Denise Hendricks
Clarence Center,NY
Summary
Licensed Pharmacist with track record of providing excellent pharmaceutical sevice to patients, families and staff members. Staff Pharmacist presently working at WNY Children's Psychiatric Hospital. Committed to providing quality pharmaceutical care as an essential link in disease management. I have over 16 years of Pediatric Psychiatric pharmacy experience .
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Pharmacist
WNY Children's Psychiatric Center
1010 East and West rd, West Seneca, NY
11.2003 - Current
- Provides specialized services to children with psychiatric needs. I also help manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation and high blood pressure.
- Counsel's patients, families and staff regarding medication management.
- Displays patient-oriented and comprehensive clinical pharmacy services and pharmaceutical care.
- Effectively prioritizes tasks and organizes workflow to increase efficiency.
- Properly instructs pharmacy students and residents on introductory and advanced pharmacy practice rotations.
- Attended Pharmacy and Therapeutics meetings.
Staff pharmacist -Intern
America Home Patient
Tonawanda, NY
05.1996 - .1 1997
- Communicated regularly with physicians, nurses, insurance companies and managed care organizations.
- Prepared medication and IV orders for convalescent facilities and patients at home.
- Exhibited proficiency in IV and chemo compounding.
Staff Pharmacist
Lifetime Health
Buffalo, NY
01.1997 - 01.2002
- Saved patients money and increased pharmacy profit margins with therapeutically equivalent and more cost-effective generic drugs.
- Translated pharmacy communications for non-english speaking customers
- Communicated regularly with physicians, nurses, insurance companies and managed care organizations.
- Completed accurate cycle counts, inventory management and will-calls for customers.
- Directly supervised a number of Pharmacy Technicians, interns and support staff while on duty.
- Effectively prioritized tasks and organized workflow to increase efficiency.
- Checked prescriptions for appropriate dosage, drug interactions, allergies and contra-indications before dispensing medications.
- Provided specialized services to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation and high blood pressure.
- Prepared IV medications which included IV antibiotics, TPN, Oncology medications and pain management IV medications . Following sterile technique.
Education
BPharmacy(honors) - Pharmacy
University Of Wales
Cardiff, Wales1992
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University Of Toronto
Toronto ,Ontario 1989
Biology-1987 Completed 2 Years
McGill University
Montreal, QuebecSkills
- In good standing with the NY Board of Pharmacy
- Motivated self-starter
- Good people skills
- Rems Certified
- Immunization Certified
- CPR
- Basic First Aid
- Presently using Vista computer system
Certification
- Immunization certified
- REMs certified (clozaril)
- CPR certified
- Basic First Aid
- Blood Bourne Pathogen certified
- Presently working on Medical Marijuana Certificate Course
- Future plan is to become a Diabetes Educator
- Psychopharmacology CE update 3/2019
Additional Information
I presently interact with many health care providers. I spend a great portion of my day counselling patients, families and staff providers. I am frequently on the living units interacting with patients and staff. My future goal is to increase my knowledge in the field of diabetes and become a Certified Diabetes Educator.
Timeline
Staff Pharmacist
WNY Children's Psychiatric Center
11.2003 - Current
Staff Pharmacist
Lifetime Health
01.1997 - 01.2002
Staff pharmacist -Intern
America Home Patient
05.1996 - .1 1997
BPharmacy(honors) - Pharmacy
University Of Wales
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University Of Toronto
Biology-1987 Completed 2 Years
McGill University
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