Pharmacy Technician Prior Authorization

Amna J Khan

** ****** ***.. ************* ** ****0 Phone: 732-***-**** Email: ************@*****.*** Objective: To obtain a challenging career as a remote pharmacist that will enable me to utilize my skills in an environment that will offer me job satisfaction and opportunity for advancement. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pharmacist Area Manager

Wegmans (Pharmacist Manager) September 2011 – February 2023

● Communicate and matching responsibilities to team members strengths and areas of development to increase motivation and effectiveness, empowering team members to push their limits and contribute to their best, managing sales, contribution, development, diversity and retention. Planning and coordinating merchandise programs; identifying and addressing potential obstacles to goal achievement

● Analyze market area and benchmark with competition and other stores to identify product and services that are unique

● Organizing activities and people to get thing done with close monitoring, supervising output ensuring quality and high standards are met and maximize resources available

● Educating, counseling, and listening with intent to understand our customers/patients, ensuring 100% quality in workflow in dealing with prescriptions on daily basis

● Manage centrally located Prior Authorization team of 10 + employees in Rochester remotely for Specialty Medications; On call Pharmacist for Speciality Medication patients; Billing and Payment management for Speciality Medications;

● Clinical and Immunization Coordinator for PA division; Manage on-site and off-site immunization clinics for the division of PA; responsible for gathering updated clinical alliteration for immunization; responsible for organizing counseling information for patients with immunization questions; Present Clinical literature to 16 stores in PA and bring all updated CDC guidelines for immunization on board Pharmacist

Wegmans (Staff Pharmacist) September 2010 – August 2011

● Perform all functions consistent with the day to day operations of a retail pharmacy including processing, compounding, and preparing prescriptions, advising physicians, inventory control, counseling patients on prescriptions, OTC, and health related items with necessary instructions, and processing third party plans.

● Building relationship with customers and ensuring to carefully listen our customers and employees and helping my pharmacy team learn and grow on daily basis

● Perform Prior Authorization for Specialty Medications; Drug Utilization Review for Specialty Medications; Process Billing and Reimbursement Claims for Specialty Medications; Communication with health care Amna Sheikh’s ResumePage 1

professionals and answer all the clinical concerns regarding Specialty Medications; On call pharmacist for Specialty Medication Patient Counseling

Pharmacist

Wegmans (Floater Pharmacist) May 2010 – August 2010

● Perform all functions consistent with the day to day operations of a retail pharmacy including processing, compounding, and preparing prescriptions, advising physicians, inventory control, counseling patients on prescriptions, OTC, and health related items with necessary instructions, and processing third party plans.

● Proactively building lasting, collaborative and productive relationships across the division, using managerial courage when having difficult conversation, reaching out to others, even beyond the boundaries of department or store to create solutions for the good of all Certified Pharmacy Technician / Pharmacy Intern

Wegmans (Woodbridge, NJ) Jul 2006 – Apr 2010

● Contacted physicians and other prescribers to verify and to receive verbal prescriptions.

● Resolved prescription-insurance related issues for patients.

● Dispensed and compounded prescriptions under the supervision of pharmacist.

● Provided information for proper ways to treat mild illnesses with over-the-counter products. Certified Pharmacy Technician / Pharmacy Intern

Drug Fair Pharmacy (Edison, NJ) Sep 2003 – Aug 2005

● Contacted physicians and other prescribers to verify and to receive verbal prescriptions.

● Resolved prescription-insurance related issues for patients.

● Dispensed and compounded prescriptions under the supervision of pharmacist. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

● Member, American Pharmacist Association (APhA)

● Member, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)

● Member, Pharmacist Society of the State of New York (PSSNY)

● Treasure, National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) RELEVANT SKILLS

● Certification: CPR & First Aid

● Technical: Windows Vista & 7, MS Office, Enterprise

● Languages: Hindi & Urdu

EDUCATION

PharmD.

Long Island University (Brooklyn, NY) Sep 2005 – Jan 2010 Amna Sheikh’s ResumePage 2

General Chemistry

Middlesex County College (Edison, NJ) Sep 2002 – May 2005 EXPERIENTAL LEARNING ROTATIONS (4 weeks each; final year of pharmacy school) Infectious Disease

Bronx Lebanon Hospital (Bronx, NY) Preceptor: Dr. Monica Mehta

● Monitoring patients on daily basis, minimum of 5 patients

● Clinical Rounds 5 days a week for 5 weeks, monitoring patients, drug-drug interactions, dose adjustments, IV to PO conversion, patient counseling

● Five care plan presentations and One Journal Club presentation

● One Major case presentation- Swine Flu, epidemic, treatment, monitoring and dose, adjustment in renal and hepatic insufficient patients

Internal Medicine II

Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, NY) Preceptor: Dr. Victor Cohen

● Performing clinical monitoring in emergency room, verifying emergency medication orders under the supervision of the preceptor, monitoring for drug-drug interaction, patient medication histories, putting important patient health information in the system such as height, weight, CrCl, medication history and allergies

● One Major case presentation- Hepatitis B co-infected with Hepatitis D Internal Medicine I

Kings County Hospital (Brooklyn, NY) Preceptor: Dr. Tamara Goldberg

● Monitoring patients on daily basis, minimum of 5 patients

● Clinical Rounds 5 days a week for 5 weeks, monitoring patients, drug-drug interactions, dose adjustments, IV to PO conversion, patient counseling

● Five care plan presentations and two journal club presentations

● One Major case presentation- Autoimmune Hepatitis Advances Ambulatory Clerkship I

Walgreens Pharmacy (Brooklyn, NY) Preceptor: Dr. Dominique Maurice

● Contacted physicians and other prescribers to verify and to receive verbal prescriptions

● Resolved prescription-insurance related issues for patients

● Dispensed and compounded prescriptions under the supervision of pharmacist

● Provided information for proper ways to treat mild illnesses with over-the-counter products Advances Ambulatory Clerkship II

Montefiore Medical Centre (Bronx, NY) Preceptor: Dr. Roda Plakogiannis

● Monitored patients with Hypercholesteremia, hypertension, and anti-coagulation medications Amna Sheikh’s ResumePage 3

Drug Information

Long Island University (Brooklyn, NY) Preceptor: Dr. Tina Zerilli

● Analyze and interpreted scientific literature to provide drug information to health care professionals References provided upon request

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