Tiffany Nguyen, PharmD **** Loganrita Avenue Arcadia, CA 91006

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A Registered Pharmacist with experience in long-term care facilities and retail settings. Well regarded in adapting to the complexity in the healthcare industry and providing pharmaceutical care while delivering excellent customer service. Recognized for maintaining positive relationship with customers, pharmaceutical representatives/manufacturers, medical professionals, healthcare organizations and insurance providers.

EXPERTISE:

TPN ~ Compounding ~ Quality Assurance ~ Drug Utilization Reviews

Act as patient advocate – liaison between patient, nurses and physicians

Interpret physician orders; dispense medications, counsel nurses on proper medication

Bilingual in English & Vietnamese

LICENSURE: Licensed Pharmacist, State of California

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Reflection

CADD

Rescot (OmniDX)

DocuTrack

3 in 1 TPN compounding machine

Pyxis

QS/1

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Registered Pharmacist

MedPlus LTC Pharmacy/ Polaris Pharmacy Services, Covina, CA 2018-Present

Supervise Pharmacy Technicians with sterile compounded IV medications

Oversee the work of pharmacy technicians and pharmacists in training

Perform medication reviews for interaction patient safety and to optimize patient therapy

Utilize standard procedures to fill and verify medication orders for dispensing to long term care patients

Review and provide physicians and nurses with therapeutic and cost effective IV medications

Assist in the development and maintenance of pharmacy standard of practice

Registered Pharmacist 2014 – 2018

Omnicare/ModernHealth LTC Pharmacy (a CVS Health Company), Cerritos, CA

(Omnicare acquired ModernHealth; CVS Health acquired Omnicare)

Oversight of filling and dispensing ~1,500 – 3,000 prescriptions/day for one of the largest long-term care pharmacies.

Pharmacy operations servicing 100+ long-term care facilities, ranging from Group Homes to Skilled Nursing Facilities. Facilities ranged from15 beds up to about 100.

Prepared, supervised and dispensed medications including IV’s, compounding, and controlled substances. Reviewed and interpreted Physician orders evaluating for appropriateness of drug, dosage, potential interactions, route of administration and stability.

Verified prescriptions and utilized clinical skills to perform Drug Utilization Reviews for assisted living and skilled nursing facilities using Reflection and DX. Performed emergency STAT verifications for patients, assisted in cycle fill verification and dose IVs.

Checked oral and intravenous orders and verified they were dispensed correctly.

Consulted with prescribers regarding drug interactions, inappropriate dosing, allergies and recommended alternate therapies where appropriate. Detected therapeutic incompatibles.

Made recommendations for therapy change to the medical/facility staff.

Prepared custom drug compounds.

Resolved client issues/complaints to meet and exceed customer satisfaction and ASA goals.

Performed Quality Assurance for oral and IV medications (standard IV, CADD, and TPN) orders.

Completed documentation on all communication with medical/facility staff and the patients’ family.

Inventory Management.

Partnered with facility staff in the procuring, maintenance, administration and disposing of drugs.

Compliance with all company, state and federal regulations.

Registered Pharmacist 2006 – 2013

PharMerica Corp., Cypress, CA

Clinically monitored patients and provided clinical support to Physicians.

Reviewed and interpreted patient’s medication orders both PO and IV to identify inappropriate doses, therapeutic and potential allergic reaction.

Advised Physicians on drug usage and dose control.

Promoted improvement in drug usage/dosage.

Obtained/maintained all required documentation in accordance with federal and state regulatory agencies and PharMerica policy.

Supervised 1- 3 Pharmacy Technicians and 2 – 3 Pharmacy School Interns.

EDUCATION

Doctor of Pharmacy (2005)

Roseman University of Health Sciences, Las Vegas, NV

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