Staff Quality Control

Thomas M.Sawdon R.Ph.

Florida License ***** Alabama License 16122

OVERVIEW

Motivated overnight staff pharmacist and active pharmacy student preceptor with 48 years of pharmacy experience including IV infusion, chemotherapy and TPN's.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

5/07-5/15

Halifax Hospital Daytona Beach, FL

Overnight Staff Pharmacist

800 bed facility

Order entry, dispensing narcotics, IVs and physician consultations

Experience with Meditech, Pyxis, CPOE verification and Omnicell.

10/05-present University of FL College of Pharmacy Gainesville, FL

Assistant Lecturer/Preceptor

8/02-1/09 Health Central Hospital Ocoee, FL

Overnight Staff Pharmacist

175 bed facility

Order entry, dispensing narcotics, IVs and physician consultations

Experience with HBOC and Horizon Meds Management (HMM)

3/00-present Cardinal Health Staffing, Reliable One Staffing, Pharmacist

Staff Pharmacist Relief Staffing of Jacksonville and Health Care Consultants

Traveling pharmacist providing relief for pharmacists in Florida- per diem, part time, PRN and temporary shifts

11/01-5/02 Citrus Memorial Hospital Inverness, FL

Staff Pharmacist

225 bed facility

Order entry, dispensing narcotics, IVs and physician consultations

Experience with HBOC

8/98-3/00 Orange Park Medical Center Orange Park, FL

Staff Pharmacist

150 bed facility

Order entry, dispensing narcotics, IVs and physician consultations

Experience with Cerna

6/98-4/99 Methodist Medical Center Jacksonville, FL

Part-Time Staff Pharmacist

485 bed facility

Order entry, dispensing, narcotics, IVs and physician consultations

6/93-4/96 North Florida Regional Medical Center Gainesville, FL

Part-Time Staff Pharmacist

325 bed facility

Order entry, dispensing, narcotics, IVs, physician consultations, satellite pharmacy work and routine cart-fill preparation and checking

Controlled health costs

3/95-1/96 Albertson's Pharmacy Gainesville, FL

Staff Pharmacist

2/94-2/95 Rite Price Discount Pharmacy Gainesville, FL

Staff Pharmacist

1/90-2/94 Marion Community Hospital Ocala, FL

Staff Pharmacist

70 bed facility

Order entry, dispensing, narcotics, IV preparation (including piggy-backs, large volume IVs, chemotherapy and TPN's), checked cart-fill physician consultations and on-call pharmacist for 24-hour shifting.

5/71-1/90 Eckerd Drugs, Inc Clearwater, FL

Staff Pharmacist/Pharmacy Manager

Managed and supervised technicians and pharmacists

Filled prescriptions, counseled patients

6/69-5/71 Mead-Johnson Pharmaceutical Company Evansville, IN

Quality Control Supervisor

Supervised Quality Control testing of tablet granulations and blister-packaging of company products by second party vendors

Finished tablets and liquids by gas chromatography, infrared spectrophotometry and other testing according to USP and NF guidelines

EDUCATION

'68/'69, University of Florida Graduate School, Masters in Hospital Administration, Gainesville, FL

‘65/'68, University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Bachelors of Science in Pharmacy

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONS

Active licenses in FL and AL

Graduated with honors and first in his class from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy

1967- Awarded the Lilly Achievement Award

1967- Awarded the J. Hillis Miller Award Scholarship

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