Damon Johnson
Louisville,KY
Summary
Driven Pharmacy Technician with 9 years of experience and success in working within fast-paced retail and hospital pharmacy settings. Highly proficient in accurately filling and labeling prescriptions, maintaining drug inventories and updating pharmacy records. Excited to bring talent and record of excellence in customer service to growing pharmacy.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Inpatient Certified Pharmacy Technician
Baptist Hospital
Louisville, KY
01.2021 - Current
- Fills stock orders, inpatient and outpatient orders within state and federal laws for checking by a pharmacist or nationally certified pharmacy technician when applicable by state laws and regulations.
- Performs station inspections for assigned areas, orders needed medications, checks in and stocks ordered medications, fills stocking reports from automation to restock units, cart fill, and cabinet restocking. Rotates stock to avoid product out dates.
- Performs necessary calculations accurately.
- Delivers medication to appropriate unit in an accurate timely fashion.
- Handling of controlled substances in accordance with pharmacy department policies and procedures.
- Restocks returned medication in a timely manner and assists pharmacy management in monitoring waste to identify areas for potential improvement/cost savings.
- Performs medication inquiries on patient medication profiles in response to questions.
- Familiarity with medication formulary and standard abbreviations.
- Maintains a working knowledge of appropriate regulatory body (i.e. The Joint Commission, HFAP, or DNV) and federal/state laws and regulations for nonsterile compounding and sterile compounding.
- Prepares sterile compounds (hazardous and nonhazardous) in accordance with department guidelines and applicable USP standards, local and federal regulations and utilizing strict aseptic technique for final verification by a pharmacist.
Senior Certified Pharmacy Technician
Walgreens Pharmacy
01.2015 - 01.2021
- Using Walgreens prescription data entry procedures and guidelines, processes new patient registration by entering data into appropriate system
- Handling patient prescription requests within HIPAA guidelines and enters refill orders for processing
- Troubleshooting to obtain missing prescription information, and interprets medical abbreviations (SIG codes)
- Resolving all data entry related exceptions
- Handling correspondence to patients (inbound calls, chats, emails) and makes outbound calls to prescribers and patients as needed
- Resolving Third Party Rejects by reviewing, gathering information, making corrections and resubmitting for processing according to individual plan requirements
- Making telephone calls to insurers and others to obtain information, gain override approval or otherwise resolve the Third Party Rejects
- Providing assistance to Pharmacists, both those in the facility and those at other locations
- Identifying and communicating issues to senior level staff as appropriate
- Processing and filling prescriptions
- Reviewing medication orders and prescriptions and organizing medications for dispensing; preparing labels; calculating quantities, and preparing intravenous solutions.
Education
Highschool Diploma -
South Oldham Highschool
01.2013
Skills
- Dependability
- Multitasking
- Prioritizing Tasks
- Problem Solving
- Working Quickly
- Mathematical Proficiency
- Continuous Quality Improvement
- Continuing education
Certification
- Certified Pharmacy Technician
- CPR trained and certified
- Immunization Certified
- Trained in COVID-19 Testing
Timeline
Inpatient Certified Pharmacy Technician
Baptist Hospital
01.2021 - Current
Senior Certified Pharmacy Technician
Walgreens Pharmacy
01.2015 - 01.2021
- Certified Pharmacy Technician
- CPR trained and certified
- Immunization Certified
- Trained in COVID-19 Testing
Highschool Diploma -
South Oldham Highschool