Octavia McCalla, Pharm.D

o40lr2@r.postjobfree.com

Present Address and Phone Number

**** ********* ****

Cordova, TN 38018

504-***-****

Education

Pharmacy Practice Residency. Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2004-2005

Doctor of Pharmacy. Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy 2000 – 2004

Pre-Pharmacy Curriculum. Stevenson University (formerly Villa Julie College) 1998-2000.

Licensure

Tennessee Board of Pharmacy – 2005 to present

Ohio Board of Pharmacy – 2005 to present

Professional Experience

Pharmacist Supervisor Non-specialty Medications. Accredo Pharmacy. Memphis, TN

October 2009 – present

Responsibilities:

-Supervise daily tasks of 50 pharmacists and technicians

-Monitor productivity by reviewing real-time stats

-Develop an operating plan for the next day based on productivity from previous day

-Report out on external non-conformances on a weekly basis

-Conduct bi-monthly one-on-ones with direct reports

-Conduct team meetings with staff

-Review corrective counseling with staff members

-Complete evaluations for 50 direct reports

-Manage vacation time for direct reports to ensure that we have adequate staffing each day

-Complete payroll for direct reports

- Ensure system access for each direct report

-Complete reports to illustrate how we are utilizing the money from our budget

-Act as a staff pharmacist as the business needs

-Currently acting as Interim Manager for the Non-specialty Medications department in the absence of a Manager

Pharmacist Supervisor Specialty Medications. Accredo Pharmacy. Memphis, TN

2008 – October 2009

Responsiblities:

-Supervise daily tasks of 25 pharmacists, including on-site and work-at home pharmacists

-Monitor productivity by reviewing real-time stats

-Develop an operating plan for the next day based on productivity from previous day

-Report out on external non-conformances on a weekly basis

-Conduct bi-monthly one-on-ones with direct reports

-Conduct team meetings with staff

-Review corrective counseling with staff members

-Complete evaluations for 25 direct reports

-Manage vacation time for direct reports to ensure that we have adequate staffing each day

-Complete payroll for direct reports

- Ensure system access for each direct report

-Complete reports to illustrate how we are utilizing the money from our budget

-Act as a staff pharmacist as the business needs

-Act as Interim Manager for the department in the absence of a Manager

Staff Pharmacist. Accredo Pharmacy. Memphis, TN

2006 – 2008

Responsiblities:

-Enter and process prescription orders for all specialty medications (i.e Multiple Sclerosis, Hepatitis, Arthritis, Pulmonary Hypertension, Growth Hormone, etc)

-Field phone calls from physicians’ offices with clinical questions about medications

-Counsel patients on their medications

-Work with the physicians’ offices to ensure that the prior authorization was complete for the patient to enable them to receive their medications.

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist. Kaiser Permanente. Parma, OH

July 2005 – October 2006

Responsibilities:

-Staff the Outpatient Coumadin Clinic at Parma Ohio twice a week

-Consult with 15-20 patients per day

-Monitor PT/INR and alter therapy based on labs

-Consult with physicans regarding naïve Coumadin patients

-Develop Cholesterol Clinic for Outpatients at the Akron and Fairlawn Facility

-Meet with physicians’ to present the idea

-Determine on average how many patients the physicians would like us to consult with

-Determine work-flow regarding clinic operations

-Staff Outpatient cholesterol clinic at the Akron and Fairlawn Facility three days a week

-Consult with 10 patients per day regarding their cholesterol regimen

-Monitor and make suggestions to alter drug regimens for patients with respect to their cholesterol

-Work closely with physicians’ to assist them with monitoring patients for side-effects as they relate to patients’ drug therapy (i.e. adjust patient’s cholesterol therapy based on lab reports or reports of “weak legs.”)

-Complete presentations covering different therapies as physicans’ requested

-Convert patients from brand to generic medications

Pharmacy Intern Experience

Pharmacy Intern. Touro Infirmary. New Orleans, LA 2003 – 2004

Pharmacy Intern. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. King of Prussia, PA Summer 2002

Post Doctoral Training

Pharmacy Practice Resident (Emphasis in Ambulatory Care). Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Memphis, TN. July 2004 – July 2005.

-Ambulatory Care (5 months of Ambulatory Care Rotations with the Coumadin Clinic)

-Consult with 15-20 patients per day regarding their Coumadin therapy

-Monitor PT/INR and make adjustments to patients’ therapy regimen

-Receive emergency consults from physicians regarding naïve patients

-Receive consults from physicians for patients that were starting Amiodarone or antibiotic therapy while currently receiving Coumadin

-Practice Management

-General Internal Medicine

-Geriatric Intermediate Care

-Surgical Intensive Care Unit

-Nutrition Support Services

-Prepare and adjust TPNs for patients

-Outpatient Pharmacy Services

-Process prescription orders

-Consult with physicians regarding dosing adjustments (i.e. renal compromised patients, etc.)

-Counsel patients regarding medication therapy to prepare them for discharge from the hospital

-Inpatient Pharmacy Services

-Process prescription orders and prepare IV medications including TPN

-Consult with Physicians regarding dosing adjustments

-Counsel patients regarding medication therapy

Clinical Presentations and Papers

“Cholesterol Management.” Kaiser Permanente. Parma, OH. 2005

“Byetta.” Kaiser Permanente. Parma, OH. 2006

Professional Affiliations

Tennessee Pharmacist Association. 2006 – Present

References

Available upon Request

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