Pharmacy Technician
Resume:
Judith Klevan, RPh
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Professional Summary
Extensive supervisory and operation level skills demonstrated while managing centralized pharmacy operations at Jeanes Hospital, taking initiative to improve processes in order to lower cost, enhance work effectiveness, improve patient safety and outcomes. Pharmacy Manager while on duty at Rite-Aid and in Hospital Centralized Pharmacy at Temple University hospital, Belmont Behavioral hospital and Interim Director of Pharmacy at Kirkbride Center. Designed and implemented pharmacy medication reconciliation procedures while working for Warminster Hospital. Safety rounded at Elkins Park Hospital, as well as, various committee membership participation as acting Director of Pharmacy at the Kirkbride Center and Charter Fairmount Hospital. Professional communication and motivational speaking skills with a strong track record of conducting medication therapy management services while consulting for a wide variety of clinical staff including attendings, residents and specialty physicians, nurses, students and patients.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Magna Cum Laude May 1994
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Magna Cum Laude January 1991
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Professional Experience
Per Diem Medical Marijuana Dispensary Pharmacist
Restore Integrative Wellness Centers Elkins Park, Philadelphia, Doylestown, PA October 2020 to Present
Per Diem General Manager Verilife Medical Cannabis Dispensary Pharmacist
Pharmacannis September 2019 to Present
Clinical Per Diem Pharmacist
Belmont Behavioral Hospital September 2018 to Present
Provide clinical and operational pharmacy services in a centralized pharmacy an inpatient psychiatric hospital setting.
Monitoring dosages of medications dispensed to pediatric and adolescent patients.
Communications with and providing information to clinical hospital staff in order to improve patient care.
Performing and documentation of clinical interventions of problematic orders.
Capturing and reporting adverse drug reactions and events. Maintaining Pyxis machine inventory.
Performing automatic therapeutic formulary interchanges per pharmacy and therapeutic committee policy.
Clinical Per Diem Pharmacist
Albert Einstein Medical Center December 2012 to Present
Staffing in a wide variety of hospital areas including Unit-based staff/clinical pharmacist for ICU satellite -pharmacy and general, medical floors, psychiatric, telemetry, post transplantation floors as well as clinical staffing Elkins Park Hospital, Moss Rehab facility and Willow Crest Nursing Home.
Elkins Park Hospital pcu/ccu clinical and safety rounding making clinical recommendations to improve patient safety and outcomes.
Collaboration with hospital residents, making medication recommendations to improve care and outcomes.
Capturing and reporting adverse drug reactions and events, contraindications and other clinical issues in order to improve patient safety and outcomes.
Recommending changes to medication therapy regarding renal dosing, drug interactions, compliance with hospital therapy guidelines and other clinical issues to physicians in order to improve safety and outcomes.
Collaborate with interdisciplinary health care providers ie residents, nursing, icu and micu cardiothoracic and transplant surgery, icu and micu clinical staff, respiratory therapy, physical and occupational therapy etc., in order to devise and implement treatment and care plans that are best for individual patient condition.
Extemporaneous IV admixture. Training new pharmacists and pharmacy technicians and education of pharmacy students and new pharmacy resident orientation.
Supervision of centralized pharmacy operations and satellite operations including technician supervision, narcotic distribution, checking unit dosed packaging and medication doses dispensed to inpatient hospital patients.
Target Drug Program Protocol changing medication frequencies and therapeutic substitutions as allowed for and defined by the protocol.
Clinical Per Diem Pharmacist
Jeanes Hospital February 2007 – April 2014
Unit-based clinical pharmacist for intensive care unit, general medical, surgical, telemetry, emergency room and rehabilitation floors. Rounded with interdisciplinary team in the critical care unit (CCU).
Anticoagulation management utilizing pharmacist driven warfarin and heparin protocols and medication reconciliations.
Patient counseling for anticoagulation therapy, as well as discharge counseling Supervision of technician, maintaining operational workflow, ensuring accuracy of items picked for floor stock as well as other pharmacy duties.
Operations supervising pharmacist overseeing and performing IV compounding including reviewing and dispensing oversight of chemotherapy orders, narcotic inventory, annual hospital wide pyxis inventory and pyxis restocking. Supervision of technicians, maintaining operational workflow, ensuring accuracy of items picked for pyxis stock as well as other pharmacy duties.
Initiated and implemented changes in the operations of the main pharmacy dispensing area, reviewing chemotherapy orders, writing chemotherapy compounding instructions and compounding log sheets and performing the final chemotherapy compounding check and chemotherapy compounding, IV Chemotherapy compounding and other changes in IV room operations and Narcotic dispensing procedures to improve work flow efficiency, safety and patient care.
Wrote pharmacy consultations in patient the medical chart and adjusted dosing for renal dosing consults, dofetilide management, vancomycin consultations and warfarin management and medication reconciliation.
Stroke protocol certification, attending stroke codes in order to accurately dose and draw up TPA at bedside when needed.
Monitored dosages of medications dispensed to adult/geriatric patient populations for efficacy, adherence to evidence- based guidelines, contraindications, drug interactions and other clinical issues to improve safety and outcomes.
Total parenteral nutrition consultations and recommendations for therapy to improve patient care and outcomes.
Trained new staff members, pharmacy residents, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy school and pharmacy technician technical education.
Clinical Per Diem Pharmacist
Temple University Hospital December 2007 – July 2012
Monitored medications profiled and dispensed for appropriateness and safety, efficacy and other clinical issues in order to improve patient care, safety and outcomes.
Participated in dispensing medications to patients enrolled in clinical trials, maintained necessary records for randomization inventory other records for clinical trial participation.
Communicated with physicians, nurses and other clinical staff in order to improve and provide care.
Reviewed hyper alimentation orders for adults, pediatric and neonates and patients at Shriner’s hospital for Children.
Performed reviews of contrast dye orders prior to dispensing in order to comply with Joint Commission safety initiatives.
Maintained and monitoring patient medication profiles. Capturing and reporting adverse drug reactions and events.
Provided pharmacy staffing for Shriner’s Hospital for Children, supervision of technician, maintaining operational workflow, ensuring accuracy of items picked for floor stock as well as other pharmacy duties.
Supervisor of pharmacy operations while on duty including technician, directing operational workflow, ensuring accuracy of items picked for floor stock as well as other pharmacy duties.
Rapid response and code team; taking notes on the process of code or rapid response as it occurred, prepared medications for code, recommended medications, route of administration and order of administration for code as requested by residents, physicians or other clinical practitioners.
Clinical Per Diem Pharmacist
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children July 2003- February 2009
Monitored dosages of medications dispensed to neonatal pediatric and adolescent patients.
Communicated with and provided information to clinical hospital staff in order to improve patient care.
Performed and documented clinical interventions of problematic orders. Captured and reported adverse drug reactions and events.
Extemporaneous IV admixture, including pediatric and neonatal hyper alimentation.
Trained new pharmacists and technicians; Supervision of technician, maintained operational workflow, ensured accuracy of items picked for floor stock as well as other pharmacist duties.
Clinical Per Diem Pharmacist
Warminster Hospital March 2006 – September 2006
Developed and implemented procedures for performing medication reconciliations. Maintained and monitored computerized patient medication profiles.
Maintained records of clinical pharmacy interventions with problematic orders.
Communicated with other health care providers.
Supervision of technicians, rotating Pharm.D. candidates and pharmacy technician students, maintained and directed pharmacy workflow other pharmacy operations oversight.
Clinical Per Diem Pharmacist
St. Mary’s Medical Center March 2000 – June 2003
Inpatient dispensing of medications in centralized pharmacy.
Maintained and monitored computerized patient medication profiles. Maintained records of clinical pharmacy interventions with problematic orders. Provided information to and communicated with other health care providers.
Supervision of technicians as well as other pharmacy staff, maintained pharmacy workflow and other pharmacy operations oversight.
Clinical Per Diem Pharmacist
Elkins Park Hospital May 1998 – October 1998
Inpatient dispensing of medication in centralized pharmacy. Extemporaneous IV admixture, including adult and neonatal TPN.
Maintained and monitored patient medication profiles. Performance and documentation of clinical pharmacy interventions to improve outcomes.
Attended and engaged in daily interdisciplinary safety rounding meetings.
Communicated with physicians and other healthcare professionals.
Supervision of pharmacy technicians and oversight of pharmacy workflow.
Maintained pharmacy and PYXIS inventory.
Director of Pharmacy
Kirkbride Center & Charter Fairmount Institute April 1997 – November 1997
Oversaw daily operations of dispensing, drug distribution and inventory control.
Maintained and monitored patient medication profiles for contraindications and drug interactions.
Overall supervision, hiring and training of pharmacy staff. Developed and provided after hour services.
Performed nursing station inspections. Participation in Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee meetings.
Inpatient dispensing of medication in centralized pharmacy.
Performed DUE’S and developed QI plans.
Maintained pharmacy inventory including narcotic inventory and usage records.
Staff Pharmacist
Rite Aid Pharmacy August 1994 – April 1997
Communicated with physicians, nurses, patients and insurance companies.
Maintained and monitored patient medication profiles. Dispensed and compounded prescriptions.
Rite Aid “Customer Service Award” May 1996, October 1996.
Interviewed, Hired, Trained and Supervised pharmacy technicians.
Licenses & Certifications
Power-Pak Continuing Education, Medication Therapy Management Certificate
Lambert Center for the Study of Medicinal Cannabis and Hemp Certified March 2019 Pennsylvania
Department of Health Certification, Medical Marijuana Dispensary Pharmacist
Licensure: Pennsylvania rp040849l and New Jersey 28RI03210000
Pharmacy software: PYXIS, ACCUDOSE, MEDIDOSE, OMNICELL, Sorian pharmacy, Seimans Pharmacy, HboC, Medication manager software, Cerner, Winpharm.
Community Volunteer
Langhorne Neighbors Association – community charity fundraising organization 2000-2010
Shir Ami Synagogue Choir Member 2016-present
Women of Shir Ami Synagogue General Board Member 2016-present
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Family to Family class teacher January 2019 to present
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