Provided excellent Home Infusion services.
- Successfully managed patient case load including 20+ TPN patients.
- Reviewed lab results, adjusted medication dosages based on Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Protocols, provided counseling services.
- Determined best medication delivery method for each individual patient based on lifestyle and medication stability.
- Reviewed stability studies to determine beyond-use-date for sterile compounds in line with USP 797 guidelines.
- Successfully managed multiple patient therapies including anti-infectives, TPN, IVIG, specialty medications (Remicade, Entyvio, Tysabri, Berinert, and many others), hydration, and others.
Extensive on-call experience.
- Worked closely with Home Infusion Nurses to determine patient needs and provide excellent patient care.
- Provided counseling to patients with urgent questions.
- Contacted physician/provider when necessary.
Occasionally called upon to mix sterile medications in compliance with USP 797 and company procedures.
- Extensive experience with sterile compounding
- Utilized Baxa Repeater pump in order to compound batches of medication for a specific patient.
- Extensive knowledge and experience with the EM2400 TPN Compounder
- Knowledge of and experience with compounding hazardous medications including 5FU, cytarabine and ganciclovir.
- Experience with closed-system transfer devices (PhaSeal)
Completed Specialty Pharmacy Education Center's Hemophilia Enduring Clinical Education Program.
Created workload spreadsheet allowing staff to monitor progress on pending orders as well as prioritize workload.
- New process allowed employees to prevent missed deliveries and meet time commitments.
- Improved patient care by creating a resource for pharmacists to look ahead at orders due several days in advance.
- Improved communication throughout the office by creating one source to collaboratively set priorities.
Served as Pharmacist-In-Charge (PIC) for 15 months while company was seeking new Pharmacy Manager.
- Ensured environmental monitoring and Personnel media fill validation were complete according to USP 797 guidelines.
- Ensured pharmacy was in compliance with all local and Federal rules and guidelines.
