AVA TAUSZ, BAC, CPhT

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Dependable and responsible professional with diverse pharmacy settings experience and excellent customer-service. A multi-disciplined trainer possessing a solid background in pharmacy and veterinary clinical operations seeking to bring broad-based experience to a healthcare organization.

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE

Strong Math Skills I.V. Certified NPTA

Problem Solving Insurance Billing

Institutional Healthcare Clinical Veterinary

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Provided accurate, complete, and timely assistance to Pharmacist in varied Pharmacy settings

Trained staff in technical and soft skills necessary to exceed organizational expectations

Successfully trained and placed Pharmacy Assistants entry-level skills in medications, chemotherapy, insurance billing, IV admixtures

I.V. Certified / Sterile Products Trainer for Instructors, NPTA-Houston since 2013

QUALIFICATIONS

Excellent Technical Skills: Enthusiastic, self-motivated, with extensive Pharmacy Technician experience including IV admixtures (chemotherapy, TPN’s, IVPB) Long term care, Rehab, and retail settings.

Communications Skills: Written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills; clearly write and distribute emails, letters, documents.

Computer Skills: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, emails, scanning

Work Ethic: Strong leader, commitment to detail and thorough work, strong organizational skills, multi-task, excellent customer service and compassion for all.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pima Medical Institute Seattle, WA 98115 2013 – 2017

Lead Pharmacy Technician Instructor

Successfully manage entire department maintaining inventory, organization and BOP regulations; design

and implement course materials, curriculum, skill evaluations and professional standards, IV Certification,

USP 797/800, Chemotherapy, Law & Ethics, Pharmacology, Compounding technique, customer service.

Career Services Department

Maintain database of employers and extern sites, contact employers for student placement; assist and

document progress of students; effect methods to increase employability and job searches, visit externship

sites to monitor student’s performance of skill.

Curriculum Review Committee

Effectively reviewed current Pharmacy Technician syllabus to align with ABHES requirements; modify

exams to project new text books and syllabus objectives; revised new lesson plans reflective of objectives.

Seattle Pharmacy Relief Seattle, WA 2012 – on call

Certified Pharmacy Technician- On Call only

Travel to various Pharmacy locations in the greater Washington area to provide high quality, short-term

pharmacy services as needed to cover absences or personnel shortages. Technical skills provided include,

data entry, prescription filling, insurance billing, phones, inventory, HIPAA, cash register, drive-thru.

Ultimate Medical Academy Online Program 2011 - current

Adjunct Pharmacy Technician Instructor- On Call

Teach Medical and Technical Pharmacy Skills to diverse population of adults via online, familiar with all

relevant software and text material, Courses include Math, Pharmacy Law, Insurance, Adjudications,

Inventory, Chemo, pharmacology, identify effective engagement techniques that correspond with content.

Everest College Renton, WA 2006 – 2010

Pharmacy Technician Instructor

Design and prepared course materials, curriculum, teaching IV Admixtures/ Chemotherapy, pharmacology,

patient profiles, unit-dosing, Law and Ethics, HIPAA skill evaluations, and final assessments, provide

accurate, complete, and timely information required to Department Chair

Kroger Pharmacy & Prudential (IPS) Houston, TX 1995 - 2006 Certified Pharmacy Technician

Assisted pharmacist in prescription filling by reviewing and collecting healthcare data, insurance eligibility,

excellent interpersonal skills to interact with patients or staff to maintain positive working relationships,

collected and entered vital data into the pharmacy information system, in-depth mathematical skills

necessary to accurately compute fractions, percentages and dosages, familiarity with billing codes,

Insurance coverage and plan adjudication, rejections and claim reversals.

Memorial Hermann Hospital Houston, TX 1994 - 1995

Pharmacy Technician- Surgery & I.V. Room

Maintained patient medication profiles for Surgical Pharmacy unit in large Medical Center Hospital

Prepared I.V. admixtures of TPN Chemo, IVPB using USP 797/800 guidelines of aseptic technique,

Cart fills, unit-dosing, Crash cart reconciliation, Pyxis med stations, data entry, packaging bulk drugs

per Federal rules and pharmacy standards, delivery of meds to 23 Surgical Rooms /Nursing stations.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES

Texas Registered Pharmacy Technician Texas State Board of Pharmacy

Nationally Certified Pharmacy Technician Pharmacy Technician Certification Board

Washington Certified Pharmacy Technician Washington State Board of Pharmacy

Basic Life Support provider 2018

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

Bachelor’s Degree, Communication/Public Relations Pacific Lutheran University

Associates Degree, Applied Sciences, Veterinary Technology Macomb College

Associates Degree, General Arts Macomb College

Medical Administrative Assistant Ultimate Medical Academy

References upon request

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