Bianca Harper
PharmD, RPh
Scranton,PA
Summary
Pharmacy professional with a growing foundation in clinical practice, medication management, and patient care. Adept at collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to optimize therapeutic outcomes and ensure high standards of care. Skilled in pharmacokinetics, drug safety, and patient counseling. Reliable and adaptable, consistently delivering results in fast-paced, evolving environments.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
Work History
PGY-1 Pharmacy Resident
Geisinger Community Medical Center
06.2025 - Current
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to develop comprehensive patient treatment plans while keeping the patient's safety and holistic wellbeing a priority.
- Improve patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based pharmaceutical care plans.
- Serve as preceptor for pharmacy students from Wilkes University, providing guidance, mentorship, and hands-on training in various aspects of clinical pharmacy practice.
- Verify bulk medications such as sterile preparations or non-sterile pre-packed medications and assess appropriateness of repackaging and compounding.
- Assist with medication order verification processes to ensure accuracy in dispensing while adhering to relevant regulations, policies, procedures, and guidelines.
- Provide full counseling for patients receiving new medications on discharge such as anticoagulants, antiplatelets, or injectable medications.
- Perform medication reconciliations for new patients who are admitted straight into the ICU.
- Monitor parenteral anticoagulants and complete consults for pharmacist-managed warfarin dosing per hospital policy.
- Review orders for vancomycin, gentamicin, or tobramycin daily to monitor for acute kidney injury, reduced efficacy of other medications by drug interactions, and goal drug plasma concentration levels.
Pharmacy APPE Student
Fairleigh Dickinson University
05.2024 - 04.2025
- Direct Patient Care Elective: Medication Therapy Management –Pharmacy Express | Paterson, NJ
- Community Core – Crossroads Specialty Pharmacy | Livingston, NJ
- Direct Patient Care Elective : Oncology – Luckow Pavillion, The Valley Hospital | Paramus, NJ
- Institutional Core - Christ Hospital | Jersey City, NJ
- Academia - Fairleigh Dickinson University School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | Florham Park, NJ
- Acute Pain Management and Palliative Care Elective - Holy Name Medical Center | Teaneck, NJ
- Acute Care Core - The Valley Hospital | Paramus, NJ
- Ambulatory Care Core - Atlantic Healthcare | Morristown, NJ
Senior Pharmacy Technician
New Aces Pharmacy
06.2022 - 06.2025
- Women’s healthcare specialty pharmacy that assists women in obtaining medications for reproductive disorders, menopause, and sexually transmitted infections at a low cost through in-house prior authorizations and coupon enrollments.
- Created NIOSH Category 1 and 2 inventory sections in accordance with new standards for hazardous medication storage and implemented systems to identify hazardous drugs in received shipments to avoid misplacement among general inventory
- Answered incoming phone calls and address questions from patients and healthcare providers
- Contacted 20-100 patients daily to confirm prescriptions, delivery addresses, refills, insurance information, demographics for Cover My Meds identification, payment methods, and transfers
- Coordinated workflow, fill, and expedited delivery of more than 300 daily prescriptions in high-volume closed-door specialty pharmacy environment
- Assisted pharmacist with doctor calls, refill authorizations, and initiating transfers to enhance pharmacist productivity
Pharmacy Technician
Union Avenue Pharmacy
Bound Brook, New Jersey
07.2021 - 08.2022
- Intake of over 100 new scripts daily and over 200 refill requests daily
- Communicated with doctors and insurances pertaining to issues with prescription processing and coverage
- Stocked, labeled, and inventoried medication to keep accurate records of legend drugs and controlled drug substances
- Removed products near expiration, returned overstock, and maintained organized storage areas with clear labels to prevent medication errors at the fulfillment stage
Education
Doctorate of Pharmacy - Pharmacy
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Florham Park, NJ 05.2001 -
Bachelor of Arts - Cell Biology And Neuroscience
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 05.2001 -
Skills
Adverse drug reaction monitoring
Medication dispensing
Patient education and counseling
Drug utilization review
Medication therapy management
Medication reconciliation
Order review and verification
Pharmacokinetic monitoring
Antimicrobial stewardship
Anticoagulation monitoring
Sterile Compounding and Aseptic Technique
Chronic medication optimization
Epic Hyperspace
Meditech EHR
Affiliations
American Society of Health Systems Pharmacist
Timeline
PGY-1 Pharmacy Resident
Geisinger Community Medical Center
06.2025 - Current
Pharmacy APPE Student
Fairleigh Dickinson University
05.2024 - 04.2025
Senior Pharmacy Technician
New Aces Pharmacy
06.2022 - 06.2025
Pharmacy Technician
Union Avenue Pharmacy
07.2021 - 08.2022
Doctorate of Pharmacy - Pharmacy
Fairleigh Dickinson University
05.2001 -
Bachelor of Arts - Cell Biology And Neuroscience
Rutgers University
05.2001 -