David Kemp Jr

Work 40+ hours per week, Monday through Friday. Ensures equipment accountability and is appropriately managed, assigned, and monitored. Schedules and conducts physical inventories. Maintains accountable property and receipt documents. Develops and supports the creation of acquisition strategies and initiatives to acquire and purchase durable, non-expendable medical equipment. Analyzes data impacting procurement decisions. Conducts market research on product pricing and performance. Researches and conducts an analysis of potential cost savings. Uses quantitative analysis and historical usage patterns for efficiencies and improving processes. Uses performance measures to conduct forecasting and quantitative analysis. Rectifies asset management issues. Researches alternative sources for equipment procurement. Initiates a report of the survey (lost, damaged, and/or stolen property). Analyzes and advises on equipment purchase recommendations. Researches alternative vendors and sources for equipment procurement. Disposition of excess or surplus property. Formulates improved inventory management procedures and practices. Traces sequences of inventory management transactions to resolve questions. Researches and develops solutions to complex problems. Conducts a controlled substance inventory weekly. Participates in facility strategic planning. Scribe of quarterly equipment committee meetings. Maintains equipment inventory list (EIL or CMR). Maintains inventory management and control of non-expendable assets. Trains and assists on equipment acquisition, disposal, scanning, and tracking of equipment. Manages and determines the means and methods to resolve issues, and improve operations. Advises and informs stakeholders concerning the management, control, and accountability of equipment in use. Recommends actions to eliminate problems involved in delivering services to EIL officials or implementing policies. Utilizes VISTA AMES/MERS to manage facility property accountability, create equipment records, research discrepancies, conduct inventories, barcode equipment, and manage turned-in excess property.

Work 40+ hours per week, Monday through Friday. Responsible for the inventories of pharmaceutical products and supplies. Maintains cost-effective turnover consistently. Receive and analyze a variety of inventory reports provided by prime vendors, such as McKesson, Medline, and Cardinal. Keeps and stores appropriate records for purchases that are required to meet the Drug Supply Chain Security Act, including transaction information not stored in McKesson. Runs reports from the prime vendor, compiles the Inventory Management (IM) reports as needed, and distributes them as required. Recognized as an authority on expendable (EX) commodity management, and serves as a subject matter expert to all services and service lines. Conducts short, mid, and long-term advanced planning for expendable items and DME, utilizing enterprise-wide computerized planning tools. Uses a range of well-established and commonly applied inventory principles, standard and non-standard methodologies, and concepts to determine the need to intervene in the supply system in response to fluctuations in rates of usage, cost, availability for established suppliers, alternative sources of supply, and other similar conditions. Proactively engages customers to make recommendations for product changes, substitutions, and additions to product lines, with a focus on increasing supply economy and efficiency. Forecasts short- and long-range inventory needs, considering changes in medical and surgical technologies, clinical scheduling changes, and program requirements. Participates in VISN and facility strategic planning to support major and minor projects and initiatives, ensuring that supply and DME needs are met while considering cost, policies and procedures, sources of supply, and other variables. Rotates drugs and supplies utilizing first-in inventory management on a perpetual basis to ensure proper use in a timely manner and without product waste. With the COR, manages consignment inventory compliance for non-VA owned product and
ensures contractor meets obligations with regard to par levels, replacement of expiring/expired items, and all other aspects affecting service delivery. Conducts wall-to-wall and periodic inventories on own initiative to identify potential shrinkage issues or other supply chain discrepancies. Uses in-depth knowledge of complex supply relationships to analyze the effectiveness of various
options proposed to provide supply support for critical and complex agency missions, a category of technical material or similar supply programs. Knowledge of a complex variety of VA Regulations, Directives, Handbooks, bulletins, policies and other Federal regulations, publications and guidelines to conduct research and accurately maintain perpetual inventory accounts for expendable items in a fully computerized and integrated data base system. Broad knowledge of Integrated Funds Distribution, Control Point Activity (IFCAP) and various Federal Agency websites. Thorough knowledge of fiscal policies and their impact on the inventory management program. Practical knowledge of procurement law in order to determine required sources of supply, understand MSPV ordering officer and purchase card program and simplified acquisition procedures. Ability to use bar code scanning equipment and appropriate tagging equipment for inventory control purposes. knowledge of fiscal management requirements, budget execution, and reconciliation procedures. Knowledge of records management policies and directives to maintain and retain supply records. Prime Vendor returns are tracked to ensure credit is given. As a purchase card holder, ensure compliance with all the acquisition regulations, both Federal, VA and local to include 8A, small business, and mandatory sources. Makes individual purchases not exceeding $10,000.00 unless specifically authorized to do so by Contracting or Logistics Manager. Reconciliation of purchase card charges. Resolves purchase care charges. Resolves disputes of any unknown or incorrect charges. Participates in department quality assurance activities. Prepares cost information to be presented at huddles/meetings. Coordinates any drug recalls are carried out to ensure that products in question are quickly and efficiently collected, isolated, and returned. Communicates information relating to recalls to pharmacy personnel. Maintains a drug and supply inventory system to ensure that pharmacy areas have adequate pharmaceutical inventories to carry out their normal distributive functions and patient care is not impaired due to insufficient stock or the unavailability of a therapeutic alternative. Rotates drugs and supplies utilizing first-in inventory management on a perpetual basis to ensure proper use in a timely manner and without product waste.

Work 80 hours per week, 7 days on, 7 days off. Performs inspections of assigned areas, checking for outdated, overstocked, or understocked items. Participates in stock management activities, including but not limited to inventories, stock rotation, proper storage, maintenance of stock storage, maintenance of stock storage areas, and processing of return goods, etc. Processes and labels drugs, pre-pack items, and bulk supplies. Reviews drug orders on a computer screen or printed copy, verifying the amount to be ordered. Processes short-stocked, partial supplies, two-day-old window prescriptions, and patient returns within reasonable time frames. Reads and interprets prescriptions, obtains proper medication or material in the proper strength and dosage form, determines the proper amount, and counts, pours, or measures the medications, affixes the proper label, and records the required data on the pharmacy's copy of the prescription/order. Maintains ScriptPro Robot and Omnicell automation operations. After a final check by a pharmacist, medication is dispensed in ambulatory care or discharge situations. Assists with inventory management and ordering of medicines. Collects drug use evaluation data for quality improvement purposes, as required. Operates and maintains complicated pharmacy equipment. After prescription/order(s) are reviewed by a pharmacist for therapeutic propriety, the pharmacist reviews orders for technical accuracy and converts the order, if necessary, so that the item dispensed corresponds to the drug and dose ordered. Enter the correct drug, strength, dosage form, and quantity into the patient's medication profile (DHCP, CPRS, or otherwise). Answers questions from pharmacy and non-pharmacy personnel regarding drug distribution. Identifies basic therapeutic problems such as duplicate therapy with drugs in the same class and alerts the pharmacist to the possible need for clinical intervention. Assists in total quality improvement activities by participating in medical center and service process assessment and action teams and continually seeks to improve services. Assignments associated with the Mental Health and/or Health Maintenance Clinics that involve pharmacy services. Conducts monthly ward inspection of outpatient primary care areas. Monitors inventory needs in-patient care areas, relays this information to the appropriate Pharmacy personal. This also includes placing stock in proper storage areas, rotating stock on shelves, and removing/replacing outdated items. Maintains a training/education manual for the focus area assigned. Provides training to new or existing staff so that these competencies are maintained. Performs all the duties of lower graded technicians, as required. Assists patients with tele-pharmacy applications including patient orientation to the application. Provide patient education on pharmacy topics such as the requesting refill process, drug information sheets, and relaying judgmental questions to the pharmacist. As deemed necessary by the pharmacy supervisor, assists in other patient care areas (including inpatient pharmacy services) to maintain the consistency of overall pharmacy services. However, primary assignments of work schedule and tours would involve outpatient pharmacy services. Outpatient services may include such areas as Coumadin Clinic, outpatient prescription filling, pharmacy phone triage, window prescription dispensing, or other areas that may develop from patient pharmacy needs

Work 80 hours/week 7 days on 7 days off. Process inpatient and outpatient prescription entry through CHCS System. Utilize knowledge of pharmaceutical standards, medical abbreviations and chemical/drug incompatibilities in providing patient care. Certified to work Neonatal/Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (NICU/PICU) satellites. Provide age appropriate pharmacy care. Ensure quality assurance and compliance with infection control guidelines and universal precautions when providing pharmaceutical care. Prepared IV admixture in laminar flow hoods and MIC hoods. Currently up to date on USP 795, 797, and 800 guidelines. Compounded and/or reconstituted oral or external medications. Calculations and converting to weights and measurement of drug solution. Accurately prints labels and affixes to correct drug container size, received and delivered orders to ward/clinics, responsible for manufacturing parental admixtures (large volume, pharmaceutical such as hyperalimentation solutions. Used PhaSeal in preparation of chemotherapeutic IV admixture. Trained to compound TPN/PPN solutions using Abacus software. Served as preceptor to several military and civilian personnel. Reconciled, documented and cleared discrepancies involving narcotic errors made by pharmacy or nursing staff. Coordinated daily with supply personnel regarding pharmacy stock, back orders, and recalls. Registered Pyxis Super User, maintained user demographics, and medication profiles. Received and ordered narcotics to be distributed to wards/clinics, Outpatient pharmacy, or CII Safe for Vault Technician. Works well with others and also works exceptionally well with little to no supervision.

Worked as DOD contractor in Outpatient and Inpatient pharmacy during am, swing, pm and overnight shifts. Process prescriptions through CHCS. Utilized knowledge of pharmaceutical standard, medical abbreviations and chemical/drug incompatibilities in providing patient care. Operated automated pharmacy equipment in processing provider orders/prescriptions. Ensure USP 797 quality assurance and compliance with infection control guidelines and universal precautions when providing pharmaceutical care. Monitor ticked calls through Q-Flow system. Filler through assigned pods for waiters and discharged patients through P2K 2000 system. Preparation, receiving, inventory, and dispensing of narcotics (CII - CV's). Compounding of oral, ophthalmic, external use, IV, IM, and Subcutaneous admixtures. File end of shift hard copy scripts for Outpatient and Inpatient pharmacy. Narcotic turnover counting duty at end of shift for CII drugs. Replenish stock for pod station and automated machines when needed. Check expired medications when assigned for monthly duty. Research patient's medication history for known drug allergies, pregnancy, when needed. Assist Pharmacist in any and all task required. Perform other directly related duties as assigned.

Assist Pharmacist with any task requested. Money tendering, filing prescriptions, record keeping, responsible for sending and receiving inventory from Mckesson. Lead Technician responsible for training new technicians, and scheduling. Floater to sister locations. Counting drugs, typing/labeling, compounding and dispensing drugs, deliberations with third parties (i.e. insurance representative and nursing staff), excellent phone etiquette, multitasking drive thru duties.