Pharmacy Technician

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January 20, 2023

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Objective

Licensed (License #******) and certified (Cert #620************) pharmacy technician seeking a long term position in an institutional setting. Willing to work any shift: days, nights, and weekends.

Summary

A dependable, hard-working candidate with significant, positive work experience and work ethics. Highly skilled in customer relations, training and communications. Experienced in telephone communications and satisfactory customer resolutions.

Professional Experience

Oct 2018-Present Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA

Pharmacy Technician

Proficient in compounding using aseptic technique in both vertical flow and laminar flow hoods within an ISO 5 environ.

Compounds injectable and infused medications utilizing all necessary computations, including ratio proportion and grams per hundred.

Compounds any other injectable and infused medications requested by pharmacists.

Performs necessary daily cleaning tasks to maintain the compounding suite.

Pulls medications and supplies needed for compounding each prescription. Verifies that everything is correct before assigning it to be compounded.

Deliver medications to floors and stock OmniCells daily and whenever stock is needed.

Performs all other non-discretionary tasks requested by the pharmacists.

Feb 2018-Oct 2018 Aerotek Scientific, Oxnard, CA

Pharmacy Technician

Proficient in compounding using aseptic technique in both vertical flow and laminar flow hoods within an ISO 5 environ.

Compounds primarily narcotic injectable and infused medications utilizing all necessary computations, including ratio proportion and grams per hundred.

Compounds any other injectable and infused medications requested by pharmacists.

Performs necessary daily cleaning tasks to maintain the compounding suite.

Pulls medications and supplies needed for compounding each prescription. Verifies that everything is correct before assigning it to be compounded.

Performs all other non-discretionary tasks requested by the pharmacists.

Sep 2014-Feb 2018 Coram/CVS Specialty Infusion, Goleta, CA

Pharmacy Technician

Proficient in compounding using aseptic technique in both vertical flow and laminar flow hoods within an ISO 5 environ.

Compounds injectable and infused medications utilizing all necessary computations, including ratio proportion, grams per hundred, and powder volume.

Compounds total parenteral nutrition using an automated compounder to properly mix ordered amounts of lipids, amino acids, dextrose, electrolytes, and sterile water into single- or dual-chamber bags.

Creates electrolyte pools by drawing up ordered volumes from vials and injecting them into a pool bag for compounding.

Compounds chemotherapy and antiviral medications in a biological safety cabinet. Adheres to all required protocols and procedures.

Performs necessary daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning tasks to maintain the compounding suite.

Tracks movement of supplies and macronutrients in and out of the compounding suite. Documents necessary data in computer system.

Regularly checks stock of supplies and medications. Informs staff in charge of ordering when running low so it may be ordered before stock is depleted.

Pulls medications and supplies needed for compounding each prescription. Verifies that everything is correct before assigning it to be compounded.

Collects all non-compounded items to be checked by a pharmacist and packed for shipping.

Performs all other non-discretionary tasks requested by the pharmacists.

Dec 2013-Sep 2014 Ventura County Medical Center, Ventura, CA

Auxiliary Volunteer in Pharmacy

Run medications to all units of the hospital.

Rotate stock.

Aid in re-ordering depleted stock.

Check incoming orders and re-stock shelves.

Perform any non-discretionary task requested by pharmacy staff.

Dec 2012-Feb 2013 College Care Pharmacy, Ventura, CA

Pharmacy Technician Externship

Aided pharmacist in compounding creams and medications using aseptic technique.

Pulled medications from stock shelves.

Filled prescriptions using blister packs, vials, bottles, and unit dose syringes.

Aided in re-ordering depleted stock.

Checked incoming orders and re-stocked shelves.

Maintained organization of stock shelves.

Used grams per hundred calculations to determine necessary dosage and determined how much to pull from higher concentration and add sterile water to balance.

Organized doctors’ orders and scanned into computer system for easy retrieval and record keeping.

Sep 2012-Nov 2012 Conejo Valley Adult Education, Thousand Oaks, CA

Pharmacy Technician Course

Learned how to create TPNs, unit dose, and piggy backs in hypothetical situations.

Learned how to follow a recipe in regards to creams, ointments, and neonatal special dilutions.

Learned good aseptic technique. With some additional instruction I can become exceptional.

Very proficient in all mathematical calculations, including conversions, gross profit and mark-up, alligations, ratio proportion, IV drip rates, and order and supply.

Learned how to accurately read doctor orders.

Proficient in brand and generic medication names.

Knowledge of laws pertaining to pharmacy.

Learned how to read and interpret medication monographs.

Education and Personal

B.A., Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara

Completed June 1993

M.A., Geography/Physical Oceanography, University of California, Santa Barbara

Completed Dec 1995

Pharmacy Technician Course, Conejo Valley Adult Education, Thousand Oaks, CA

Completed Nov 2012

Pharmacy Technician License #131434