Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Languages
References
Timeline
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Farah Abdulkareem

Troy,MI

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Pharmacy Manager/Pharmacist

Rite Aid
10.2020 - 08.2024
  • Supervise and mentor staff members, and provide consistent performance feedback to build a strong, efficient team.
  • Effectively manage daily pharmacy workflow to ensure the delivery of high-quality patient care.
  • Verify physician's order and dispense medications based on a complete and thorough medication review.
  • Strive to provide high-quality customer service. This includes prioritizing patient needs, acknowledging, and handling customer complaints that arise.
  • Provide specialized clinical services that includes patients counseling, providing immunization and medication therapy management (MTM)
  • Ensure that the pharmacy complies with state/federal laws and regulations ( DEA, BOP and HIPPA laws)
  • Managing pharmacy inventory by tracking the ordering process, removing outdated medications from the shelves, and implementing security measures to reduce shrinkage.
  • Play a critical role in business development and in identifying growth opportunities by implementing new services.
  • Provide ongoing training to the staff members and make sure they are up to date with new pharmacy rules and regulations.

Research Pharmacist

Texas Oncology
10.2019 - 09.2020
  • Attended protocol review meeting to ensure the feasibility of protocol implementation.
  • Reviewed all investigational protocols and ensured protocol compliance.
  • Provided timely and accurate communication with the interdisciplinary team to ensure protocol compliance and patient safety.
  • Performed concomitant medication review on all patients undergoing screening for clinical trial enrollment.
  • Review inpatient physicians' orders for accuracy.
  • Provided high quality investigational drug services that included compounding investigational medications in compliance with aseptic preparation and dispensing of hazardous medication.
  • Provided needed drug information to physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
  • Managed protocols' drug inventory, including ordering, receiving, and returning drugs, as required.

Staff Pharmacist

Rite Aid
12.2017 - 10.2019
  • Effectively managed daily pharmacy workflow to ensure the delivery of high-quality patient care.
  • Verified physician's order and dispensed medications based on a complete and thorough medication review.
  • Strived to provide high-quality customer service. This includes prioritizing patient needs, acknowledging, and handling customer complaints that arise.
  • Provided specialized clinical services that includes patients counseling, providing immunization and medication therapy management (MTM)
  • Ensured that the pharmacy complies with state/federal laws and regulations ( DEA, BOP and HIPPA laws)
  • Helped the pharmacy manager in managing pharmacy inventory by tracking the ordering process, removing outdated medications from the shelves, and implementing security measures to reduce shrinkage.

Staff Pharmacist

Sugar land pharmacy
11.2016 - 11.2017
  • Reviewed and verified physician orders for appropriateness and accuracy before dispensing medications.
  • Provided counseling services to my patients to ensure they understand their medications and use them safely and effectively.
  • Ensured compliance with Texas state laws and regulations related to daily pharmacy practice.
  • Provided blister packaging services to group homes to ensure medications were administered safely and accurately.
  • Managed drug inventory and monitored medication stock levels to ensure timely replenishment of supplies.

Pharmacy Intern

Houston Methodist
09.2015 - 06.2016
  • Shadowed pharmacists and learned about daily pharmacy operations and workflow.
  • Counseled patients on newly prescribed medications and answered any related questions under pharmacist supervision.
  • Helped in dispensing medications under direct pharmacist supervision, using automated dispensing machines.
  • Mastered the correct technique for preparing and compounding IV medications.
  • Building professional relationships and networking with pharmacists, interns, and healthcare providers.
  • Gained a great clinical knowledge from hospital rotations;

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy - Pharmacy

Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Science
Aurora, CO
03-2023

Pharmacy

Baghdad College of Pharmacy
06-2009

Skills

  • Strategic problem solver
  • Clinical knowledge & expertise
  • Team player
  • Managerial skills
  • Multitasking
  • communicate clearly and effectively

Certification

  • Michigan pharmacist license (License#5302046142)
  • Texas pharmacist license (License #58527)
  • APHA immunization certificate
  • Basic life support for healthcare providers
  • Chemotherapy Certification course
  • Sterile compounding and septic Technique Certification

Languages

English
Native/ Bilingual

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Pharmacy Manager/Pharmacist

Rite Aid
10.2020 - 08.2024

Research Pharmacist

Texas Oncology
10.2019 - 09.2020

Staff Pharmacist

Rite Aid
12.2017 - 10.2019

Staff Pharmacist

Sugar land pharmacy
11.2016 - 11.2017

Pharmacy Intern

Houston Methodist
09.2015 - 06.2016

Doctor of Pharmacy - Pharmacy

Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Science

Pharmacy

Baghdad College of Pharmacy

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