CLINICAL PHARMACY WORK EXPERIENCE The Northern Health - Clinical Pharmacist grade 1 level 4 (Vaccination Clinic and General Ward)
Current - Since January 2022
- Help prepare COVID vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna, Novavax and Astrazeneca)
- Check COVID vaccine doses
- Educate patients about the importance of a vaccine
- Dispensing and preparing discharges (I.pharmacy)
- Interviewing and admitting patients
- Reconciliation and actively being involved in patient’s medications management plan
- Assess the appropriateness of medication orders and supply them
- Attending doctors and nurses medication information inquiries
- Recording interventions and using problem-solving skills to recommend changes
- Counseling and preparation of discharge medication
- Supervising and training new pharmacy interns
Royal Women’s Hospital - Clinical Pharmacist grade 1 level 3 - Full-time Clinical Pharmacist Position (Worked in Maternity, Outpatients, and serviced Frances Perry House)
Current - Since January 2022
- Dispensing and preparing discharges (Merlin)
- Used Electronic Health Records (EMR) - EPIC
- Interviewing and admitting patients
- Reconciliation and actively being involved in patient’s medications management plan
- Assess the appropriateness of medication orders and supply them
- Attending doctors and nurses medication information enquiries
- Recording interventions and using problem-solving skills to recommend changes
- Counselling and preparation of discharge medication
- Supervising and training new pharmacy interns
Latrobe Regional Hospital - Clinical Pharmacist grade 1 level 2 (Worked across various wards including Surgical, Paediatrics/ Womens, General Medicine, Mental Health, Hospital in The Home (HITH), Dispensary, Oncology, Rehabilitation, and COVID wards)
January 2021 - December 2021
- Conducted a research project concerning infectious diseases (Time to first dose of antibiotics in patients diagnosed with sepsis in the emergency department of Latrobe Regional Hospital (LRH)
- Dispensing using I.Pharmacy
- Used Electronic Health Records (EMR)
- Collaborate with other healthcare workers and recommend medication related modifications of therapy. This is done through effectively communication skills both verbally and written(including: documenting SOAP notes, medication history assessment, and comments in patient's medical records)
- Use clinical decision-making and problem solving skills when changing/ commencing/or ceasing a medication
- Counselling and preparation of discharge medication
- Participated in consultant ward rounds
- Performing an interview and gather a comprehensive patient's medication history
- Preparation and delivery of continuing education presentation on a weekly basis to the pharmacy department
- Preparing compounding products
RETAIL WORK EXPERIENCE
Community pharmacy (Worked across various Chemist Warehouse and Pharmacy For Less stores)
Since May 2017
- Working collaboratively with pharmacists using communication (both verbal and written) and teamwork skills to deliver the best health care for our patients
- Using customer service and empathy skills to communicate effectively with patients, understand their needs and to ultimately provide a professional and quality service
- Dispensing (software: Fred, Myscript, and Lots)
- Counseling and ensuring the correct use of medication
- Providing MedsCheck
- Preparing extemporaneous products
- Preparing and managing webster packs
- Providing diabetes education and advice (including monitoring o glucometer machines, medications, and insulin administration)
- Checking inhaler techniques and provide counseling (including asthma action plan)
- Blood Pressure checks
- Mentoring and training new pharmacy students and technicians
- Was able to quickly adapt to new working environments in different stores, follow different managing routines and connecting, and forming rapport with other co-workers
CLINICAL PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE
Peninsula Health and Monash Health (Worked across various wards including Cardiology, General medicine, Renal, Surgical, Maternity, and Suspected COVID-19)
Since 2017
- Using EMR and Merlin system
- Medication reconciliation to ensure safe and quality use of medicine
- Effectively communicating with other health professionals both verbally and written (including documenting SOAP notes and comments in patient's medical records)
- Use clinical decision-making and problem solving skills when changing/ commencing/ or ceasing a medication
- Dispensing, counselling and preparation of discharge medication
- Participated in consultant ward rounds
- Gathering patient's medication history
- Preparation and delivery of continuing education presentation (e.g Goodpasture disease a renal case study)
