Pharmacy Care

GILLIAN GOW-BARBER

909-***-**** • *******.*********@*****.*** • 5417 Golf Street, Jurupa Valley, California 92509 PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Experienced clinical pharmacist with strong leadership and relationship-building skills. Motivated and extremely hard-working with solid experience managing all levels of large-scale projects, including budgeting and administration. Strong clinical pharmacy skills, including prescribing, patient-focused care. Registered with California State Board of Pharmacy RPH 83572 SKILLS • Clinical Pharmacist - prescriber,

pain management, discharge

facilitation, critical care

pharmaceutical care

specialism

• Project management and

service development

• Electronic prescribing - building

systems for safety - three

systems have been used or

introduced

• Leadership - personnel,

financial planning, business

case development, team

building (ensuring all staff are

empowered, supported and

well trained).

• Governance - risk

management, policy writing,

audit, training, and

implementation.

• Lecturing and training, acting

as mentor and tutor

• United States Immigration EB1

holder (alien with extraordinary

ability - green card, permanent

leave to remain) and already

obtained Foreign Pharmacy

Graduate Examination

Certificate from the NABP,

passed NAPELX and CPJE. RPH

licence 83572 California

Registered Pharmacist.

WORK HISTORY

Oct 1998 – August 2019

Liverpool

Chief Pharmacist - Director of Pharmacy / Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

• Leadership of the pharmaceutical service to meet corporate objectives, responsible to the Chief Executive, including an out of hours service,

• Advises the Trust and its officers on all pharmaceutical matters relating to the Medicines Act (1968); the Misuse of Drugs Act (1971); the Poisons Act (1972) and other current legislation and guidance to enable effective medicines management in both primary and secondary care,

• Responsible for the recruitment, retention and training of all grades of pharmaceutical staff according to the needs of the service and in adherence to relevant human resource policies,

• Ensures there is an effective system of risk management and health and safety assessment within the department,

• Holds budgetary responsibility for the drugs budget and pharmacy staff budget,

• Ensures that the Trust fully complies with all requirements in respect of aseptic dispensing for NHS patients,

• Ensures the provision of patient focused pharmaceutical care, providing strategic direction for the pharmaceutical service and producing clear annual objectives for the service in line with the Trust's corporate objectives, ensuring compliance with policies for the introduction of new medicines and the drug formulary, providing timely information on drug usage and expenditure, ensuring that systems are in place for the safe, efficient ordering, storage, security, dispensing and distribution of medicines.

• Develops the clinical pharmacy service via strategic direction, maintaining clinical standards through training and ensuring the pharmacy team provide an excellent service.

• Clinically provides clinical pharmacy services to the critical care unit, including prescribing support, attends regular surgical ward rounds, again providing prescribing support and producing discharge prescriptions.

• Develops training and communication with other professions including lecturing on the Non-Medical Prescribing Course at Edge Hill university.

• In addition - appointed in 2009 as Associate Director / Clinical Lead for the newly formed Clinical services Division, with responsibility for governance for the whole division.

Jan 1995 - Sep 1998

Upton, Wirral

Clinical Dispensary Manager / Wirral Hospital NHS Trust

• Team leader to the surgical directorate, involved in regular ward visits and audit meetings.

• Clinical Pharmacist for intensive care which included the attendance of regular ward rounds,

• Nutrition Team member which included daily visit to all referred patients, audit and advice,

• Dispensary organisation and the promotion of pharmaceutical care within the department from a dispensary level by training both pharmacists and technicians and ensuring the electronic patient care information system was used to its best effect,

• Managing clinical trials,

• The holding of regular staff meetings to encourage participation and team spirit by all staff,

• Teaching and tutoring at undergraduate and post graduate level on the clinical pharmacy diploma at Liverpool John Moores University as an honorary clinical lecturer.

Sep 1992 - Dec 1994

Salford

Clinical Pharmacy Services Manager and Clinical Lecturer / Hope Hospital

• Salford and Manchester University as an Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice. EXPERIENCE and RESPONSIBILITIES: a) providing a clinical pharmacy service to the general intensive care unit, neurosurgical unit and the Regional Special Care Baby Unit, b) training of Resident and Pre-registration pharmacists, c) part of the Acute Pain Group, d) participated in a Clinical Pharmacy training programme for overseas students, e) member of the Tissue Viability Group.

• My University duties included: ward based and tutorial teaching to Post-Graduate Diploma and MSc students, final year pharmacy student's project supervision, lecturing to undergraduate students, workshop teaching on the Post-Graduate Diploma in Neonatal TPN. Aug 1988 - Aug 1992

Merseyside, England

Basic Grade Pharmacist And Research Assistant / Aintree University Hospital

• Providing a ward pharmacy service to a variety of different wards

(including the Coronary Care Unit and the General Intensive Care Unit) and dispensary duties.

• Trainer in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation.

• Provided educational sessions to various staff groups.

• Pharmacy representative to the Cardiac Rehabilitation team.

• Researcher within critical care during which time I gained my MSc EDUCATION

2017

Lancashire, England

2007

Derby, England

Non-Medical Prescribing in Prescribing

Edge Hill University

Doctor of Pharmacy

University of Derby

1993

Merseyside, England

Master of Science in Clinical Pharmacy

Liverpool John Moores University

1991

Merseyside, England

Post-graduate Diploma In Clinical Pharmacy in Clinical Pharmacy Liverpool John Moores University

1987

Tyne and Wear, England

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

University Of Sunderland

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• First Aid at Work Qualification and re-qualification - 1989, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008 and 2011, 2014, 2017.

• BLS (basic Life Support) certificate (via America Heart association) achieved Jan 6th 2021

• Biotechnology Pharmaceuticals in Managed Care, conference held in Nashville, Tennessee (April 1994).

• National Vocational Awards, City and Guilds, Assessors Training Course, held on 8th to 10th February 1995 at Clatterbridge Hospital.

• Institute for Supervisory Management study days held at Clatterbridge Hospital during 1995.

• Chief Pharmacist workshops held annually : a) primary care groups (2000), b) NHS plan for pharmacy in the future (2001)

• American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists Mid-year Conference held in New Orleans (2001), Las Vegas (2007), Orlando (2017)

• European Society of Cardiology conference held in Munich (2004) Turning a Vision into Reality: Moving More Care out of Hospitals - Bupa 15th November 2012.

• United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association weekend school on Critical Care (Nov 1991) United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association Residential Symposium.

• Guild of Hospital Pharmacists weekend schools covering: a) Neuropharmacy (April 1991) Oxford. b) Oncology (April 1990) Durham.

• British Pharmaceutical Conference (1993) Reading.

• Business Planning for Intensive Care Units (at the Manchester Business School, residential course for one week) (June 1991).

• Pain relief for the terminally ill (held at Aintree Hospitals, three study days) (April 1991). California Internship undertaken at Eastland Pharmacy, Rowland Heights, California, under direction of Miss Danielle Kim, RPH – 1500 hours. Additional two weeks spent at Bear Valley Community Hospital in Big Bear, California, under direction of Mr Colin Campbell RPH. REFERENCES

Dr N Scawn, Associate Medical Director for Clinical Support services, Anaesthetist / intensive care Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Thomas Drive, Liverpool L14 3PE. *****.*****@****.***.** Mr Steven Colfar, Manager Clinical Support Services Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Thomas Drive, Liverpool L14 3PE. ******.******@****.***.** Mr Danny Forrest, Chief Pharmacist

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Thomas Drive, Liverpool L14 3PE. *****.*******@****.***.**

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