Clinical pharmacist

JINAL S. PATEL

**** ***** ***** ******, ********, FL 32779 ***********@*****.*** 631-***-**** Jinal Patel LinkedIn

OBJECTIVE

Reliable, enthusiastic, and accomplished licensed pharmacist and medical professional with 14 years of experience in Clinical Pharmacy, Long term care pharmacy, Pharmacy Benefits Management, and Retail pharmacy. Extensive background in Clinical pharmacology, Medication Therapy Management, Clinical management of multiple chronic disease state. Proficient in reporting, documentation, and compliance guidelines.

SKILLS

•Excellent communication, interpersonal, collaboration, and organizational skills.

•Project management and critical thinking skills.

•Ability to work well in multi-disciplinary teams.

•Proficient in computer skills and pharmacy computer programs.

•Understanding of pharmaceutical therapy and direct patient care with strong professional ethics.

•Clinical documentation, patient assessments, patient and family advocacy, and Privacy and confidentiality.

EDUCATION

10/1997 - 11/2002 Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy, Rajiv Gandhi University, India

08/2019 – 05/2022 Doctor of Pharmacy, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA

CERTIFICATIONS

Florida Registered Pharmacist Licensed # PS43356

APHA Pharmacist Based Immunization Delivery Certification

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certification

EXPERIENCE

Clinical Pharmacist

CAllianceRx Walgreens Prime Specialty Pharmacy, Orlando, FL 02/2017 – 03/2022

•Coordinate all pharmaceutical aspects of the patient’s specialty therapy regimen.

•Performed disease state management for patients diagnosed with high-risk chronic disease states such as Cancer, MS, Hepatitis C, Rheumatoid arthritis, Inflammatory bowel disease, HIV, and Transplant patients.

•Obtained, interpreted, and evaluated all physicians (Oncologist, Rheumatologist, Neurologist, Endocrinologist, and Dermatologist) medication orders from therapeutic appropriateness, cost-effectiveness, accuracy, safety, and completeness.

•Assigned to worked in connected care program, a contractual therapy monitoring pharmacy program with Pharma drug.

•Followed up with prescriber to receive patients Hep C SVR data to confirm therapeutic outcome.

•Strictly followed Celgene guideline for REMS drugs (Revlimid, Thalomid and Pomalyst) on cancer patients.

•Managed clinical escalations for customer service staff over 8 different sites throughout the country to ensure patient receives medication in an emergency.

Avella Specialty Pharmacy, Lake Mary, FL 07/2016 - 02/2017

•Processed specialty medications (Oncology, RA, Fertility, Hepatitis, Pain Management, MS, Osteoporosis, Transplant, and Growth Hormones.) with proficient drug utilization, prior authorization, order ancillaries, conducted drug interventions, and resolved any customer issues.

•Assessed patient medication therapy through multiple consultations with physicians, nurses, and patients for positive patient outcomes.

Xerox Commercial Solutions, Orlando, FL 10/2015 - 06/2016

•CVS clinical operations PBM coverage determination and appeals for Medicare Part D.

•Processed pharmacy claims for prior authorization and provided cross pharmacy data for drug interactions.

•Ensured Part D Reporting data was accurate and created according to regulators’ specifications by conducting quality reviews of the CMS data.

Staff Pharmacist

Publix Pharmacy, Lake Mary, FL 03/2012 - 10/2015

•Monitored patient medication regimens for patient compliance to safeguard against potential drug/drug or drug/health related interactions. Detail oriented with a focus on patient-provider relationship. Strong advocate and provider of Medication Therapy Management (MTM).

Wal-Mart Pharmacy, Apopka, FL 05/2008 - 03/2012

• Performed all day-to-day functions consistent with very fast-paced operations of a retail pharmacy including processing, compounding, and preparing prescriptions, advising physicians, inventory control, counseling patients on prescriptions, OTC & health related items with necessary instructions, and processing third party plans.

MedEx Pharmacy, Sanford, FL 04/2008 - 06/2008

•Managed ancillary staff in fulfilling more than 10,000+ prescriptions weekly.

•Dispensing to LTC facilities in blister cards and vials.

•Assisted with the coordination of deliveries to ensure timely arrivals of medications.

•Provided clinical services and function as the medication resource for physicians and nurses.

•Utilized aseptic technique to prepare various IV admixtures.

•Prepared EDK boxes for LTC homes.

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