JUDITH MAGALHAES, PHARMD, BCGP

* ****** ****, **** ********, MA 02717 508-***-**** adjen0@r.postjobfree.com PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Registered pharmacist with over 25 years’ experience in hospital, ambulatory, long-term care and retail settings. Manager with excellent reputation for leadership and collaboration with healthcare partners to resolve problems, improve patient health and wellness, implement quality and safety initiatives, and sustain clinical programs. Consistently save costs while increasing profits through medication optimization, chronic disease management and education, patient-provider satisfaction, generic utilization, and reducing hospitalizations and readmissions.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP)

• Diabetes Educator- Prevention and Management

• ADCES Continuous Glucose Monitoring Certificate

• ADCES DPP Advanced Lifestyle Coach

• Chronic Disease & Transitional Care Management

• Quality Metrics (HEDIS, STARS, HCAHPS)

• Excellent Communication and Collaboration Skills

• Certified Immunization Pharmacist

WORK HISTORY

Consultant Pharmacist, 10/2019 to present

Elite Pharmacy Consulting, LLC- East Freetown, MA

• Consultant pharmacist in Massachusetts and Rhode Island

• Chronic disease management and medication optimization

• Transitions of Care and Medication Reconciliation services

• Diabetes Educator and Lifestyle Coach- prevention, monitoring and management

• Promote health and wellness through disease prevention in high-risk populations

• Collaborate with providers and patients to optimize health outcomes and improve quality of life

• Responsible for Medication Regimen Reviews (MRRs) and facility compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements

Clinical Pharmacist Specialists, 02/2018 to 01/2019 Anchor Medical Associates – Lincoln, RI

• Collaborated with providers of the healthcare team to optimize patient care through guideline-directed medication therapy (GDMT) in chronic disease management

• RI Certified Cardiovascular and Diabetes Outpatient Educator (CVDOE)

• Improved HEDIS and STAR metrics for patient adherence and disease management metrics

• Patient-assistance and Prior Authorizations for medication cost and adherence

• Medication reconciliation at transitions of care, identifying and resolving discrepancies

• Analyzed trends in medication use and made recommendations for policy updates and cost-savings Clinical Pharmacist Specialists, 06/2017 to 02/2018 Prospect Medical/CharterCare – Providence, RI

• Work with healthcare providers to improve HEDIS and STARS quality metrics, optimize patient outcomes, reduce readmissions, improve medication adherence and patient satisfaction

• Provide Medication Therapy Management (MTM), Comprehensive Medication Reviews (CMR), and Post-Discharge Medication Reconciliation during transitions of care

• Diabetes Educator and Chronic Disease Management (COPD, Heart Failure, post-MI, and Diabetes)

• Reduce overall healthcare costs through medication optimization, generic utilization, formulary management, chronic disease management and medication-related hospitalizations Clinical Pharmacy Manager, 01/2005 to 06/2017

Good Samaritan Medical Center – Brockton, MA

• Responsible for development, implementation and performance improvement of hospital-wide clinical pharmacy policies, protocols, and clinical pathway order sets

• Co-chair of Pharmacy and Therapeutics and Antimicrobial Stewardship Committees

• Create and deliver continuing education presentations to medical staff, nursing and pharmacy

• Patient education and discharge medication counseling for chronic disease management

• Analyze and report Adverse Drug Events (ADE) and medication errors or safety related incidents

• Participate in Root Cause Analysis and development of action plan to prevent recurrence of adverse events

• Provide pharmacy consults for medication recommendations utilizing evidence-based guidelines, formulary management, cost-savings/avoidance and monitoring for medication safety and efficacy

• Responsible for clinical staff competencies, regulatory compliance, hazardous and high-risk medication management, and sterile compounding requirements

Clinical Pharmacist, 11/2002 to 12/2004

Charlton Memorial Hospital – Fall River, MA

• Multidisciplinary Rounds in Critical Care and Cardiac Care Units

• Pain Management and Medication Management consults

• Collaborate with medical staff in development of clinical pharmacy services

• Patient education for chronic disease, high-risk readmission or complex medication regimens

• Created and deliver continuing education presentations to medical staff, pharmacy and nursing Assistant Director, 11/2001 to 06/2002

Harvard University Health Services – Cambridge, MA

• Assisted Director in pharmacy operations, policy and procedures, inventory and personnel management

• Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee

• Medication Therapy Management

• Patient education and medication counseling

• Trained and mentored new employees and pharmacy interns

• Maintained pharmacy inventory and controlled substance policies per state and federal regulatory requirements

EDUCATION & LICENSING

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) MA license: PH21312

University of Rhode Island - Kingston, RI RI license: RPH05561 CERTIFICATIONS & CREDENTIALS

Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP)

RI Certified Diabetes Outpatient Educator (CDOE)

RI Certified Cardiovascular Diabetes Outpatient Educator (CVDOE) ADCES Certified DPP Lifestyle Coach

ADCES Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Certificate Anticoagulant Therapy Management Certificate, University of Southern Indiana APhA Medication Therapy Management Certificate

APhA Pharmacy-Based Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management APhA Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certificate APhA Pharmacist & Patient-Centered Diabetes Care National Certificate Training Program

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