Clinical Pharmacist Personal Care
Resume:
Philip Edward Simpson
Atlanta, GA 30342
770-***-**** (cell
**************@*****.***
OBJECTIVE:
Seeks a professional caring clinical pharmacy practice in a setting with professional growth and opportunities for creating value while caring for individuals.
Expected rate: $50-65 per hour. I am an American citizen with full authorization to start working immediately on contract basis. I have health insurance.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Recognized by peers as a confident and capable individual with an emphasis on providing personal care and attention to detail, with strong organizational skills and the desire to secure continued success and future professional growth. Demonstrates strong leadership attributes, accomplishing business goals and managing positive relationships across the UHC company, with consultants and with clients and with covered members (patients)
State of Georgia Registered Pharmacist License #13249 ACTIVE
EDUCATION:
Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy – Atlanta, Georgia. BS Pharmacy
Mercer University Atlanta – Atlanta, Georgia. Associates Degree Pre-Pharmacy
EMPLOYMENT: See job duties summary list on bottom of resume please
November 2012- April 2024 Clinical Pharmacist on Care Team, Mercer Health Advantage; OptumHealth -Population Health Solutions and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia
Sole clinical pharmacist for Mercer Health Advantage (MHA) team, where I served since its inception. operating as a role model for Clinical integration within Optum Health.
Performed Pharmacist Consultation role on Optum leadership team including interacting with Medical Director and RN Clinical Managers, Behavioral Advocates, Social worker, cancer and maternity support, helping to initiate direction, prioritize goals for operations, and provide client facing functions.
Provided over the last 11 years more than fifteen thousand individualized MTM medication consults for individuals being served by the MHA case managers, identifying multiple thousand opportunities for adjustments in medication regimens with potential impact of over several million dollars of value.
Nominated for United Healthcare Sages Award for having participated in excellent care coordination with nurse case manager which prevented a potential sentinel event for a covered employee client.
From within the MHA Care Team, developed systems and procedures that are being utilized widely throughout company to integrate nursing services with Optum Specialty and Pharmacy Services, including created a weekly Pharmacist Opportunity Dashboard Report to aid clinicians to engage with the most valuable cases as identified by numerous measures from Optum Insights, serving to maximize the value of Clinical Pharmacist interdisciplinary input.
March 2005 – November 2012 Clinical Pharmacist, North Fulton Hospital, Roswell, Georgia
Performed Clinical Pharmacist duties at this 202 bed Level 2 Trauma Center.
Concentration in managing/mentoring with nurse team on 48 bed Med-Tele floor, coordinating care with medical staff, nurse team, and case managers.
Provided clinical calculations and information while closely interacting with physicians for optimum patient care.
Firestarter Award and Tenet Healthcare Shining Star 2012 Award Recipient
Hospital Daily Responsibilities include:
Closely collaborate with nursing, Physician Assistants and Doctors to provide hospital formulary medication decisions utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols.
Participation in daily interdisciplinary rounds
Monitoring narrow therapeutic range medications and adjusting dosing
Manage Vancomycin and aminoglycoside pharmacotherapeutic administration.
Make renal dosing adjustments for antibiotics and other medications per protocols.
Interview patients to obtain home medications upon admission, counsel them regarding discharge instructions for their medications, and assist in transition of care medication reviews.
Perform review of Chemotherapy orders, compound and prepare for administration by nurse staff.
Jan 2002 – March 2005 Clinical Staff Pharmacist, Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Clinical Staff Pharmacist at 477 bed facility with concentration on Orthopedic, Neuro, Rehab areas.
Lead pharmacist in IV room while helping with USP 797 implementation.
Leading pharmacist in department for interventions 2004, 2005.
Provided recommendations for pharmacy department involvement in hospital sponsored community events including public health fairs, co-coordinator for Men’s Health Fair.
Provided daily hospital clinical pharmacist duties as mentioned above.
Prior healthcare experience includes community pharmacy ownership in Atlanta, GA.
Job duties for Optumhealth included evaluating medication treatments for 350,000 patients enrolled with 35 different companies assigned to my team, with unique PBM formularies including Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum. Reviewed Transitional Care and Predictive Model patients with complex and costly conditions.Assisted care providers with RX claims, formulary approvals and assisted members to obtain regular and specialty medication treatments per evidence based medical policy and provider requests.
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