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Education
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Bernardino Cerda

Santa Rosa,CA

Summary

I am a registered pharmacy technician who has worked in both community and inpatient pharmacy settings for almost 20 years. I have both community and hospital pharmacy experience. I follow instruction well and am a self motivator.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Pharmacy Technician

Cardinal Health
Santa Rosa, CA
04.2019 - Current
  • Maintained daily inventory of pharmaceuticals and ensured proper storage conditions.
  • Prepared medications for dispensing by counting, pouring, labeling, and verifying doses.
  • Performed data entry for patient profiles, billing information and prescription orders into the pharmacy software system.
  • Provided customer service to patients by answering questions about medications and health-related topics.
  • Managed filing of prescriptions, both electronically and manually.
  • Retrieved medication from shelves based on physician orders and delivered them to pharmacists for review.
  • Ordered drugs from wholesalers as needed and maintained records of incoming shipments.
  • Verified accuracy of medication labels before they were dispensed to customers.
  • Ensured compliance with all federal, state, local laws and company policies related to pharmacy operations.
  • Checked expiration dates on medications to ensure that only unexpired products were dispensed.

Pharmacy Technician

Sonoma West Medical Center
Sebastopol, CA
11.2016 - Current
  • Pull medications to be delivered to different hospital departments
  • Deliver medications to different hospital departments
  • Prepare IVs
  • Order and shelve medications

Pharmacy Technician

Safeway
Santa Rosa, CA
06.2004 - 04.2019
  • Input and bill prescriptions to third parties
  • Pull medications from shelves
  • Count and label prescriptions
  • Order, receive and stock prescription drugs and supplies
  • Count stock and enter data into computer to maintain inventory records for pharmacy
  • Perform electronic transactions using a cash register

Pharmacy Technician

Rite Aid
Sebastopol, CA
08.1996 - 06.2004
  •  Input and bill prescriptions to third parties 
  • Pull medications from shelves
  • Count and label prescriptions
  • Order, receive and stock prescription drugs and supplies
  • Count stock and enter data into computer to maintain inventory records for pharmacy
  • Perform electronic transactions using a cash register

Pharmacy Technician

Palm Drive Hospital
Sebastopol, CA
06.2002 - 01.2003
  • Pull medications to be delivered to different hospital departments
  • Deliver medications to different hospital departments
  • Prepare IVs
  • Order and shelve medications

Education

Associate of Arts -

Santa Rosa Junior College
1997

High School Diploma - undefined

Cardinal Newman High School
1995

Skills

  • Expert understanding of Medicare and Medicaid processes
  • Exceptional patient care and interaction
  • Excellent telephone etiquette
  • HIPAA trained
  • Bilingual (fluent in Spanish)
  • Pyxis system
  • PDX
  • Efficient and accurate
  • Strong decision-making ability
  • IV trained

Certification

California Pharmacy Technician Registration Number TCH 26116

Timeline

Pharmacy Technician

Cardinal Health
04.2019 - Current

Pharmacy Technician

Sonoma West Medical Center
11.2016 - Current

Pharmacy Technician

Safeway
06.2004 - 04.2019

Pharmacy Technician

Palm Drive Hospital
06.2002 - 01.2003

Pharmacy Technician

Rite Aid
08.1996 - 06.2004

Associate of Arts -

Santa Rosa Junior College

High School Diploma - undefined

Cardinal Newman High School
Bernardino Cerda