Pharmacist

Parisa Alavi, PharmD

M: 916-***-**** ******.*****@*****.*** Castro Valley, CA 94546

Service Excellence Community Outreach Continuous Improvement Business-focused and service-driven professional with 13 years of experience. Seeking a part/full-time position as a pharmacist in a retail or clinical setting. EXPERIENCE

Retail Pharmacist Sep 2007 – Present

Walgreens, Sacramento, CA

Operations

- Supervisory experience managing a pharmacist and four technicians/cashiers per shift

- Process an average volume of 300 to 350 prescriptions per day

- Analyze pharmacy workflow, financial, and customer service data to identify drivers of key performance indicators and resourcing operations as required

- Manage pharmacy inventory and asset protection activities

- Oversight of compounding specialized drug formulations in a retail setting

- Cover extra shifts at 10 or more different branch pharmacies Financial

- Assigned to low-performing pharmacy to increase productivity and revenues

- Improvements included increasing annual revenues from a loss of $10k to positive earnings of

$24k in part through efficient inventory management and community immunization outreach

- Kept accurate on shelf drug inventory and reduced manual private vendor drug ordering under 5%, by assigning staff to review 10 different drug counts daily

- Developed and maintained excellent relationships with local medical community including physicians (doctor detailing), nurses, home infusion teams, and healthcare service facilities

- Cultivated relationship with local providers to increase new patient volume

- Established contracts with a special needs home care company that serviced 21 different locations across Northern CA to administer annual immunizations

- Meticulous in issue resolution and troubleshooting functions for third party discrepancies Clinical

- One of the first three pharmacists at Walgreens to participate in the flu and pneumonia vaccination efforts initiated in 2008

- Launched immunization clinics at six pharmacies, administering more than 100 vaccinations per day; the success of this pilot led to the launch of immunization clinics across the company

- Increased participation of patients in the Save A Trip Refill (SATRE) program to reduce multiple trips to the pharmacy, leading to greater adherence and patient satisfaction

- A Medication Therapy Management specialist in the complex management of diabetes, hypertension, obstructive pulmonary disease as well as other disease states

- Promoted the use of the Patient Care Portal as a way of staying connected with patients who may need additional information on new medications or treatment regimens, and to build trust and customer loyalty

FACULTY

Adjust Faculty Preceptor 2013 - 2017

California Northstate University, College of Pharmacy Served as preceptor for pharmacy students retail rotation 2-4 students per year EDUCATION

Doctorate in Pharmacy, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 2003 - 2006 License number: 59287 CA

SKILLS

- Empathetic, respectful, and hardworking to ensure patients feel valued and appreciated

- Excellent teamwork, interpersonal, communication, and presentations skills

- Self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision under time pressure

- Able to adjust and adapt to challenges in a highly dynamic environment

- Strong analytical, math, and computer skills

- Expertise with Intercom Plus and StoreNet systems CERTIFICATIONS

- CPR Jul 2019

- CLIA Health Testing Aug 2013

- Registered Pharmacist Sep 2007

- Smoking Cessation Counselor Jan 2006

- Immunization Jan 2006

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

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