Utilization Review Customer Service
Resume:
Mamatha Dabir PharmD
Richboro, PA 18954
Phone: 215-***-****(h); 267-***-****(c)
email: ********@*****.***
I am a resilient and motivated individual with over 18 years experience as a hospital pharmacist out of a total 20 years in pharmacy. I am a problem solver and influencer.
I am licensed to practice in PA and NJ. I have worked in decentralized and central hospital pharmacy settings as part of the comprehensive clinical care team alongside RNs and MDs. I am experienced with hospital clinical protocols, attending to codes, recommending drug interventions, providing drug information and counseling patients. I focus on patient/RN/MD needs in fulfilling the RPh duties and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. My experience spans a variety of hospital settings (in person and remote RPh) and chain/independent retail pharmacy settings.
Pharmacy Licensure:
●Licensed Pharmacist in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 2004
Currently Active License # RP439109
●Licensed Pharmacist in State of New Jersey, 2003
Currently Active License # 28RI02885500
Experience:
Staff Clinical Pharmacist from August 2012 to Current at Abington Hospital Jefferson Health.
Abington Hospital – Jefferson Health (AH) is a 665-bed, regional referral center and teaching hospital, which has been providing comprehensive, high-quality services for people in Montgomery, Bucks and Philadelphia counties for more than 100 years. AH employs over 5,500 employees, making it one of the largest employers in Montgomery County.Abington Hospital is a major regional referral center for cancer care, cardiac care, and surgery, including orthopaedic surgery and neurosurgery, and is a Level-2 trauma center.Abington Hospital offers comprehensive healthcare services at a level not often found in a community hospital, as well as the most advanced robotic and minimally invasive surgical techniques and neurovascular care. Some of our key services include: The Heart and Vascular Institute, the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Abington – Jefferson Health, Orthopaedic & Spine Institute, Pennock Emergency Trauma Center, Diamond Stroke Center, Neurosciences Institute, Muller Institute for Senior Health, and the Institute for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
Abington Hospital was founded as a teaching hospital and currently sponsors five residency programs for physicians in family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, general surgery and dentistry.
As staff clinical pharmacist, my responsibilities include:
●Reviewing and filling medication orders
●Monitoring clinical outcomes for anticoagulation medications (heparin, coumadin argatroban)
●Monitoring clinical outcomes for antibiotics (vancomycin, aminoglycoside)
●Monitoring patients on clozapine REMS program
●Preparing and dispensing TPN for adults and neonates and IV medications
●Supervising pharmacy technicians and residents
●Working with Accudose, Medcarousel, Pacmed automated dispensing systems.
●Monitoring oncology patients
●Making chemotherapy infusions.
Pharmacist, Sentinel Pharmacy Services, Coplay, PA, October, 2011 – 2013
I supported 2 PA hospitals as a remote pharmacist with the general responsibilities of a hospital pharmacist as part of the clinical team with RNs and MDs.
Remote Pharmacist for 2 PA hospitals
Review, verify and fill medication orders
Provide drug information to nurses and doctors
Perform drug utilization review
Working with Pyxis Connect and Omnilink systems
Experienced with Meditech and CPSI order entry systems
●Staff Pharmacist, St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA, July, 2006 to September, 2011
SMMC is the largest comprehensive care hospital in Bucks County with 366 beds. Their focus is in trauma, adult & pediatric emergency, NICU, emergency, orthopedics, rehab, L&D, stroke, oncology, dialysis and cardiac care.
I was part of decentralized pharmacy (with about 7 RPhs and 4 Techs) working with nurses/doctors on the floors and within the main pharmacy. My main responsibilities at SMMC included attending to codes, rapid responses, stroke alerts, coumadin monitoring and patient counseling. I reviewed/verified medication orders, recommended interventions and their documentation, responded to drug infmn. questions and supervised technicians.
Review, verify and fill medication orders
Preparing and dispensing TPN, chemotherapy and IV medications
Perform drug utilization review
Patient education and counseling
Supervise pharmacy technicians
Experienced with automated drug dispensing system (Pyxis)
●Staff Pharmacist, St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, NJ, June 2004 to July 2006
SFMC is a 160 bed teaching hospital in Trenton. Their focus was in cardiac surgery, emergency care, psychiatric care, chemotherapy and clinical trials. I was part of the 4 RPh team and my responsibilities in SFMC were dispensing chemotherapy/IV orders, TPN orders and routine medical orders. I worked on Unity and Pyxis systems.
●Staff Pharmacist, CVS Pharmacy, June, 2003 to June 2004
Dispense prescriptions
Interact with physicians and insurance companies
Counsel patients about prescription medications
Supervise pharmacy technicians
Ordering supplies and related pharmacy operations
●Pharmacy Intern, September, 2002 to May, 2003
CVS Pharmacy, East Hanover, NJ
●Pharmacy Intern, April, 2000 to August, 2002
Green Hills Pharmacy, Parsippany, NJ
Education:
●Pharm D-May 2018 University of Shenandoah,Winchester, Virginia.
●Bachelor of Pharmacy, July 1997
University of Mysore, India
Certification:
●APhA Pharmacy Based Immunization Delivery, 2010
●Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Committee Certificate, 2002
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, Park Ridge, IL
Awards:
●PSHP Innovative & Collaborative Practice Award for Anticoagulation service
I was part of the St. Mary clinical team (RPh/RN/MD) that was awarded the Innovative and Collaborative Practice Award by the Pennsylvania Society of Hospital Pharmacists (PSHP) for the new pharmacy protocol governing the prescribing of Coumadin® (warfarin sodium) after joint replacement surgery. Coumadin is prescribed after hip or knee replacement surgery to prevent DVT. The pharmacy managed Coumadin protocol was developed collaboratively by the St. Mary Pharmacy and Orthopedics department.
As an RPh under this protocol, I managed the dosing of Coumadin and monitored patients not only during the post surgical recovery period, but also after discharge from the hospital. During the in-home recovery process, I tracked the patient’s laboratory results and independently adjusted doses of Coumadin and contacted patients to discuss adjustments in therapy.
Strengths:
●Experienced in Drug Utilization Reviews
●Committed to quality customer service and support
●Team and interpersonal skills
●Excellent spoken and written abilities in the English language
●Computer literate, proficient with MS office applications and Internet/web applications
●Emotional intelligence certificate
●Employee rewards and recognition committee member
●Employee wellness committee member.
References:
●Furnished upon request
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