Pharmacist

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Pharmacy Operations Manager, Clinical Pharmacist, MBA in Healthcare Administration Candidate (2021)

Self-Directed, Innovative, and Patient Care Focused Experienced pharmacist with a progressive background in clinical pharmacy, pharmacy technology and automation, leadership, workflows and best hospital practices. Over the last 20 years. Progressed from a pharmacy technician, pharmacist intern, pharmacist resident, staff pharmacist, night pharmacist, clinical pharmacist, to pharmacy leadership positions. Experience in diverse employment settings which include governmental, military, private for profit, non-profit, international in both hospital and retail settings. The experience has shaped my continuous professional growth and allowed me to adapt pharmacy practice based on the hospital setting, the role employed and the team.

Areas of expertise:

Clinical Pharmacy Pharmacy Practice Models Training & Continuing Education

Pharmacy Technology / Automation Performance Improvement Workflows

Electronic Medical Record Strategic Leadership Productivity Metrics

Clinical Operations Policy Compliance USP 795/797/800

Solution Design & Implementation

Medication Safety Best Practices

Employee Communications Presentations

Performance Review

Team Building - Creates an environment that is positive and motivating; fosters collaboration and teamwork while maximizing personnel's skills.

Quality - Superior aptitude in developing solutions and implementing corrective actions that maximize the pharmacy departments performance.

Professional - High-energy achiever; uses outstanding organizational, communication and correspondence skills to build solid relationships; generates top quality results by demonstrating superior product knowledge; acts with integrity; ensures confidentiality.

Motivating - Dedicated, ambitious, goal-oriented self-starter. Consistently achieve/surpass established goals and objectives. Lead by example.

Strategic Focus – Disciplined and flexible problem-solving approach that balances business objectives with employee needs.

UMASS Memorial Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts

Clinical Pharmacist Specialist – COVID 19 April 2020 – August 2020

Detroit Field Hospital Detroit, Michigan

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – COVID 19 March 2020

Al Jalila Children’s Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Interim Director, Clinical Manager, Ops Manager Clinical Pharmacist January 2018 – February 2020

Leader and manager of staff Pharmacist, clinical pharmacists & technicians

Implemented Clinical Pharmacy services

New 797 IV room build; validation, policy and training and workflows

Standardized IV dosing

Filled in for Director of Clinical Support Services

Cerner HIS integration

JCI accreditation

Pharmacy procurement innovations

Physician & nursing orientation and training

Pyxis implementation

Carousel inventory implementation

Policies, procedures & protocols

Authored Clinical Practice guidelines

Lexicomp Formulink implementation

Oncology program implementation

Orientated all hospital personnel to pharmacy services

Implemented Pharmacy Technicians Services

Mach 4 robot overhaul

Clinical rounds implementation

Pharmacy medication discharge Program (Award winner)

TPN Pharmacy program and build with training

Unit dose packaging

Standardize Dosing

Pediatric research committee

Antibiotic Stewardship program

Pharmacist training

EMR Formulary build

Clinical Pharmacist for first Pediatric Kidney transplant in Dubai

Lean processes

Workflow mapping and improvements

Pharmacy contracts

Erx implementation (National electronic, cloud-based insurance system)

Narcotic surveillance implementation

Insurance innovations

Various committees

Hosted Hospital administrations from throughout the region and advised on Pharmacy

Services

Youth outreach activities with different schools in UAE

Kingman Regional Medical Center, Kingman, AZ

Clinical Pharmacist July 2016 to Oct 2017

Order Entry and verification

Automated IV compounding

Rounding

Pharmacokinetic Dosing

Patient Education

Total parental Nutrition

Physician Consults

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Anticoagulation

Medication Reconciliation

Transition of Care

Intervention Documentation

Pediatric & Neonatal Dosing

Decentralized Clinical Pharmacist rotation

Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

Pharmacy Residency 2016

Formal training

Decentralized Model

TPN

Antibiotic Stewardship

USP 797/ IV training, automation, workflows and best practices

Anticoagulation

Order verification

EPIC training

Multidisciplinary team rounds

Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, Webster, TX

Pharmacy Technician 2008 - 2012

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Task Force

Narcotic Diversion

Pediatric Sterile and non-sterile compounding

Pediatric PO's

NICU, PICU, Nursery & L&D Services

Fingertip glove and media fill testing

Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX

Pharmacy Technician 2003 - 2008

TPN Compounding

Sterile and Non-Sterile Compounding

Phaseal closed administration device

Standardize Dosing for IV's

Investigational Drugs Training

Investigation Drugs Compounding

Individualized PO Dosing

Intrathecal Compounding

Revised Large Volume IV Process

Revised Short Stability IV Process

Trainer Sterile and Non-Sterile Process

Oncology, PICU; NICU & Bone Marrow Transplant Satellite Pharmacies

United States Air Force

Pharmacy Journeyman 1999-2003

Supervisor Hospital Inpatient Pharmacy

Supervisor of Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy (2500 Rx’s/ day)

Equivalent duties and authority to a civilian pharmacist (under military law)

Trained all US Air Pharmacy Personnel IV’s (training base for pharmacy)

USP 797 training

Medication Counseling

Medication Procurement

Pharmacy Budget and Finance

Operations

Order verification

Attended codes

Prescription Verification

Drug utilization review

Clinical Pharmacy consults to Physician

Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee

Order Entry and Drug Interaction Resolution

TPN Order Entry and Compounding

Disaster Preparedness team member

On-Call Duties Responsible for All Pharmacy Services from 7pm to 6am

Adult & Pediatric Services

Doctor of Pharmacy 2016

Texas Southern University COPHS

B.S. Biology 2012

Texas Southern University

Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Management

University of Texas at Tyler (ongoing)

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION LEARNING OPPORTUNITY INTERNSHIP (1 Year)

Michael E DeBakey VA Hospital 800 Hour training

Further Clinical Training

Michael E. DeBakey VA

Family medicine

Interdisciplinary Pharmacist intern rounding with Baylor College of Medicine Physician Team

Medicine Shoppe

Retail Pharmacy

Counseling

Entering and filling prescriptions

Implemented Medication Therapy Management program

Michael E. DeBakey VA

Neurology

Focused on spinal cord injuries

Rounds Baylor College of Medicine Physician Team infectious disease team and rehab teams

CHI St. Luke's Baylor College of Medicine

Administration

Precepted by Director of Pharmacy

Formulary management

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Director level meetings and presentations

CHI St. Luke's Baylor College of Medicine

Hospital - Emergency Room

Designed ER pharmacist medication reconciliation and transition of care pharmacy services

Harris Health System Ben Taub Hospital

Intensive Care Unit

Largest county health care system in United States

Rounds with Baylor College of Pharmacy Physician team

Medication therapy management

Advised physicians on course of medication and potential adverse reactions

Pyxis – Certified Trainer, BD Pyxis ES Course

Carousel

Infusion pumps (various)

Automated IV systems (various)

Meditech

Omnicell

Accudose

McKesson

EPIC

CHCS

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

VistA

Cerner

Recent Presentations

Cerner Middle East & N Africa Collaboration Forum (April 2019)

Dubai, UAE

Cerner (Oct 2018)

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Dubai College for girls (Sept 2019)

Dubai, UAE

GCC PHARMACY CONGRESS (Oct 2019)

Scientific Advisor

Presenter

Moderator

Dubai, UAE

Dubai Pharmacy College (Sept 2019)

Sino-UAE Symposium Presentation

Dubai, UAE

Cerner (Jun 2019)

International presentation

Oman Ministry of Health (Dec 2019)

Clinical Pharmacy, automation and workflows presentation

Muscat, Oman

Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (Nov 2019, Mar 2020)

Clinical Pharmacy lecture for medical students

Dubai, UAE

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

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