities for the district.
2.Clinical Pharmacist
Tapion Hospital (St. Lucia) -November 2007 to August 2009
check prescriptions to make sure there are no errors and that they're appropriate and safe for the individual patient;
provide advice on the dosage of medicines and the most appropriate form of medication, for example, tablet, injection, ointment or inhaler;
participate in ward rounds to take patient drug histories;
liaise with other medical staff on problems patients may experience when taking their medicines;
discuss treatments with patients' relatives, community pharmacists and GPs;
supervise the work of less experienced and less qualified staff;
answer questions about medicines from within the hospital, other hospitals and the general public;
keep up to date with, and contribute to, research and development;
3.Pharmacist / Supervisor
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital 2010(Guyana)
Work and organize a shift system with other pharmacists.
Working with and counseling special patients and high dependency patients.
4.Pharmacist-Manager/owner
T.L.S Pharmacy- Hydronie Parika (Guyana) January 2010-June 17 2016
Setting up a pharmacy from start up to ready to open
Purchasing, stock checking, payment to companies
Liaising with medical reps.
Identify opportunities to add value to customers catered by suggesting varied sale items benefiting customer.
Interact and maintain positive customer relations with respect to correspondence support and back office phone.
Verify record’s accuracy either daily or weekly commensurate to prescription volume.
Comply with entire laws governing to pharmacy practice and drugs distribution.
Ensure all prescription drugs plus controlled substances are secure and safe in pharmacy.
Prepare an approved drug list for entire unit dose inventories
5. Clinical Analyst
Canadian Society for International Health (C.S.I.H) Guyana (2007 August to December)
Supervising the launching of the Health Information System (H.I.S) within various medical centres throughout the country
Training staff, nurses, doctors, medical technologist, pharmacists, and counselors etc. to use the system.
Liaising with I.T staff with troubleshooting issues with the system.
Giving presentations to various groups and stakeholders to orient and market the information system for use.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
University of Guyana 2004-2007
Associate Degree of Pharmacy
University of Guyana 2009-2014
Bachelors of Dental Surgery (B.D.S)
ACADEMIC & PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES
CXC Certificate 2003
Ten Subjects
Registered Pharmacist (Guyana) 2007
Registered Pharmacist (Saint Lucia) 2007
Registered Dental Surgeon (Guyana) 2014
Publication: Prevalence of xerostomia in adults in the district of Demerara, Guyana - Caribbean Association of Pharmacists (C.A.P) Magazine July issue, 2014
References:
Available upon request