Pharmacy Physician

Heather Rogers

**************@*****.*** 716-***-****

**** *** ********* **, ********, NY 14085

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Pharmacist with excellent clinical and management abilities that has proven herself in a wide array of different environments, from pediatric to geriatrics. Looking for a career to achieve and exceed company goals.

SKILLS

• Excellent communication abilities

• Dependable

• Attention to detail

• Multi-tasking and negotiation

• Organizational Skills

• Outstanding people skills

• Problem-solving abilities

EXPERIENCE

Director Of Pharmacy

BERTRAND CHAFFEE HOSPITAL – SPRINGVILLE, NEW YORK October 2016 - Current

Oversee all day to day pharmacy operations including technician responsibilities

Enter and verify all CPOE orders in our EMR system

Check all medications filled by technicians before distribution to the floor

Responsible for compounding all intravenous medications by using 797 clean room standards

Daily rounding with physicians and nursing where clinical recommendations are given such as dosing, antibiotic choice, and drug interactions.

Creating new hospital medication use protocols and presenting them at the quarterly P and T meeting.

Management of annual pharmaceutical inventory and presentation to CFO

Certified Diabetes Educator

Worked alongside other departments in building a new EMR hospital formulary and specified order sets with doctors' individualized “favorite” medication groups.

Utilized a multi-departmental approach to reduce medication cost through inventory reduction and therapeutic interchanges.

Renegotiated contracts with our drug distributor that created a cost reduction in overhead by an average of 10,000 to 20,000 dollars annually.

Reduced our Hospital and Pharmacy Inventory cost by 11,000 dollars from 2017 which is a total percentage drop of 6.6%

Expanded community service programs for the public. This included community talks at the Senior Center on diabetic education as well as a wide variety of topics concerning aging populations in our area.

Obtained through a state wide grant, a pharmaceutical drop off box located in our ER waiting room.

Works alongside hospitalists and nurse discharge planning to counsel patients before official discharge.

Clinical Staff Pharmacist

Mercy Hospital of Buffalo – Buffalo, NY August 2015 - September 2016

Entered and verified physician orders in CPOE system, and gave dosage and therapy recommendations

Compounded IV medications including chemotherapy and TPN products.

Interpreted electrolyte lab values and adjusted nutritional requirements in TPN products

Clinical rounding with physicians, including other health care providers, in which medication recommendations were presented through detailed review of patient's chart.

Clinical rounding with physicians and other healthcare providers

Staff Pharmacist

John R. Oishei Children's Hospital – Buffalo, NY July 2007 - May 2015

Calculated specific (mg/kg) dosing of medications for pediatric and neonatal populations on a day to day basis

Compounded both intravenous and oral medications (including chemotherapy and total parenteral nutrition) for pediatric populations according to specified dosing.

Verified and entered all CPOE orders from physicians

Calculated nutritional requirements for neonatal and pediatric population according to lab values and physician orders.

EDUCATION

Pharm D

University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY June 2007

Biology B.S

D'Youville College Buffalo, NY June 1999

High School Regents Diploma

Springville-Griffith Institute High School Springville, NY June 1995

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