Pharmacist

DEANNA LUEKENGA

**** *. ****** **., *******, AZ *5028

C: 870-***-**** **************@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Pharmacist with over 30 years combined experience in a clinical hospital setting and community retail setting. Proficient in EPIC and Vigilanz. Trained in Cerner, Meditech, Medcomm, Best Care, CPSI, Paragon and other software systems. Familiar with Omnicell dispensing system. I am a flexible and adaptable worker with the ability to thrive in a busy setting, the attitude to provide friendly and professional customer service, and the desire to constantly learn.

LICENSES

• Arkansas Pharmacists License

• Arizona Pharmacists License

• Colorado Pharmacists License

• Nebraska Pharmacists License (pending)

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

January 2020 to present

Staff Pharmacist, MediStar Healthcare Phoenix, AZ

• Presently working overnight shift in a remote order entry setting for several hospitals across the United States

• Duties include order verification, implementing formulary substitutions, dosing pharmacokinetic consults (vancomycin, warfarin, etc), renal dosing, and following protocols and procedures for over 20 different hospitals at once

•Providing information to nursing and medical staff concerning available inventory, along with compatibility, IV admixture, and drug administration.

•Familiarity with many different hospital software systems August 2013 to January 2020

Clinical Pharmacist, CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs, AR

• Duties included verification of drug therapy orders, while checking for appropriate antibiotic coverage, appropriate therapy, dose, formulary substitutions, proper admin times, duplicate therapies, drug interactions, etc.

• Inspect ICU units or other locations through Readiness Rounds and ensure ongoing optimization of patient care through use of Vigilanz

• Provided any drug information such as IV compatibility or appropriate course of therapy or drug choice to nurses and physicians

• Worked in a decentralized OR satellite pharmacy, providing anesthesiologists and CRNA’s with both narcotics and non narcotics, while keeping narcotic records in the OR/Anesthesia Workroom environment.

• Supervised tech duties, performed tasks related to Omnicell dispensing system, coordinated pharmacy tasks to optimize quick, efficient patient care.

• Responsible for most vancomycin and aminoglycoside dosing (loading and maintenance doses based on adjusted weight, CrCl, and indication with appropriate labs and troughs or random levels) through consults given by physicians

• Performed warfarin dosing, heparin dosing, and enoxaparin dosing, through anticoagulation consults to pharmacy.

• Wrote TPN and electrolyte orders, fulfilling pharmacy consults for nutrition, and compounded TPN’s

• Enter and compound IV chemotherapy

LONG TERM CARE EXPERIENCE

November 2012 to April 2013 Pharmacist in Charge, Allcare Assisted Living Pharmacy Arkadelphia, AR

• Managed a closed door pharmacy that serviced assisted living facilities in various ways, including three different types of convenient, patient compliant friendly packaging.

•Used DocuTracks to receive orders from physicians and nurses. Received emergency orders that were processed centrally and filled by satellite pharmacies.

•Managed monthly changeout orders that were filled for different facilities on various days throughout the month

RETAIL EXPERIENCE

September 2009 to October 2021

Staff Pharmacist (Full Time), Walmart Arkadelphia, AR

• Worked as a retail floating pharmacist, based out of Arkadelphia, AR, and various towns throughout the state with an ever changing, full time schedule.

• Worked exclusively as a staff pharmacist in the Arkadelphia store toward the end of my position at Walmart

• Was flexible to work different times in any place I was needed, and with any staffing situation February 2006 to July 2009

Pharmacist in Charge / Pharmacy Manager / Owner, Amity Drug & Sundry Amity, AR

• Owned and operated a new retail pharmacy, begun by our family in a small town. I developed the business from the beginning along with my husband, who is also a pharmacist. I was in charge of all legal forms and paperwork, RX inventory control, OTC management, patient care, physicians liaison, ordering all front end merchandise, and managing all employees.

• Managed all third party insurance contracts and reimbursement.

•Responsible for financial activities, including accounts payable and accounts receivable.

• Pharmacy was closed due to family circumstances, not personal or medical reasons. I continued to operate as a relief pharmacist service under the same business name. January 1998 January 2006

Staff Pharmacist, Family Pharmacy Hot Springs AR

• Worked as a retail/community pharmacist for a small independent pharmacy, providing individualized customer service.

August 2001 to September 2005

Relief Pharmacist, City Drug Mt.Ida,AR

• Worked as a relief pharmacist in a small

town, family owned pharmacy. Great

opportunity to serve a local, rural

population.

April 1995 to January 1998

Pharmacist, Walmart Hot Springs, AR

August 1992 to April 1995

Staff Pharmacist, Super D Drugs Hot Springs, AR

May 1990 to August 1992

Pharmacist In Charge, Foster’s Pharmacy Hot Springs, AR EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR August 1987 to May 1990

Pre Pharmacy University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock, AR August 1984 to May 1987

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