Information Technology Pharmacy Intern
Resume:
●Objectives
To excel and explore different areas of Pharmacy in which I can help the patients with my pharmacy clinical knowledge and leverage information technology to provide better service to patients by analyzing clinical data and preparing medications which can improve the patient’s health. I'm a highly motivated and hardworking individual who can work with team members to create a positive impact around me. I’m also committed to give my 100% to learn new methodologies and technologies to innovate how pharmacy needs are delivered and contribute as well if needed.
●Education
Pharm D Candidate 2017 (GPA 3.8) Aug 2014-May 2017
Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
MBA in Healthcare Administration Sep 2013-Present
Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, Texas
Masters in Pharmacology (GPA 3.9) Jul 2010-Apr 2012
Vaagdevi College of Pharmacy, Kakatiya University, India
Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) (GPA 3.9) Jul 2006-Apr 2010
RBVRR Women’s college of Pharmacy, India
●Professional Licensures and certifications
Licensures:
Texas State Board of Pharmacist License#61582 2017- 12/2023
Texas State Board of Pharmacy Intern License#34688 2016- 11/2017
Texas State Board of Pharmacy Technician#265-***-****-01/2019
Florida State Board of Pharmacy Intern Licensure ps#33123 2014-Current
Certifications:
Institute of Nutrition and Fitness science certification ( November-2017- Present)
CPR and AED Program 2016-2018
HIPAA Certified 2014
Immunization Pharmacy Intern 2016
●Experience
●Rx Manager, Burleson Pharmacy August 2020- Current
●Successfully managed day-to-day pharmacy operations, including prescription processing, non-sterile compounding, and inventory control.
●Ensured strict adherence to all applicable laws and regulations, maintaining a high level of regulatory compliance as per the state Board of Pharmacy requirements.
●Achieved outstanding customer service by providing effective patient counseling while maintaining privacy and confidentiality.
●Implemented and met clinical initiative objectives, enhancing patient health outcomes.
●Led and supervised a team of pharmacy employees, including technicians and students, with a focus on scheduling, training, and performance evaluations and marketing.
●Precepted pharmacy technician trainees as part of an ASHP-accredited technician training program.
●Collaborated with key stakeholders to implement business-building activities, such as health awareness events and immunization clinics and also developed a model to work with physician offices in the revenue building process.
●Obtained prior authorizations and navigated third-party prior authorization processes successfully.
●Implemented quality control and SOP improvement practices, optimizing pharmacy efficiency and safety.
●Counseling to patients regarding their health problems based on symptoms and suggest proper dosage of medication and supplement with the over the counter products if needed.
●Responsible for reviewing prescriptions to ensure prescription of correct doses and work with doctors based on patients history.
●Generates information and suggestions on the use as well as effects of medications
●Issues prescribed medicines and packages in accordance with strict control procedures
●Responds to queries regarding drug availability, dosage, indications and compatibility
●Contact with physicians to conform the details of prescriptions
●Compounds extemporaneous prescriptions of physicians by following accepted professional standards
●Monitoring C-II cycle count and processing and dispensing c-II
●Transferring prescriptions in and out from the store
●Performing monthly C-II inventory
●Ensuring confidential record storage log is up to date and readily available
●Performing prescription validation
●Validating all RPh and technician licenses are posted and up to date
●Ensuring Rx for success scorecards are printed, reviewed and up to date
●Expired Drug returns performed by 15th and send out by 22nd of the month
●Performed MTMS using Outcomes
●Performed credentialing process for all insurances and maintained and responded to audits.
●Processed Prior authorizations and make sure the claims are processed well for the patients
Rx Manager, CVS Pharmacy May 2019- 2020
●Counseling to patients regarding their healthcare problems and symptoms and to suggest over the counter products
●Responsible for reviewing prescriptions to ensure prescription of correct doses
●Generates information and suggestions on the use as well as effects of medications
●Issues prescribed medicines and packages in accordance with strict control procedures
●Responds to queries regarding drug availability, dosage, indications and compatibility
●Contact with physicians to conform the details of prescriptions
●Compounds extemporaneous prescriptions of physicians by following accepted professional standards
●Monitoring C-II cycle count and processing and dispensing c-II
●Transferring prescriptions in and out from the store
●Performing monthly C-II inventory
●Ensuring confidential record storage log is up to date and readily available
●Performing prescription validation
●Validating all RPh and technician licenses are posted and up to date
●Ensuring Rx for success scorecards are printed, reviewed and up to date
●Genco returns performed by 15th and send out by 22nd of the month
Rx Manager Emerging Leader, CVS Pharmacy Sep-2018- May-2019
As a Pharmacy emerging leader I'm responsible for :
●Patient Safety, Pharmacy Professional Practice, Regulatory Requirements, Quality Assurance, Customer Service, Inventory Management, Financial Profitability, Loss Prevention, Workflow Management.
●Also find innovative ideas to help improve customer health and wellness.
Pharmacist, CVS Pharmacy Oct-2017- Aug-2018
●Implemented new CVS form to improve OTC sales by studying and analyzing prescribed drugs for patients.
●Performing data entry and solving triage queue issues and Verifying dispensing prescription medicines
●Counseling to patients regarding their healthcare problems and symptoms and to suggest over the counter products
●Responsible for reviewing prescriptions to ensure prescription of correct doses
●Generates information and suggestions on the use as well as effects of medications
●Issues prescribed medicines and packages in accordance with strict control procedures
●Responds to queries regarding drug availability, dosage, indications and compatibility
●Contact with physicians to conform the details of prescriptions
●Compounds extemporaneous prescriptions of physicians by following accepted professional standards
●Monitoring C-II cycle count and processing and dispensing c-II
●Transferring prescriptions in and out from the store
●Performing monthly C-II inventory
●Ensuring confidential record storage log is up to date and readily available
●Performing prescription validation
●Validating all RPh and technician licenses are posted and up to date
●Ensuring Rx for success scorecards are printed, reviewed and up to date
●Genco returns performed by 15th and send out by 22nd of the month
●Maintaining waiting bin inventory
●Fridge/ room temperature log maintenance
●Validating DEA 222 forms are detailed and filled appropriately
Graduate Intern, CVS pharmacy May2017-September 2017
●Performing data entry and solving triage queue issues
●Counseling to patients regarding their healthcare problems and symptoms and to suggest over the counter products
●Responsible for reviewing prescriptions to ensure prescription of correct doses
●Generates information and suggestions on the use as well as effects of medications
●Issues prescribed medicines and packages in accordance with strict control procedures
●Responds to queries regarding drug availability, dosage, indications and compatibility
●Contact with physicians to conform the details of prescriptions
●Performing bypass required RTS balance maintenance
●Put away outside vendor order
●Validate all scheduled patient care outreach is completed
●Strong pak Activities
●Overstock returns
Pharmacist, Apollo Pharmacy, India. Jan’2011 – Aug’ 2012
●Processing and dispensing prescription medicines
●Providing advice to patients regarding their healthcare problems and symptoms and to suggest over the counter products
●Responsible for reviewing prescriptions to ensure prescription of correct doses
●Generates information and suggestions on the use as well as effects of medications
●Issues prescribed medicines and packages in accordance with strict control procedures
●Handles stocks and order supplies of medicines and drugs as well as maintains inventories of pharmaceuticals
●Provides advice to medical practitioner on incompatibility of drug and contra-indications
●Dispenses medications according to the inpatient physicians' orders and outpatient physician's prescriptions
●Monitors pre-packaging and labeling of medications in unit dose quantities for patients
●Responds to queries regarding drug availability, dosage, indications and compatibility
●Contact with physicians to conform the details of prescriptions
●Records medications as well as fills nursing and staff requisitions
●Compounds extemporaneous prescriptions of physicians by following accepted professional standards
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Exercise:
Pharmacy Intern Publix Pharmacy, Pembroke Pines, FL (Preceptor: Janette Sahai) Aug 2014- April 2015
●Data entry of prescription orders and filling
●Responsible for investigating and resolving third party payment issues
●Provide patient counseling on OTC products as well as on prescription medications
●Premium customer service aiming for overall customer satisfaction
●Assist pharmacists in taking voicemails as well as transfers
●Call doctors to verify prescriptions to avoid medication errors
●Responsible for maintaining patient records and documentation
●Responsible for inventory management, refill request, return not picked up prescription to stock, cycle count, etc.
Pharmacy Intern Westside Regional Medical Center plantation, FL (Preceptor: Diana Marsh Holeness) Aug 2015-April 2016
●Floor Rounds: providing evidence-based, patient-centered medication therapy management with interdisciplinary teams
●Provide Antibiotics counseling to new patients as well as any hospitalized patients who are on Antibiotics
●Responsible for Medication Reconciliation
●Responsible for preparing a report of cost savings after considering replacement of non-formulary medications by formulary medications as well as presenting an assigned case patient
●Helping the preceptor in review of patient’s charts and making recommendations after reviewing the patient’s medication history, drug-drug interactions, etc.
●Worked in pre-packaging department and IV department for TPN and other IV products
●Dose calculations for Vancomycin and Aminoglycosides.
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience:
1. Medication Therapy Management at Nova southeastern university (Preceptor: Dr. Goar Alvarez)
●Verified prescriptions in NSU clinic Pharmacy under the guidance of a preceptor.
●Assisted in interviewing and evaluating residency candidates for PGY1 community pharmacy residency.
●Helped to prepare lecture slides for pharmacy management class i.e. pharmacy manager responsibilities and pharmacy advocacy.
●Participated in budget meetings for NSU pharmacy and observed the process of budgeting.
●Ensured quality assurance through making sure that all equipment used in pharmacies have updated user manuals and control logs.
●Attended meetings that were part of improving pharmacy services at NSU pharmacy that includes meetings pertinent to the new MTM call center and meetings involving new research protocols that include Accountable care organizations.
●Provided MTM services through phone using outcomes platform.
●Participating in the Health and wellness fair in NSU encouraged people to take Immunization and helped in setting up and administration work.
●Shadowed preceptor’s daily activities to observe his role as director of Pharmacy and administration of pharmacy services.
2. Ambulatory Care at specialty care center, Broward General (Preceptor: Dr. Angie Maharaj Madhurie)
●Interviewed patients, educated patients on Warfarin.
●Monitored INR levels for patients on Coumadin.
●Medication therapy management for HIV patients.
●Medication therapy management for Dyslipidemia.
●Medication therapy management for Hypertension and Diabetes patients.
●Prepared SOAPE Note and sent to the doctor.
●Documented patient INR and made dose adjustments.
●Presented a monograph on Zepatier in the P & T committee meeting in 2016.
●Organized and Participated in Health Fair, 2016 at Specialty Care Center and Margate Broward General.
●Compiled performance improvement reports to monitor the documentation of medication reconciliation during patient visits and the documentation of Coumadin INR monitoring and patient education, and non-formulary drug usage.
●Reconciled medications and performed side effect counseling
●Engaged in lectures and discussions on disease states, patients’ cases, and medication therapy
3. Medication Safety at Memorial Hospital, Pembroke Pines (Preceptor: Dr. Ira Schatten)
●Strong understanding of the facility’s internal systems and processes developed through firsthand experience, observations, medication-use evaluations, interviews, and data analysis for a spectrum of patient populations (e.g., pediatric, geriatric, cardiac, Oncology).
●Educated on Clinical expertise and a broad understanding of health care systems and processes to facilitate accurate interpretation of clinical events.
●Acquired knowledge of and experience with all aspects of the medication-use system, including procurement, prescribing, transcribing, preparation, distribution, administration, documentation, and monitoring.
●Analyzing the infiltrations to check the cause of the infiltrates is because of medication errors.
●Worked on performance-improvement methodology and tools, including root cause analysis (RCA)
●Published a newsletter in a quarterly journal for Memorial hospital system.
4. Internal Medicine-1 at Memorial Hospital, Pembroke Pines (Preceptor: Dr. Rossi Deanna)
●Rounded with medical team daily and made recommendations on treatment regimens, dosage adjustments, and drug-drug interactions
●Engaged in daily lectures and discussions with preceptor on disease states, patients’ cases, and medication therapy
●Counseled patients and their caregivers on medication management
●Performed Anticoagulation monitoring for patients.
●Performed Iv to Po conversion of medications for all the floors every day
●Performed discharge counseling to the patients on new drugs.
●Performed medication reconciliation to the patients for all the floors.
5. Infectious Disease I at Memorial Hospital, Pembroke Pines (Preceptor: Dr. Francisco Jon)
●Rounded with medical team daily and made recommendations on anti-infective treatment regimens and dosage adjustments when appropriate
●Reviewed profiles and recommended changes to pharmacokinetic
●Reconciled medications, performed side effect counseling, and discharge counseling
●Helped with the interfacing of pertinent patient care information between Epic® and Theradoc®
●Performed MUE on Aztreonam and presented to pharmacists, Director of pharmacy and to the students.
●Performed a case presentation to the doctors every Thursday.
●Performed Journal club and presented to the students.
6. Critical Care at Memorial Hospital, Pembroke Pines (Preceptor: Dr. Barnes-Warren Shalonda)
●Rounded with medical team daily and made recommendations on treatment regimens and dosage adjustments when appropriate
●Reviewed profiles and recommended changes to pharmacokinetic
●Reconciled medications and performed side effect counseling
●Helped with the interfacing of pertinent patient care information between Epic® and Theradoc®
●Engaged in lectures and discussions on disease states, patients’ cases, and medication therapy
●Performed renal dose adjustments.
7. Emergency Medicine at Memorial Hospital, Miramar (Preceptor: Dr. Dave Pujan)
●Performed Medication reconciliation and made interventions.
●Reviewed patient profiles and recommended medication changes.
●Engaged in lectures and discussions every day in huddles.
●Present Case presentation on Parkinson’s disease.
●Experienced in attending emergency cases involving stroke, Hypertensive emergencies, Anaphylactic shock along with teams of Doctors, RN, PA and Emergency Pharmacist.
●Professional Licensures and certifications
Certifications:
CPR and AED Program 2016-2018
HIPAA Certified 2014
Immunization Pharmacy Intern 2016
Licensures:
Florida State Board of Pharmacy Intern Licensure ps#33123 2014-Present
Texas State Board of Pharmacy Intern License#34688 2016-Present
●Honors and Awards
●Best Poster Award (Pharm Box – A monthly subscription model for OTC healthcare products using a mobile App), NSU college of pharmacy
●Best presentation Award (Pharm Box – A monthly subscription model for OTC healthcare products using a mobile App), NSU college of pharmacy
●Invited into Phi lambda sigma (PLS) leadership society (2015)
●Publications
●2013- Published Paper in Global Journal of Pharmacology 7 (2): 192-197, 2013 ISSN 1992-0075 © IDOSI Publications, 2013, DOI: 10.5829/idosi.gjp.2013.7.2.74177, Evaluation of Anti-Diabetic and Hypolipidemic Activity of Pseudarthria viscida (Whole Plant) in Streptozotocin-Nicotinamide Induced Type II Diabetic Rats. As Primary Author.
●Presentations:
●Presented monograph on Zepatier in P&T committee meeting,2016 at Broward general. Participants included the Medical director, Regional pharmacy director, Pharmacists and students.
●Gave a presentation on Diabetes education to the patients at Specialty care center, Broward health center, w Broward Blvd., Oakland, Fl.
●Case presentations to the doctors in Memorial hospital, Pembroke Pines.
●Presented MUE on Aztreonam in Memorial regional hospital, Pembroke pines. Participants included are Pharmacy director, pharmacists, technicians and students.
●Presentation on Pharm Box – A monthly subscription model for OTC healthcare products using a mobile App
●Poster presentation on Pharm Box – A monthly subscription model for OTC healthcare products using a mobile App
●2012- Submitted Thesis and gave seminar on Anti-Diabetic and Hypolipidemic Activity of Pseudarthria viscida (Whole Plant) in Streptozotocin-Nicotinamide Induced Type II Diabetic Rats. As Part of Masters course work.
●2011- Poster Presentation in 63RD Indian Pharmaceutical congress held in Banglore -2011, Diuretic and Anti-Inflammatory activity of leaves of Abutilon Crispum.
●Professional Organizations
●International Pharmacy Student Association (IPSA) 2014- Present
●Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) 2014- Present
●Florida Pharmaceutical Association (FPA) 2015- Present
●Executive Positions:
●Class Social Delegate 2014-2017
●Social Delegate, ISA 2014-2016
●Vice-president, IPSA 2015-2016
●Strengths
●Hard working.
●Excellent verbal & written communication skills.
●Good leadership skills as well as ability to work as part of a team.
●Self-Confident and a self-motivated person.
●Excellent organization skills, planning and problem solving abilities.
●Professional activities and community services
●SNPhA Committee member for ‘A Day for Children’
●Movie Night – Class of Advance Standing, 2017
●The Annual food festival by IPSA
●Opening event, IPSA, 2015
●Annual IPSA Event
●Bowling night – Class of Advance Standing, 20172015
●Blood pressure screening and health education at Publix as a SNPhA member
●Community fest, ‘Henna booth and education on poison prevention’, IPSA
●Internship Opportunities &Career Options after Graduation, IPSA
●A Day for Children at NSU 2014
●Screening at Publix Pharmacy 2015
●Computer skills
●Proficient in Microsoft word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
●Proficient in using Meditech, Theradoc, Epic, QS/1 Pharmacy management software.
●References
1. Dr. Diana Marsh Holeness West side Regional Medical center, Plantation, FL
2. Dr. Rossi Deanna Memorial hospital, Pembroke pines FL
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