OBY VENICE STAN-UGBENE Pharmacist (PharmD), Clinical Advisor and Manager
aduc2m@r.postjobfree.com Phone: 916-***-**** Vacaville, CA 95688
Experienced, innovative Clinical Pharmacist and College Professor with 17+ years of experience interacting with patients to identify patient needs and determine side effects, contraindications, and benefits of medications. Double Board certified pharmacist (BSPS and BCGP). Residency trained Pharmacist. California Board of Pharmacy Certified Advanced Practice Pharmacist .Provide extraordinary Patient care. Skilled in collaborating with team members to expedite urgent requests while maintaining impeccable focus on safety, accuracy, and confidentiality. Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills. Exceptional knowledge of Compounded and Specialty drugs. Accurate and meticulous collaborator; Excellent team-player; Pharmacist Consultant with the ability to adhere to deadlines; Expertise collaborating with clients, vendors, healthcare administrators and all level management.
Areas of Expertise include:
Maintaining Patient Records
Client-facing Experience
Assessing Patient Health
Monthly Narcotic Inventories
Business Development
Personnel Management
Medication Therapy Management
Communications Expert
Rx Claim & Formulary Proficient
Drug Ordering and Storage
PACE Focused Care
Dispensing Medications
All Vaccinations
Reviewing Prescriptions
Federal Healthcare Laws
Teamwork and Collaboration
Insurance Requirements
Controlled Substance Management
Quality Audit & Compliance
HIPPA and ERISA Proficient
Drug Utilization Reviews (DUR)
Profit and Loss Control
Extraordinary Patient Care
IV Preparations
OTC Recommendations
Contraception Methods
Product Management
Prescription Trend Analysis
Pharmacy Policies and Procedures
Insurance Coverage Verification
Dosage Calculations
Controlled Substance Management
Professional Experience
DINOJEWELS ENTERPRISE AND CONSULTING Carrollton, TX 05/2018 to 09/2022 (part tme)
Providing clinical analysis, counseling, and integrated pharmacy benefit management services as an Independent Pharmacist Consultant.
CONSULTANT PHARMACIST (3/2015 to 09/2022) part time
Provide clinical consultative support as a pharmacist. Collaborate with management to develop strategic action plans to achieve desired outcomes. Areas of support include conducting diagnostic work, developing and recommending solutions and evaluating sustainability, Provide consultative service on the clinical aspect benefit. Maintained outstanding client and patient relations. Clients include Alkaviva Africa, and others.
Key Contributions:
Provide clinical pharmacy service in the retail setting, including MTM, Diabetes, Immunization
High Blood Pressure management, counseling, collaborating with other health care providers,
MEDICARE formulary management, and precepting pharmacy students from various universities with outstanding evaluations from students precepted
Reviewed patient medication profiles and medical records to screen for appropriate drug selection, dosing, contraindications, side effects and therapeutic outcomes.
Responded to questions and discussed side-effects of specific brand-name and generic pharmaceuticals.
Evaluated appropriateness of drug therapy based on patient-specific factors and drug information.
Communicated potential issues and reactions to specific medications for patients ranging from children and teenagers to adults and geriatrics.
Assisted patients in minimizing medical expenses by recommending generic alternative prescription medications
Thomas J Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Stockton, CA
Express Scripts provides integrated pharmacy benefit management services.
Assistant Clinical Professor Adjunct/Preceptor 7/2013 to 09/2022) part time
Teaching first and second year student courses and electives; Established Writing and presenting Continuing Education (CE) to a wide variety of audience including healthcare professionals. • Performed in various committees including the school accreditation committee.
Key Contributions:
Research: Participating in scholarly activities including conducting ambulatory care-based research studies, writing internal research grants pertaining to funding ambulatory care clinics and peer reviewing of journal articles in addition to writing journal abstract and being involved in IRB and outcome studies
Communicate both orally and in writing in addition to overseeing planning, organizing, and directing the functions and staff of a small to medium sized organization; to provide a high degree of consultant services as a clinical pharmacist; and to serve as a preceptor
Expert consultant on drug order and prescription order principles including generic/brand drug names,
Latin abbreviations, legal requirements, and therapeutic classification of drugs and patient eligibility
Knowledge of pharmacy manufacturing procedures, procurement procedures, prepackaging programs, storage, and restocking procedures for drugs dispensed by the pharmacy; and of pharmaceuticals, pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics.
College of Health, School of Nursing – University of Phoenix Sacramento, CA
Provides Access to Higher Education Opportunities that enables students develop knowledge and skills to achieve professional goals.
Associate Professor (12/2017 to 05/2020) part time
Helped students to develop and demonstrate broad, integrative, and specialized knowledge essential habits of mind, communicative fluency and effective problem-solving skills. Didactic teaching of Pharmacotherapeutics to Post Graduate level Nurse Practitioner Program Students. Methods of teaching included team based, problem based and direct lecturing of students. Lectures covered all disease states to prepare a Nurse Practitioner to effectively treat patients in a hospital and ambulatory care setting.
Key Contributions:
Supervised and mentored students on clinical rotations. Advised them on career paths, degree requirements and post-graduate education options
Taught Pharmacotherapeutics in alignment with a pharmacology course to ensure better understanding of the concepts by the students.
Participated in other activities including committees and commencement events as directed by the Dean College of Health.
Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions, and using techniques to track student participation.
Graded quizzes, tests, homework and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback.
Updated curricula and lesson plans for primary instructors, researching developments in relevant fields and updating materials to reflect most recent data and statistics.
Made contributions in curricular development and innovation in teaching strategies.
Travis Airforce Base - David Grant Medical Center Travis, CA 8/2015 to 8/2019 full time
Provides Healthcare to active duty and retired Airforce Personnel.
Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist
Order entry and verification, Initiation, and maintenance of TPN and IV fluids, including drips and high alert medications. • Proper ACLS code response on the patient floors and ED; Supervise IV rooms to ensure sterile work environments per USP 797 and 800 compliance; Clinical dosing of vancomycin, warfarin, and aminoglycosides
Key Contributions:
Provide Chemotherapy IV infusion therapy, order entry and patient dosing adjustments in lieu of
Oncology patient chemo and immunotherapy
Conduct medication audits of medication dispensing equipment to ensure accountability of nurse/healthcare provider overrides in non-emergent uses as well as the daily balancing of controlled substance audits to ensure there are no discrepancies
Proper daily entry of Operating Room and PASS unit orders to ensure preparedness for procedures
Provide clinical services in Pharmacy Care clinic, within Heart Lung and Vascular Specialty
Provide care in Family Health Diabetes Shared Medical Appointments as a provider, one on one patient care for anticoagulation, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetic patients where patients are assessed and their medications initiated or adjusted
Order labs and interpret results for appropriate therapy including patient examination prior to pharmacotherapy as well as referral to other health care providers when necessary
CVS HEALTH Sacramento, CA 11/2011 to 08/2015 full time
CVS is a healthcare company that owns CVS retail Pharmacy, CVS Caremark, an integrated pharmacy benefits manager, Aetna health insurance provider, among many other brands services
Pharmacist/Manager: Managed a high-volume store with weekly traffic of 3000 customers. Supervised four staff pharmacists and nine techs, providing excellent customer service. Dispensed prescription and non-prescription drugs as prescribed by prescribers in addition to compounding medications and providing smoking cessation and asthma patient education. Excellent knowledge of safety and security regulations, practices, and procedure.
Key Contributions:
Plan, organize, and direct the functions and staff of a small to medium sized organization; to provide a high degree of consultant services as a clinical pharmacist
Specialized experience includes responsibility for a total pharmacy operation involving technical and administrative problems of considerably greater scope and complexity
Specialized experience includes independently developing and preparing special formulas for prescription-dispensing; independently carrying out clinical pharmacy functions of drug selection, compounding and dispensing which, involve a relatively varied range of therapeutic agents
Establish procedures, schedules workload, and integrates the work of the Refill Pharmacy with overall pharmacy program
Participate in programs designed to improve staff and patient knowledge of drugs pertinent to practice and/or care of patients
Ensure compliance with state and federal regulations governing receiving, safeguarding, and issuing controlled drugs
Prior authorization processing and handling
Education & Training
Associate of Science: EthnoGeriatrics - 2015
Stanford University - Stanford, CA
MBA: Management -2008
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX - SACRAMENTO, CA
Post Graduate Clinical Residency 2007-2008
San Joaquin General Hospital
Pharm. D 2005
University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
Technology Expertise
Microsoft Suite, social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, WhatsApp), Serna, CHCS
AFFILIATIONS
2011-Present American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) 2007-Present American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) 2002-Present California Pharmacists Association (CPHA) American Pharmacists Association (APHA) California Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (CSHP)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CERTIFICATIONS
2020 California Board of Pharmacy Certified Advanced Practice Pharmacist
2019-2024 BPS Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS)
2015 – 2024 BLS/ACLS Certifications
2013-2024 BPS Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP)
2013 Diabetes Faculty Trainer (APHA)
2011 In Service - Medication Therapy Management
2009 Immunization Faculty Trainer (APHA)
In Service - Compounding Certification
2006 In Service - Smoking Cessation Certification