oncology pharmacist
Parkway Medical Clinic
Total years of experience :16 years, 3 months
• Coordinated medication-related services.
• Prepare chemotherapy IV orders as per physician orders.
• Interpreted and rectified physician medication and IV orders.
• Type, fill, and check chemotherapy drugs before administration.
• Applied dosing protocols to patients for cancer treatment.
• Evaluated drug therapy and recommended changes to doctor.
• Design, implement, and monitor therapeutic drug plans.
• Monitored patients for adverse drug reactions or toxicities.
Manage ancillary staff in fulfilling more than 1, 500 prescriptions weekly.
•Consult with physicians and patients with regard to medication dosage,
•drug interactions, medical equipment, disease management and potential side
•effects of prescription and OTC medications.
•Recognized for ability to manage a high volume of patient accounts.
•Consult with hundreds of physicians and patients to fill prescriptions, review side effects,
•discuss drug interactions and resolve medication delivery problems.
•Improved drug-inventory management system to reduce waste and eliminate back orders.
•Cultivated strong network of physicians, resulting in an average of 100 new patient enrollments monthly.
• Work closely with patients and providers for 300 bed hospital.
• Analyze medication profiles for patients admitted, made proper recommendations.
• Oversee pharmacy technicians and other staff.
• Perform formulary reviews for drugs and therapeutics committee, while attending P&T committee.
• Review prescriptions and ensure prescription of correct doses.
• Perform tasks of preparing ointments, liquid medications, tablets and etc.
• Perform IV preparations, dispense antibiotics, and controlled substances.
• Provides advice to medical practitioners on patient drug regimens.
• Reviewed patient charts to recommend medication interventions as needed.
• Educated patients on discharge medications and lifestyle modifications to improve quality of life.
• Entered new patient profiles and prescriptions into medication software system.
• Communicated directly with doctors’ offices and insurance companies.
• Provided friendly customer service.
• Verified patient data and billing information.
