Clinical Outpatient Pharmacist Resume
Doctor of Pharmacy
Licensed – Illinois, Arizona, and New Mexico
COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient at: Outlook, Word //, RefMan, Endnote, OVID, PubMed, Internet Resources, and Indian Health Service (IHS) Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Resource Patient Management System (RPMS).
Familiar with: Information Request Management System (IRMS), Power Point, Excel, and Visio.
OVERALL EXPERIENCE
- Experienced Inpatient Hospital/Outpatient Clinic Pharmacist and Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry Professional.
- Understand the dynamics between the pharma-biotech industry and medical practice.
- Familiar with various industry requirements/standards (IND, NDA, ANDA, sNDA, GCP, ICH-, Chicago Manual of Style, AMA Style Guide, FDA Unsolicited Response Guidance Document for Off-Label Information About Prescription Drugs and Medical Devices.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Outpatient Clinic Pharmacist
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(Contract) – Indian Health Service Arizona/New Mexico
- Provided care to an underserved indigenous population in a remote multidisciplinary facility.
- Processed medication orders including review of patient notes, chart, labs, and medication history to assure correctness, appropriateness and continuity of care, and clarified discrepancies/concerns with provider if necessary.
- Assisted clinical personnel in selecting appropriate therapeutic regimens within formulary guidelines.
- Counseled patients on medications, disease states, treatment, and reviewed provider-visit, provider plan and follow-up; counseled approximately patients per week.
- Participated in departmental meetings providing solutions to improve workflow, turnover time, patient satisfaction, provider satisfaction, and pharmacoeconomic benefits.
- Educated providers on computerized physician order entry (CPOE), formulary, and pharmacy systems to promote cohesive interdepartmental team work.
Medical Scientist (Medical Communications / Medical Writer)
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Contract (Amgen/Genentech) California
Therapeutic Focus: Immunology, Tissue Growth and Repair, Inflammation and Metabolic (included pipeline product).
- Created search strategies across multiple databases to obtain current data on products and their therapeutic area.
- Identified and evaluated new data for appropriateness and added value.
- Analyzed and responded to product-based clinical inquiries via phone or email (approximately responses per week).
- Re-scripted standard product-based medical letters and incorporated newly published data; reviewed overall accuracy, context, clarity, grammar, length, layout, and style (approximately - letters per month).
Drug Information Specialist
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Major Pharmaceutical Company Illinois
Therapeutic Area: Critical Care Medicine, proprietary product.
Product Specialist Proprietary Product
- Responded to clinical inquiries a month with well-balanced and unbiased product information.
- Reviewed all promotional material for clarity and medical accuracy, and provided recommendations from a clinical aspect.
- Attended trade-show activities and supported Medical Liaisons.
Clinical Research Activities
- Reviewed clinical research protocol for accuracy and completeness.
- Created and presented pharmacy manual for a Phase III study at investigator meetings.
Process Development
- Promotional process redesign team member; provided insight to the CEO-initiated cross-functional team.
- Developed medical information processes, created workflow charts with specific guidelines, and defined roles within the department and with cross-functional teams (safety, regulatory, and marketing).
Inpatient Hospital Pharmacist
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Major University Hospital Chicago, IL
Therapeutic Evaluation and Intervention:
- Interpreted, assessed, and processed medication orders for variable patient populations in a -bed hospital.
- Advised clinicians on medication use and current therapeutic guidelines on a proactive and reactive basis; approximately to interventions per day.
- Investigated unclear medical histories.
Communication/Customer Service:
- Interacted extensively with diverse populations of professionals and technical staff to ensure suitable remedies in a timely manner.
- Developed key relationships with physicians and nurses to provide quality care to patients.
Training:
- Provided leadership and mentored newly hired and/or newly graduated pharmacists.
- Assessed pharmacist ability and experience, and determined appropriate training needs.
- Educated trainee on: basic and common therapeutic interventions, various sources for information, multiple workflow scenarios, prioritization, various problem solving pathways, and communication opportunities with coworkers inside and outside of the department.
Supervising:
- Assessed complications of the day (staffing, workflow, and inventory) and created solutions (staff of ).
- Resolved inter- and intra- departmental conflicts according to policy and procedure, or clinical judgment.
- Directed, instructed and educated pharmacy technicians (daily), and conducted performance evaluations.
Teamwork:
- Advised management of gaps in daily operations and provided feedback to improve medication turnover time, clinical interventions, pharmacist efficacy, and continuity of care.
- Assured patient follow-up by communicating clinical and organizational challenges of the day, the current state of development, and possible resolutions/outcomes.
- Informed staff of current uncommon therapeutic situations to promote patient care and staff education.
- Supported high volume areas whenever possible.
Inpatient Hospital Pharmacy Technician
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Major University Hospital Chicago, IL
- Filtered inquiries, addressed issue(s) if appropriate, and directed concern(s) to proper person when necessary.
- Used aseptic technique to reconstitute and/or compound a wide array of parenteral medications.
- Compounded and packaged oral medications (bulk and unit dose), including suspensions.
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