Staff Pharmacist - Customedica Pharmacy - Eagle, Id
(2025-04 - 2026-10)
- Heavy emphasis on patient-pharmacist relations
- Reviewing prescriptions for accuracy based on prescriber’s instructions
- Conduct drug use reviews based on patient history of allergies, disease states, and coadministration of other medications.
- Consult patients on proper use of medications, providing information on the medication’s indicated actions, side effects, and measures of successful treatment.
- Provided information to prescribers looking to place patients on peptides, as well as hormone replacement.
Contract Pharmacist - Optum-United Health Care - Phoenix, Az
(2024-07 - 2024-12)
- Review prior authorization requests, based on company policies and guidelines, using specified patient, provider, and insurance details.
- Follow through on denials with patients and providers, outlining the criteria used for the denial, including any follow-up actions taken, such as further communication with the patient or provider about the final decision.
- Maintain comprehensive and exact records ensuring transparency and adherence to company policies and procedures, while providing clear communication to all parties involved.
Pharmacist Team Lead - Chewy - Avondale, Az
(2024-01 - 2024-06)
- Lead daily workflow metrics for six different shifts, ensuring productivity and efficiency across multiple job categories.
- Utilize various software systems including Oracle, Tableau, and Kober to access and interpret daily metrics reports.
- Find and resolve barriers to meeting daily performance expectations.
- Report daily operational challenges and implement strategies to overcome barriers, leading to enhanced workflow efficiency.
- Collaborate firsthand with team members in the production area to understand the impact of barriers to workflow and develop effective solutions.
- Cross-trained in Area Manager duties, ensuring overall shift success by meeting chase-time targets and filling and shipping all patient orders on time.
Pharmacy Team Leader - Medistar Healthcare Solutions - Phoenix, Az
(2021-08 - 2024-01)
- Leader for acute clinical pharmacists who worked remotely covering approximately 35 hospitals and care centers during nighttime, holiday, and weekend hours.
- Verify all team members’ CE hours and all individual out-of-state licenses for each member were up to date.
- Complete overhaul of outdated equipment and recruitment of new employees to strengthen staffing levels.
- Investigating medication errors and starting changes to prevent future errors.
- Communication source to facilities, management, and staff.
- Maintain information on each facility about changes in policy, therapeutic guidelines, and IT issues.
- Schedule staff to ensure coverage for sickness, vacation, and emergencies. S
- Monitor, assess, evaluate, and review patient demographics, to ensure orders were proper for the patient. This included anticoagulation dosing, renal clearance adjustments, antibiotic stewardship, (including Vancomycin), medication reconciliation, and IV to PO dosing adjustments.
- Advising prescribers directly when issues arose with patient orders.
Compounding/Retail Pharmacist - Bashas’ United Drug - Phoenix, Az
(2014-08 - 2020-12)
- Prepare personalized medications for patients, not commercially available.
- Supply compounding coverage for forty-two pharmacies, while working in a retail pharmacy setting.
- Find and remedy areas of concern in the compounding process.
- Advise and consult with prescribers and patients concerning questions about compounded medications and treatments.
- Provide up to date and easily understandable information during patient consultation.
- Provide staff pharmacists’ duties as needed for regular commercial pharmacy within the facility.
- Train and evaluate others in compounding requirements.
Pharmacist In Charge - CVS Pharmacy - Wickenburg, Az
(2011-03 - 2013-12)
- Provide high-quality pharmaceutical care to customers through review of medication orders, patient history, and dispensing practices.
- Model, enforce, and provide direction and guidance to associates on proper customer interactions, including techniques to ensure customer’s needs, complaints, and issues are resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
- Oversee the implementation of and take part in community outreach programs and encourage Associates to serve as good members of the community.
- Provide supervision and development opportunities for Associates in assigned areas.
- Winner of the 2013 Paragon Award for outstanding Pharmacy Leadership.
Acute Clinical Care Pharmacist - Indian Health Services - Fort Hall, Id
(2010-10 - 2011-01)
- Review patient health record entries, including diagnosis, lab data, and prior medical history to decide appropriateness of prescription selection and dispensing orders.
- Counsel patients on new medications and help ensure medication compliance.
- Give recommendations to medical personnel in reference to the best medical interventions for both chronic and acute disease states.
- Follow federal guidelines concerning annotating and recording medical interventions, patient profile information, and pharmacy organization.
- Help supervise anticoagulation patients through monthly INR/PT monitoring and follow-up interviews.
Staff Pharmacist - Float - Levigne Drug Group - Wallace, Id
(2009-08 - 2011-03)
- Perform pharmacist duties associated with private retail operation.
- Company no longer in operation
Pharmacist in Charge - Walgreens - Idaho Falls, Id
(2004-09 - 2010-07)
- Train staff in prescription data entry, dispensing of medications, compounding medications, and prevention of medication errors.
- Contact prescribers and insurance entities to provide proper and cost-effective pharmacological therapy for specific patient needs.
- Oversee blister pack medication dispensing for residential care patients.
- Manage two acquisition pharmacies in combination with Walgreens.
- Supervise, train, and keep pharmacy staff, including yearly evaluations and staff reviews.
