Temple University Management Specialist

Sarah O. Nwabara

Licensed Pharmacist

********@*****.*** • 704-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/70666330 • Waxhaw, NC

Summary

A top-performing Licensed Pharmacy with extensive experience in team leadership, strategic planning, and pharmacovigilance. Highly skilled in evaluating existing operations to identify inefficiencies, redundancies, and risks, innovating strategic process improvements to optimize workflow, maintain internal controls, and drive profit growth.

Qualifications Summary

·Collaborate with physicians and providers to outline patient treatment strategies and requirements, delivering comprehensive pharmaceutical care to ensure on-going patient progress and success.

·Establish clear channels of communication with patients to outline medication administration methodology, potential side effects, and drug interactions to ensure adherence to strategies and understanding.

·Maintain working knowledge of products, regulations, and requirements to ensure on-going compliance.

·Technical skills include: MTM Specialist, LTACH Pharmacist, IV Admixtures, Compu-Care System, HMS/Med Host System, EPIC System, Siemens System, and Cerner – PharmNet.

Career Experience

Carolina Clinical Research, Charlotte, NC 2020 -Present

Pharmacist of Record

perform the day to day pharmacy activities and study product management including but not limited to the procurement, storage, inventory, preparation, dispensing, accountability, record keeping, labeling, handling and final disposition of study products for the trial.

Encompass Health Rehabilitations, Rock Hill, SC 2016 – Present

Pharmacist/Remote Pharmacist

Oversee daily operations within hospital pharmacy, ensuring achievement of all customer and patient expectations. Deliver insight of pharmaceutical products to facilitate patient treatment and success. Ensure accurate dosing of anticoagulants, antibiotics, and renally dosed medications. Counsel patients on medication administration and procedures prior to discharge to facilitate continuity of care. Interpret orders, compound, and dispense medication preparations in accordance with legal and professional regulations.

·Standardized pharmacy-specific policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with applicable Joint Commission and other auditing agency regulations.

·Reduced readmission rate through effective medication reconciliation on admissions and discharge.

·One of three pharmacists in South Carolina providing remote pharmacist services for eight hospitals after hours.

New Season, Fort Mill, SC 2016 – 2018

Consultant Pharmacist

Monitored inventory levels and accounting of methadone, suboxone, and subutex products in an opioid dependence treatment clinic; reconciled inventory with database to update balances.

·Evaluated countersigning computer-generated pharmacist sign-off sheet to ensure accuracy of site inventory.

Select Specialty Hospital/Soliant Health, Winston-Salem, NC 2015 – 2016

Clinical Pharmacist

Provided pharmaceutical services in a specialty care hospital with up to 35 patients, delivered clinical support to chronically and critically ill or post-ICU patients requiring extended hospital care. Maintained working knowledge of all pharmaceutical services, including drug distribution, central operations, and IV admixture. Placed purchase orders to ensure adequate drug supply.

·Participated in patient drug therapy monitoring in long-term acute care hospital, providing on-going treatment, implementing modifications as patients progressed.

Novant Health Matthews Medical Center, Matthews, NC 2008 – 2015

3rd Shift Pharmacist

Managed prescription dosing and dispensing for up to 140 patients daily in a community hospital. Led pharmacy technician, interns, and support teams to foster cohesive workflow. Monitored patient responses to drug therapies, including Heparin, Lovenox, Warfarin, and antibiotics including Vancomycin, Gentamycin, and Tobramycin. Prepared IV pain cocktails, Tumescent and other special IV admixtures for use in OR.

·Given remote access to fill orders for affiliated hospitals in the area, as needed.

·Identified and resolved discrepancies on orders.

Previous positions include Pharmacy Manager/Pharmacist for Eckerd/Rite Aid Pharmacy, and Pharmacist for Rite Aid Pharmacy.

Education

Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Management

University of North Carolina – Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC, In Progress

Beta Gamma Sigma, Honor Society, Member

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Student Affiliation of the National Pharmaceutical Association, Member

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

American Chemical Society, Member

Licenses & Certifications

Good Clinical Practice Certification, NDAT CTN, 2020

Ethics and Human Subject Protection: A comprehensive introduction,

Anticoagulation Therapy Management, ACPE, 2020

Review in Geriatric Medicine, Harvard University, 2013

Medication Therapy Management Specialist, ACCP-ASHP, 2006

Immunization Pharmacist, APHA, 2003

Affiliations

North Carolina Board of Pharmacy, Licensed Pharmacist in Good Standing

South Carolina Board of Pharmacy, Licensed Pharmacist in Good Standing

Pennsylvania Board of Pharmacy, Licensed Pharmacist in Good Standing

Publications

Structural Modeling in Humic aAcids in Mater. Sci. & Engineer. C: Biomimetic Mater Sens. & Sys.

Conformational Modeling of a Proposed Building Block of Humic Acid: Searching Chirally Undefined Conformational Space, 8th International Humic Substances Society Meeting, Wroclaw, Poland

Metal Uptake by Metal Free Humic Acid. 8th International Humic Substances Society Meeting, Poland

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