Miracle Ruth Edison

832-***-**** ad45fn@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE Pharmacist Position

EDUCATION

Texas Southern University

Doctor of Pharmacy Program

Class of 2017

GPA 3.48

University of Houston

Bachelor in Science Degree

Major Health, Minor Biology

GPA 3.52

Houston Community College

Associate in Science Degree

GPA 3.75

Licenses

Pharmacist License, TX - #61611 Expires – 01/31/2026

Pharmacist License, WA - #PH60920591 Expires – 01/24/2026

BLS Certify

IV Certification – APHA

Compounding Certification -PCCA

Certification/Employment Experience in Pharmacy Academia/Pharmacy Care & Hospital Executive Assistant – West Fork Group(Affordable Housing) 08/2021 – Present Houston, TX

Manage the calendar of the ED on a daily basis by coordinating schedules, booking meetings, and providing meeting support.

Organize and prioritize ED’s emails and phone calls; and categorize, sort and manage digital and paper files.

Support the ED’s executive responsibilities, including assisting with communications, contracts, and special projects.

Provide administrative support to the ED in areas such as IT support, requesting office supplies, entering contacts, and processing paperwork.

Assist with preparation for events, conferences, board meetings (NPH and other boards the ED serves on), and presentations, including preparation of digital and paper materials and logistical support.

Other administrative duties as assigned including, but not limited to, typing and distributing meeting notes, tracking member prospects, processing reimbursement requests, filing, making copies, and performing backup duties for the Administrative Associate.

Collaborate with other staff to ensure timely responsiveness of the ED to organizational and programmatic needs, requests and projects.

Book travel and manage itineraries and other related arrangements for the ED.

Other projects as assigned/as needed.

Pharmacy Manager 07/2019 – 07/2021

Bartell Drugs/Rite Aid

Bellevue, WA

Analyzed prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and prevent excessive usage. Improved organization and supply management policies for all medicines and materials. Dispensed medications after reviewing and interpreting prescriptions from healthcare providers. Administered vaccines to immunize patients against communicable diseases.

Updated procedures necessary for compounding, mixing, packaging and labeling medications. Supervised team of pharmacy technicians, interns and support staff.

Assessed safety procedures and federal regulations to maintain pharmacy compliance. Solicited medical history information from patients to provide the best and most effective medical advice. Trained individuals in how to use devices to promote optimal medical support.

Created and implemented policies and procedures for effective pharmacy management. Worked closely with the store manager to maintain day-to-day operations. Ordered all supplies needed for the pharmacy and kept tabs on inventory levels.

Educated pharmacy assistants on medication assistance, ordering and insurance issues.

Secured drugs against theft, loss or mismanagement by setting and enforcing effective procedures.

Verified prescription information against safety guidelines and insurance limitations to protect patient health and financial interests.

Budget Management.

Creativity to make numbers during down cycle of pandemic. Pharmacist 02/2018 – 06/2019

Walgreens

Houston, TX

Reviews prescriptions issued by the Physician, or other authorized prescriber to assure accuracy, appropriateness of medication, and determine formulas and ingredients needed.

Directs pharmacy workers engaged in mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.

Answers questions and provides information to pharmacy customers on drug interactions, side effects, dosage and storage of pharmaceuticals.

Maintains established procedures concerning quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and disposal of drugs designated as hazardous waste.

Enters data such as patient name, prescribed medication and cost, to maintain pharmacy files, charge system, and inventory.

Assays medications to determine identity, purity, and strength.

Instructs interns and other medical personnel on matters pertaining to the pharmacy.

Participates in traditional and e-learning programs.

Works effectively with other company employees, managers, and departments.

Comply with all State and Federal Laws and Regulations.

Performs all job functions with Company Mission, Vision, and Goal Statements in mind. Pharmacist 09/2017 – 02/2018

Green Park compounding Pharmacy

Houston, TX

Formulated and compounded multiple dosage forms tailored to patient needs (including ointments, creams, gels, solutions, suspensions, troches, capsules, sublingual tablets, inhalation solutions, intramuscular and intracavernosal injections, and eye drops)

Instrumental in pharmacy's pursuit of PCAB accreditation including implementation of continuous quality improvement program and update to standard operating procedures

Completed ASHP's online courses on USP <797>: "Compounding Sterile Preparations"

Functioned as a community pharmacist to help prescribers and patients manage medications and disease states, handled drug information questions and provided counseling on prescription and OTC medications

Developed master formulation records and created logs for prescription formulas via computer

Researched, applied for and received PCAB/ACHC accreditation

Created/enforced standard operating procedures

Compounded capsules, creams, suspensions, solutions, suppositories, troches

Performed quality assurance processes to ensure patient safety

Counseled patients regarding medication use as well as other healthcare questions Pharmacist Intern 01/2017 – 05/2017

Family Medicine

Houston, TX

SOAP patient cases and understand how to approach treatment base on chief complains. Access patient profiles and check culture results to determine if the antibiotic prescribed was correct.

Check patient's duration on antibiotic and made clinical decisions on when it needed to be discontinued and why.

Check patient's vancomycin trough levels and made changes when necessary under a preceptors supervision.

Attend barrel rounds with other health care providers to determine plan of care for patients.

Attend rounds with physicians and all code blues to see plan of action and to understand a pharmacist's role in this situations.

Research Project and presentation on new Myocardial Infarction treatments. Pharmacist Intern 05/2016 – 01/2017

Houston Area Community Services

HIV Care Experience

Houston, TX

HIV Research Project and Presentation.

Topic: Pre- Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) education in sexually active African American women.

Made surveys and went out to the public and collected data.

Analyzed data on the studies and provided possible solutions.

Understand the different mechanism of action of HIV medications, side effects and how to educate patients on different treatment regimen.

Understand the various programs set by the government such as 340b and ADAP to provide cheap and free HIV medications to qualified patients.

Consult Patients on Side effects on new HIV treatment Regimen. Pharmacist Intern 01/2016 – 05/2016

Hospital and Health Care System

Harris Health Psychiatric Center

Houston, TX

Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.

Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, or evaluate the quality or effectiveness of drugs or drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications or characteristics.

Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.

Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, or registries of poisons, narcotics, or controlled drugs.

Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.

Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.

Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.

Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications. Pharmacist Intern 05/2015 – 01/2016

Hospital and Health Care System

Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital

Houston, TX

Operate and analyze the new Transition of Care of program.

Assess patients files to make sure their chief complain is full manage before they are discharge

Under the supervision of a pharmacist preceptor, visit and discuss medication plan and care with patient before they are discharge.

Counsel patients on discharge medication.

Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.

Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure.

Pharmacist Intern 01/2015 – 05/2015

Sam’s Club Pharmacy

Houston, TX

Under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, review and interpret prescriptions for outpatients using computerized patient profiles to ensure the appropriateness of dosage and to determine the significance of potential drug-drug interaction.

Under direct supervision of a pharmacist, contact and confer with physicians concerning the appropriate drug, dose, dosing interval, drug allergy and drug-drug interaction.

Prepare and dispense appropriate amount of outpatient medication under supervision of a pharmacist.

Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.

Organize medications for pharmacist to dispense by reading medication orders and prescriptions; preparing labels; calculating quantities and other pharmaceutical therapies.

Maintain records by recording and filing physicians' orders and prescriptions. Pharmacist Intern 05/2014 – 01/2015

HEB Pharmacy

Houston TX

Under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, reviews and interprets prescriptions for inpatients and outpatients using computerized patient profiles to ensure the appropriateness of dosage and to determine the significance of potential drug-drug interaction.

Under direct supervision of a pharmacist, contact and confers with physicians concerning the appropriate drug, dose, dosing interval, drug allergy and drug-drug interaction.

Prepares and dispenses appropriate amount of inpatients and outpatient medication under supervision of a pharmacist.

Fill automated dispensing machines and delivers patient medications accurately.

Conducts I.V. rounds and under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, prepares I.V. additives using aseptic techniques in the laminar air flow hood.

Prepares the admixtures chemotherapy using aseptic and safe technique in type II safety hood under direct pharmacist supervision.

Pharmacist Technician 05/2012– 05/2014

Wal-Mart

Houston TX

Maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed medications and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; removing outdated drugs.

Maintains a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.

Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.

Organizes medications for pharmacist to dispense by reading medication orders and prescriptions; preparing labels; calculating quantities; assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies.

Maintains records by recording and filing physicians' orders and prescriptions.

Generates revenues by calculating, recording, and issuing charges.

Ensures medication availability by delivering medications to patients and departments.

Prepares reports by collecting and summarizing information.

Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Inputting customer and prescription data into the computer

Filling and labeling a prescription bottles.

Compounding specialty medications

Managing inventory

Receiving payments from customers for their prescriptions Scholarly or Professional Memberships

ASHP- Member

Grants, Honors and Awards

TSU College of Pharmacy Ambassador Award 2015

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