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Evelyn Michelle Castro

Brooklyn

Summary

Skilled pharmacy professional with proven track record in medication preparation, customer interaction, and inventory management. Known for strong collaboration within healthcare teams and adaptability to meet changing needs. Expertise in pharmaceutical calculations, prescription processing, and maintaining compliance with safety standards. Reliable, results-driven, and focused on delivering high-quality patient care.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Pharmacy Technician

Ridge Chemist Pharmacy
03.2023 - Current
  • Answered incoming phone calls and addressed questions from customers and healthcare providers.
  • Stocked, labeled, and inventoried medication to keep accurate records.
  • Enhanced pharmacy workflow by assisting pharmacists with medication dispensing, labeling, and packaging.
  • Calculated dosage, filled prescriptions, and prepared prescription labels with absolute accuracy.
  • Utilized pharmacy management software to process prescriptions efficiently.
  • Aided pharmacists in preparing sterile compounding products for IV administration using aseptic techniques.
  • Implemented system for tracking expired medications, ensuring pharmacy compliance with regulations.
  • Communicated with patients to collect information about prescriptions and medical conditions or arrange consultations with pharmacists.
  • Consulted with insurance company representatives to complete claims processing, resolve concerns, and reconcile payments.
  • Precisely measured and combined ingredients to deliver scrupulous formulation on customer compound prescription orders.

Food, Nutrition & Health Researcher

Universidad de Cuenca
01.2014 - 01.2022
  • Management of a bromatological and microbiological laboratory
  • Execute proximate analysis in macronutrients from food matrices
  • Perform isolation of human intestinal flora for in-vitro assays
  • Conduct of in-vitro gastrointestinal assays for bioavailability and bioaccessibility of carotenoids
  • Perform Liquid-liquid extraction of carotenoids, solid phase extraction and QUECHERS extraction of mycotoxins by immunoaffinity columns
  • Training in Chemstation software-HPLC/MS in University of Gent, Belgium
  • Quantification of analytes by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
  • Perform general housekeeping and dishwashing duties consistent with maintaining a safe and clean laboratory
  • Legibly record and document all production and experiment details in separate laboratory notebooks
  • Attend both scheduled department and safety meetings

Pharmaceutical Biochemistry / Operations Manager

CORPDESFA community pharmacy
01.2009 - 01.2014
  • Employee staffing, training, and development
  • Effectively communicate information to store crew and supervisors in an open and timely manner
  • Dispenses medications by packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals
  • Provides pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals and counseling patients on drug therapies
  • Maintains records for controlled substances and removes outdated and damaged drugs from the pharmacy inventory
  • Supervises the work results of support personnel
  • Maintains current registration, studies existing and new legislation, anticipates legislation, and advises management on needed actions
  • Protects patients and technicians by adhering to infection-control protocols
  • Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
  • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed

Laboratory Technician

Universidad de Cuenca
01.2007 - 01.2009
  • Receive and label biological samples
  • Immulite analysis for hormone and immunoglobulins quantification (blood, urine, feces)
  • Design and execution of laboratory tests according standard procedures
  • Perform culture media preparation and microbiological identification
  • Ensuring that safety guidelines are adhered to at all times within the laboratory
  • Maintaining daily logs and equipment record books
  • Cleaning, sterilizing, maintaining, and calibrating laboratory equipment
  • Ordering laboratory supplies, as needed
  • Keeping up to date with relevant scientific and technical developments

Education

Online Certificate - Clinical Toxicology

Pontificia Católica de Chile
01.2021

Master's Degree - Industrial & Environmental Toxicology

Universidad De Cuenca
01.2018

Bachelor's Degree - Pharmaceutical Biochemistry

Universidad de Cuenca
01.2013

Skills

  • Chemstation (HPLC) software
  • Microsoft 360
  • Knowledge of chemical hazards, solution preparation, & storage practices
  • Phlebotomist
  • Ability to learn new techniques, perform multiple tasks simultaneously, keep accurate records, follow instructions, and comply with company policies
  • Excellent communication (oral & written)
  • Customer service
  • Certified pharmacy technician
  • Pharmacology
  • Prescription filling
  • Insurance verification
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Confidentiality and HIPAA
  • Attention to detail

Certification

  • CPhT - Certified Pharmacy Technician
  • NYS Licensed Pharmacy Technician

LNGG

SPANISH - advance

Timeline

Pharmacy Technician

Ridge Chemist Pharmacy
03.2023 - Current

Food, Nutrition & Health Researcher

Universidad de Cuenca
01.2014 - 01.2022

Pharmaceutical Biochemistry / Operations Manager

CORPDESFA community pharmacy
01.2009 - 01.2014

Laboratory Technician

Universidad de Cuenca
01.2007 - 01.2009

Online Certificate - Clinical Toxicology

Pontificia Católica de Chile

Master's Degree - Industrial & Environmental Toxicology

Universidad De Cuenca

Bachelor's Degree - Pharmaceutical Biochemistry

Universidad de Cuenca

Contact

  • 219 53rd St.
  • Brooklyn, NY 11220
  • Mobile (551) 292-2234
  • Evelynmichellecastro@gmail.com

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