Pharmacy Technician Physician Assistant

James M Picanco Sr

Address: **** ******* **, ***** *****, Idaho 83404

Mobile: 1-208-***-****

Email: *******@*****.***

Objective:

A dedicated physician assistant with 18+ years of experience in acute patient care, emergency medicine, pediatrics, mental health, diabetic care, internal medicine, within the Indian Health Services Model.

Leadership Development, and Teambuilding who consistently achieves high performance rankings, improves the

bottom line, and ensure quality customer experiences in all settings.

Area of Expertise:

Customer Service Experience Data Entry

Training and Coaching Quality Assurance

15+ years of experience precepting Master’s level Physician Assistant and Master’s level Nurse Practitioner students.

Professional Experience:

Mountain View Hospital – Idaho Falls, ID July 2020 – Current

Pharmacy Technician in Training

Review patient medication records through emergency room admissions and on floor admissions. Transported medications to the floor Omnicells where the medication was stored for staff to dispense. Responsible for daily inventory of meds and bubble packing meds for patient use. All aspects of hospital pharmacy technician duties with the exception of compounding. Certification pending.

Ace Hardware – Idaho Falls, ID Sept 2022 – July 2024

Sales Associate/Cashier

Primarily working in floor sales, responsible for floor sales, stocking of entire store inventory. Knowledge of pricing and location of store products. Training new employees in inventory procedures, locations of stock, computer functions, and cash register functions and procedures.

Walgreens — Idaho Falls, ID Jan. 2009 - 2014

Senior Certified Pharmacy Technician May 2011—2014

Training pharmacy technicians in preparation to become Certified Pharmacy Technicians and Senior Technicians

Certified Pharmacy Technicians. Compounding prescriptions. Having knowledge of store products, generic

and brand prescriptions, and what the difference between each prescription is.

Selected Contributions:

Manage ordering fulfillment through AmeriSource Bergen

Process returns, specialty orders, and credits

Primary coordinator for reviewing, training, and implementing State and local Pharmaceutical Standard

Operating Procedures

Certified Pharmacy Technician Oct. 2009—May 2014

Responsible for front end operations, including sales, customer management inquiries, provide additional

support to the Pharmacists and primary manager when the Pharmacist is unavailable

Selected Contributions:

Primary liaison for patients with wound care ailments

Pharmacy Technician in Training Jan. 2010—Dec 2010

Responsible for front end operations, including sales, learning insurance systems, and data entry.

Fort Hall Indian Health Service, Fort Hall, Idaho June 1992- Oct. 2008

Assistant Medical Director and Staff Physician Assistant

Responsibilities consisted of clinical diagnosis and treatment of pediatric, adolescent, adult, mental health, diabetic care of pediatric, adolescent and adult patients, management of emergency room patients 1992-2004.

Clinic Medical Director and Staff Physician Assistant

Responsibilities as above but to include clinical training and preceptorship of Master’s level Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner students. Staff evaluation of nurses, lab staff, physician performance of chart completion.

Education and Training: University of Utah - Salt Lake City, Utah Graduated: June 1992

MSC in Physician Assistant Science

Idaho State University – Pocatello, ID Attended Jan.1978- Dec.1981

Training: Major in Elementary Education

Ricks College; Attended June 1982 – June 1983

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