Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
Generic

Cari Cooper

Springdale,AR

Summary

Retail pharmacist with 20+ years experience in the field of retail pharmacy, looking to continue my career in an exciting new setting in Northwest Arkansas. Specialize in final quality assurance check in pharmacy workflow, inventory control, profit management, considerate and thorough patient counseling, and vaccine administration.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Market/Staff/Manager Pharmacist

Walgreens
03.2023 - Current

Market pharmacist for 6 months

Staff pharmacist for 3 month

Pharmacy manager through present

Performed normal pharmacist duties along with the increased responsibility of managing a tier 2 pharmacy.

Staff Pharmacist

Rose Drug of Clarksville
04.2012 - 03.2023
  • Responsible for final quality assurance check in pharmacy workflow
  • Manage drug inventory levels, shopping alternate wholesalers, resolving discrepancies
  • Manage out-of-date medication processing
  • Monitor reimbursement amounts and worked to increase profits by shopping for less expensive brands, correcting billing inaccuracies, and monitoring AWP changes
  • Instrumental in the conversion from manual drug ordering system to perpetual inventory system
  • Instrumental in the conversion to the more accurate an efficient ComputerRx pharmacy workflow from the outdated pharmacist/tech work arrangement
  • Instrumental in the development of the Rose Drug vaccine administration program
  • Instrumental in the implementation of plastic rx bottle recycling in the pharmacy

Staff Pharmacist (part time)

Berry Drug of Dardanelle
07.2007 - 12.2018
  • Responsible for input and final check of prescriptions, medication review and interaction issues, patient counseling, communicating with insurance plans

Staff Pharmacist

USA Drug of Russellville
09.1998 - 03.2012
  • Responsible for input and final check of prescriptions, medication review and interaction issues, patient counseling, communicating with insurance plans
  • Responsible for out-of-date medication processing

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy - undefined

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
AR
05.2001

Pre-pharmacy undergraduate studies - undefined

Arkansas Tech University
AR
05.1997

Pre-med undergraduate studies - undefined

University of Central Arkansas
AR
05.1996

Skills

  • Proficient at ComputerRx software navigation, proficient at QS1 software navigation
  • Problem solving - helped implement new workflow for increased efficiency and accuracy, implemented vaccine administration program, solve inventory discrepancies
  • Profit management - monitor medication pricing through primary and secondary wholesalers to obtain the best price possible for our inventory, monitor billing practices to ensure maximum reimbursement
  • Vaccine administration - administration and billing, CPR certified
  • Final quality assurance check - quick and accurate

Timeline

Market/Staff/Manager Pharmacist

Walgreens
03.2023 - Current

Staff Pharmacist

Rose Drug of Clarksville
04.2012 - 03.2023

Staff Pharmacist (part time)

Berry Drug of Dardanelle
07.2007 - 12.2018

Staff Pharmacist

USA Drug of Russellville
09.1998 - 03.2012

Doctor of Pharmacy - undefined

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Pre-pharmacy undergraduate studies - undefined

Arkansas Tech University

Pre-med undergraduate studies - undefined

University of Central Arkansas
Cari Cooper