Pharmacist Patient Services

HANITA LAVEN, PHARMD

Hollywood, FL 646-***-**** ******.*****@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Energetic outpatient pharmacy manager with over fifteen years’ experience in a variety of community settings who shows a passion in long term care pharmacy by educating on therapeutic significance. Expertise in customer service, pharmacy management, immunization services, program and project management, and medication adherence patient interactions while focusing on providing superlative individualized care. Seeking new pharmacist opportunity in consulting or clinical role in facility or hospital setting delivering direct patient care. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Long Term Care Pharmacist 2020 – Present Polaris Rx Ft. Lauderdale, FL Evaluate newly contracted facilities’ patient records and coordinate with prescribers to provide a transition and coordination of care including problem resolution

Receive and interpret verbal, electronic, and faxed prescriptions from prescribers and long-term care (LTC) facility nurses to determine order therapy appropriateness

Collaborate with prescribers and healthcare professionals for recommendations on appropriate and effective therapy, dosage form selection, dosing, and frequency on individualized medications to provide quality pharmaceutical care to patients Evaluate laboratory values for pharmacokinetic dosing of antibiotics and intravenous medications for desired therapeutic effect to improve patient outcomes

Manage daily operational workflow to ensure efficiency and productivity while making sure prescriptions are completed on time, medications are properly billed, and emergency orders delivered to patients are coordinated quickly Supervise technicians filling an average of 2000 prescriptions daily while evaluating comprehensive medication therapies for new admissions for 24 skilled nursing facilities

Identify duplications of therapy, drug interactions, appropriateness of dosing, and other drug related issues in addition to recommending alternatives in therapy to physicians and nurses

Review and verify prescription orders for accuracy, appropriateness, and availability including oral and IV medications; verify pre-packaging of bulk medications into unit dose packages, verify emergency kits are accurately replenished, and assist with drug file maintenance and ordering C2 medications through CSOS

Guarantee timely delivery and administration of medications at nursing facilities through use of back-up pharmacies, STAT deliveries, or partnerships with local hospitals

Direct, supervise, and train pharmacy technicians on pharmacy operations including repackaging medications to blister cards, compounding, and order production; train new pharmacists on all operations Supervising Pharmacist 2016 - 2020 Big Six Pharmacy Queens, NY Facilitate efficient workflow to ensure accuracy, increase waiting prescriptions, and execute production of on-time orders resulting in an increase in patient satisfaction, sales, and decreased return to stock medications and waste Encourage staff of pharmacists and technicians to promote clinical and patient services including clinical services, prescription patient services, business initiatives, and immunizations

Direct daily dispensing operations while producing an average of 150 prescriptions per day

Educate patients on administration, potential adverse events, side effects, duration of therapy, and other clinical information on new prescriptions including any changes in therapy

Established immunization program by collaboration with a physician on a standing order

Initiated and implemented a collaborative practice agreement with local medical office for collaboration and review of patients’ medication profiles and records

Partner and collaborate with healthcare providers on pharmaceutical care for mutual patients by providing safe, effective, and cost-saving medication alternatives to patients

Precept, develop, and train pharmacy students on advanced rotations

Provide quality pharmaceutical care to patients including accurately dispensing prescriptions, managing duplications in therapy, identifying medication errors, checking drug interactions, and counseling patients on healthcare related issues including prescription and non-prescription medications

Comply with all federal and state pharmacy regulations and laws

Managed drug inventory levels to minimize store level inventory and carrying cost by utilizing returns to vendors and invoice management

Maintain, reconcile, and document a perpetual schedule II inventory along with performing annual inventories HANITA LAVEN RESUME PAGE 1 2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

Pharmacy Manager 2006- 2016 Walgreens Pharmacy Brooklyn, NY Facilitated efficient workflow to ensure accuracy, increase waiting prescriptions, and execute production of on-time orders resulting in increased patient satisfaction, sales, and decreased return to stock medications

Opened two pharmacies and grew daily prescription volume to over 150 in 3 years

Encouraged staff of pharmacist and technicians to promote clinical and patient services initiated by Walgreens

Directed daily dispensing operations in pharmacies producing up to 350 prescriptions per day

Educated patients on administration, potential adverse events, side effects, duration of therapy, and other clinical information on new prescriptions including any changes in therapy

Grew patient focused immunization services by exceeding annual influenza immunization goal by immunizing patients through technician education, analysis of patient profiles, and consistent patient engagement

Managed drug inventory levels to minimize store level inventory and carrying cost by utilizing returns to vendors and invoice management

Established annual off-site immunization clinics through extensive community outreach to increase immunizations and engage in the community

Collaborated with healthcare providers on pharmaceutical care for mutual patients by providing safe, effective, and cost saving medication alternatives to patients

Provided quality pharmaceutical care to patients including accurately dispensing prescriptions, managing duplications in therapy, identifying medication errors, checking drug interactions, and counseling patients on healthcare related issues including prescription and nonprescription medications Staff Pharmacist 2005 - 2006 Walgreens Pharmacy California and New York Promoted to pharmacy manager from staff pharmacist

Facilitated efficient workflow to ensure accuracy, increase waiting prescriptions, and execute production of on-time orders resulting in increased patient satisfaction, sales, and decreased return to stock medications

Directed daily dispensing operations and prescriptions while maintaining an average of 15 minutes prescription wait time Educated patients on administration, potential adverse events, side effects, duration of therapy, and other clinical information on new prescriptions in addition to any changes in therapy

Partnered and collaborated with healthcare providers on pharmaceutical care for mutual patients by providing safe, effective, and cost-saving medication alternatives to patients EDUCATION

Doctor of Pharmacy

Long Island University; Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Science Brooklyn, NY Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Chemistry

Hofstra University Hempstead, NY

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (CGP) 2012 New York State Board of Pharmacy, Pharmacist License Current Texas Board of Pharmacy, Pharmacist License Current Florida Board of Pharmacy, Pharmacist License Current American Heart Association CPR & BLS Certification Current APhA Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certificate SKILLS

Communication Geriatric populations

Patient care

Customer service Pharmaceutical care

Flexible

Pharmacy management Immunizations

OutcomesMTM

Inventory management Community

outreach Project management

Clinical pharmacy

Pharmacy operations

Medicare star ratings

Independent pharmacy

Long term care pharmacy Collaborative

practice agreements

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