Pharmacist
Resume:
Anita Patel
Pharm D
Plainview, NY *****
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I am a New York state licensed pharmacist with over 20 years of pharmacy experience as a pharmacist. This too includes not only retail but over 10 ten years of medical office administrator and clinical pharmacy experience.
Work Experience
Staff Pharmacist (Part-time)
CVS Health Retail - Lindenhurst, NY
January 2022 to Present
I currently work in a high volume CVS retail store. As a pharmacist I counsel patients on their prescription medications and/or drug interaction questions, counsel patients on over the counter medication related questions, interact and communicate with various health care workers to provide optimal care to patients, data entry and review prescriptions that are sent to our electronic system, perform final verification on prescriptions before they are dispensed to the patients, perform and log inventory on various control drugs, perform courtesy calls to multiple patients daily to ensure their questions could be answered over the phone, and vaccinating patients with various vaccinations such as covid 19, Tdap, pneumonia, shingles, and influenza.
Staff Pharmacist (Part-time)
CVS Health Retail - West Islip, NY
March 2019 to January 2022
As a pharmacist I counsel patients on their prescription medications and/or drug interaction questions, counsel patients on over the counter medication related questions, interact and communicate with various health care workers to provide optimal care to patients, data entry and review prescriptions that are sent to our electronic system, perform final verification on prescriptions before they are dispensed to the patients, perform and log inventory on various control drugs, perform courtesy calls to multiple patients daily to ensure their questions could be answered over the phone, and vaccinating patients with various vaccinations such as covid 19, Tdap, pneumonia, shingles, and influenza. Staff Pharmacist
Bright Aid Pharmacy - Bronx, NY
December 2018 to March 2019
filling prescriptions for patients that are received via electronically, written, or verbally; counseling patients on prescribed medications and over the counter medications; communicating with other healthcare personnel to reach optimal patient care Clinical Pharmacist / Medical Office Administrator Nimesh A. Patel, M.D (Nephrologist) - Astoria, NY
April 2007 to January 2018
checking vitals for patients; entering subjective, objective, assessments of a patient's SOAP note into the EMR system; acquiring prior approvals for non covered medications; counseling patients; checking labs; communicating with other healthcare personnel to reach optimal patient care; submitting new and refill prescriptions via EMR to the appropriate pharmacies;transitional care pharmacist; training staff; handling payroll; using nephrology ICD and diagnosing codes when preparing claims for the biller; scheduling and canceling patient appointments; filing charts;medical office administrator Staff Pharmacist
Forest Hills Pharmacy - Forest Hills, NY
January 2007 to April 2007
filling prescriptions for patients that are received to me via electronically, written, or verbally; counseling patients on prescribed medications and over the counter medications; communicating with other healthcare personnel to reach optimal patient care Pharmacist Manager
Central Pharmacy - Far Rockaway, NY
February 2005 to January 2007
filling prescriptions for patients that are received to me via electronically, written, or verbally; counseling patients on prescribed medications and over the counter medications; communicating with other healthcare personnel to reach optimal patient care; training staff; inventory control of pharmacy medications; vendor negotiations; filling blister packs of medications for multiple nursing homes Staff Pharmacist
CVS Pharmacy - New York, NY
November 2002 to February 2005
filling prescriptions for patients that are received to me via electronically, written, or verbally; counseling patients on prescribed medications and over the counter medications; communicating with other healthcare personnel to reach optimal patient care; training staff; inventory control of pharmacy medications, acquiring prior approvals for non covered medications Pharmacist Manager
CVS Pharmacy - Wyckoff, NJ
December 2001 to October 2002
filling prescriptions for patients that are received to me via electronically, written, or verbally; counseling patients on prescribed medications and over the counter medications; communicating with other healthcare personnel to reach optimal patient care; training staff; inventory control of pharmacy medications, acquiring prior approvals for non covered medications, in charge of running the daily operations of a smooth pharmacy; returning expired medications to the vendors Graduated Intern
CVS Pharmacy - New York, NY
August 2001 to November 2001
Pharmacy Intern
Advanced Community - Griffin, GA
January 2001 to February 2001
Pharmacy Intern
Mercer Southern School of Pharmacy - Atlanta, GA
October 2000 to December 2000
Pharmacy Intern
V.A. Medical Center - Atlanta, GA
September 2000 to October 2000
Pharmacy Intern
Grady Memorial Hospital - Atlanta, GA
August 2000 to September 2000
Pharmacy Intern
V.A. Medical Center - Atlanta, GA
June 2000 to July 2000
Pharmacy Intern
Grady Memorial Hospital - Atlanta, GA
May 2000 to June 2000
Pharmacy Intern
CVS Pharmacy - Jonesboro, GA
April 1999 to May 2000
Pharmacy Intern
Georgia Baptist Medical Center - Atlanta, GA
February 1998 to March 1999
Pharmacy Technician
Eckerd Pharmacy - Riverdale, GA
September 1995 to July 1997
Education
Doctor of Education in Pharmacy
Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy - Atlanta, GA August 1997 to May 2001
Pre-Pharmacy in Pharmacy
Clayton College and State University - Morrow, GA
August 1995 to August 1997
Skills
• Billing (10+ years)
• Customer Service (10+ years)
• Data Entry (10+ years)
• Office Administrator (10+ years)
• Pharmacy (10+ years)
• Microsoft Office
• Electronic Medical Records
• Microsoft Excel
• Prior Authorizations
• Multi-tasking
• Power Point
• CPT Coding
• Medical Office Experience
• Medical Terminology
• ICD Coding
• Pharmacy Technician Experience
• ICD-10
• ICD-9
• Medical Billing
Certifications and Licenses
CPR Certification
BLS Certification
Vaccination Certified
Registered Pharmacist
Licensed Pharmacist
Additional Information
SKILLS
• Retail Pharmacy Operations
• Patient Counseling
• Drug Utilization Review
• Inventory Control
• Final Quality Assurance Checks
• Manage Prior Authorizations for Non-covered Medications
• Building Solid Relationships with Patients
• Vendor Negotiations
• Customer Service
• Office Administrator
• Supervising staff
• Training staff
• Excellent communication skills
• Patient counseling
• Knowledgeable with the EMR system known as Practice Fusion
• Taking and Recording Patient Vitals
• Drug Interaction Checks
• Submitting Prescriptions via EMR
• Communicating with other Healthcare Personnel Regarding Patient Care
• Manage Treatment Plans for Patients
• Data Entry of a Patient's Subjective, Objective, and Assessment Treatment Plan
• Knowledgeable of Nephrology Billing Codes for ICD and Diagnosing
• Transitional of Care Pharmacist (TOC)
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